azura prices

[humpy]

hi folkes just had a list of azura itineries for the maiden voyage and other cruises for the first year.

 

inside stateroom from £1,524.00 per person

inside single room from £2,449.00 per person

outsibe room obstructed view £1,899.00 per person

outside room part obstructed view £1,999.00 per person

outside stateroom £2,149.00 per person

single outside stateroom £3,199.99 per person

balcony stateroom £2,399.00 per person

superior balcony stateroom £3,019.00 per person

suite £3,819.00 per person

suite £4,619.00 per person

[stopgo]

Thanks for the info Humpy, but you should have posted it on the Azura information topic. I like to keep things neat and tidy.

[Gerrym]

Oh dear Humpy, seems the administrator has taken a dislike to you already ;)

 

 

£2,400 for a balcony on Ventura's sister ship seems a bit steep to me. Is that before discounts?

 

 

Cheers

 

Gerry

[stopgo]

What do you think Gerry ?

[Gerrym]

What do you think Gerry ?

 

 

:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

 

 

 

 

:confused:

[tom_uk]

£2,400 for a balcony on Ventura's sister ship seems a bit steep to me.

 

Maybe there's some 'maiden voyage' premium in that. Maybe it's for more more than 14 nights (I gather that Azura will be doing a lot of 16-night E Med cruises). Maybe (as you asked, gerry) that's before discount.

 

But - yes, it does seem steep. Especially when compared to Eclipse pricing.

[stopgo]

I expect Azura prices to be competitive and not disimilar to Ventura, so yes I think those are list prices without any discount. P/O usually give up to 45% discount for early bookings, by the way Humpy where did you get the prices from. I have looked through the web and can't find any info at all. If those prices are with discount then you could be adding another 45% to the total cost.

[LibraLass41]

Azura is expensive. I have been quoted £2230pp for a 16n Venice cruise in early September 2010 in a decent balcony ... thats after a good discount from a TA i have found to be the cheapest around... I paid £1878pp last year for same cruise on Arcadia!

[LibraLass41]

Stopgo

Prices and cruise info is now available from TA's.

 

Here is 2010 Azura cruise info (also on other thread now)

 

A002 ~ Azura Maiden Cruise

12th April 2010

16 nights Mediterranean

Southampton ~ Malaga ~ Katakolon ~ Corfu ~ Dubrovnik ~ Venice ~ Korcula ~ Gibraltar ~ Southampton

A003 ~ Azura ~ Portunus Cruise

28th April 2010

12 nights Canary Isles

Southampton ~ Madeira ~ La Palma ~ Gran Canaria ~ Tenerife ~ Lisbon ~ Vigo ~ Southampton

A004 ~ Azura ~ Tate Britain

10th May 2010

16 nights Mediterranean

Southampton ~ Malaga ~ Katakolon ~ Corfu ~ Dubrovnik ~ Venice ~ Korcula ~ Gibraltar ~ Southampton

A005 ~ Azura ~ Portunus Cruise

26th May 2010

14 nights Baltic

Southampton ~ Kristiansand ~ Stockholm ~ Tallinn ~ St Petersburg ~ Helsinki ~ Copenhagen ~ Oslo ~ Southampton

A006 ~ Azura

9th June 2010

16 nights Mediterranean

Southampton ~ Malaga ~ Katakolon ~ Corfu ~ Dubrovnik ~ Venice ~ Korcula ~ Gibraltar ~ Southampton

A007 ~ Azura

25th June 2010

7 night Fjords

Southampton ~ Stavanger ~ Cruise in Nordfjord ~ Olden ~ Cruise in Nordfjord ~ Geiranger ~ Cruise in Geirangerfjord ~ Bergen ~ Southampton

A008 ~ Azura ~ Tate Britain

2nd July 2010

14 nights Baltic

Southampton ~ Kristiansand ~ Stockholm ~ Tallinn ~ St Petersburg ~ Helsinki ~ Copenhagen ~ Oslo ~ Southampton

A009 ~ Azura ~ Family Choice

16th July 2010

7 night European Cruise Break

Southampton ~ Dublin ~ Cork ~ Bilbao ~ Brest ~ Southampton

A010 ~ Azura ~ Family choice

23rd July 2010

16 nights Mediterranean

Southampton ~ Malaga ~ Katakolon ~ Corfu ~ Dubrovnik ~ Venice ~ Korcula ~ Gibraltar ~ Southampton

A011 ~ Azura ~ Portunus ~ Family Choice

8th August 2010

12 nights Canary Isles

Southampton ~ Madeira ~ La Palma ~ Gran Canaria ~ Tenerife ~ Lisbon ~ Vigo ~ Southampton

A012 ~ Azura ~ Family Choice

20th August 2010

16 nights Mediterranean

Southampton ~ Malaga ~ Katakolon ~ Corfu ~ Dubrovnik ~ Venice ~ Korcula ~ Gibraltar ~ Southampton

A013 ~ Azura ~ Tate Britain

5th September 2010

16 nights Mediterranean

Southampton ~ Malaga ~ Katakolon ~ Corfu ~ Dubrovnik ~ Venice ~ Korcula ~ Gibraltar ~ Southampton

A014 ~ Azura

21st September 2010

7 night European Cruise Break

Southampton ~ Dublin ~ Cork ~ Bilbao ~ Brest ~ Southampton

A015 ~ Azura ~ Portunus

28th September 2010

16 nights Mediterranean

Southampton ~ Malaga ~ Katakolon ~ Corfu ~ Dubrovnik ~ Venice ~ Korcula ~ Gibraltar ~ Southampton

A016 ~ Azura

14th October 2010

3 nights Cruise Break

Southampton ~ Bruges ~ Le Havre ~ Southampton

A017 ~ Azura ~ Tate Britain

17th October 2010

12 nights Canary Isles

Southampton ~ Madeira ~ La Palma ~ Gran Canaria ~ Tenerife ~ Lisbon ~ Vigo ~ Southampton

A018 ~ Azura

29th October 2010

15 nights Transatlantic Caribbean

Southampton ~ Tenerife ~ St Kitts ~ Antigua ~ St Lucia ~ Grenada ~ Barbados

A019 ~ Azura

12th or 13th November 2010

15 nights Caribbean

Barbados ~ Curacao ~ Aruba ~ Catalina Is ~ Tortola ~ St Maarten ~ St Kitts ~St Lucia ~ Grenada ~ Barbados

 

A020 ~ Azura

26th or 27th November 2010

15 nights Caribbean

Barbados ~ Curacao ~ Aruba ~ Catalina Is ~ Tortola ~ St Maarten ~ St Kitts ~St Lucia ~ Grenada ~ Barbados

 

A021 ~ Azura ~ Christmas & New Year cruise

10th or 11th December 2010

29 nights Caribbean

Barbados ~ Antigua ~ St Kitts ~ St Thomas ~ San Juan ~ Port Canaveral - for tours to Orlando ~ Port Everglades - for tours to Miami ~ Key West ~ New Orleans ~ Grand Cayman ~ Montego Bay ~ Catalina Is ~ Tortola ~ St Lucia ~

St Maarten ~ Dominica ~ Grenada ~ Barbados

A101 ~ Azura

7th or 8th January 2011

15 nights Caribbean

Barbados ~ Curacao ~ Aruba ~ Catalina Is ~ Tortola ~ St Maarten ~ St Kitts ~St Lucia ~ Grenada ~ Barbados

A102 ~ Azura

21st or 22nd January 2011

15 nights Caribbean

Barbados ~ Curacao ~ Aruba ~ Catalina Is ~ Tortola ~ St Maarten ~ St Kitts ~St Lucia ~ Grenada ~ Barbados

A103 ~ Azura

4th or 5th February 2011

15 nights Caribbean

Barbados ~ Curacao ~ Aruba ~ Catalina Is ~ Tortola ~ St Maarten ~ St Kitts ~St Lucia ~ Grenada ~ Barbados

A104 ~ Azura

18th or 19th February 2011

15 nights Caribbean

Barbados ~ Curacao ~ Aruba ~ Catalina Is ~ Tortola ~ St Maarten ~ St Kitts ~St Lucia ~ Grenada ~ Barbados

A105 ~ Azura

4th or 5th March 2011

15 nights Caribbean

Barbados ~ Curacao ~ Aruba ~ Catalina Is ~ Tortola ~ St Maarten ~ St Kitts ~St Lucia ~ Grenada ~ Barbados

A106 ~ Azura

18th March 2011~ 14 nights Caribbean Transatlantic

19th March 2011 ~ 13 nights Caribbean Transatlantic

Barbados ~ St Lucia ~ St Maarten ~ Tortola ~ Tenerife ~ Southampton

[stopgo]

Azura is expensive. I have been quoted £2230pp for a 16n Venice cruise in early September 2010 in a decent balcony ... thats after a good discount from a TA i have found to be the cheapest around... I paid £1878pp last year for same cruise on Arcadia!

Is that price per person or for the two of you ?

[Norfolk Brit]

Is that price per person or for the two of you ?

 

One hopes it's for 2,230.

 

Sir Martin

[stopgo]

Is that price per person or for the two of you ?

Sorry Sue just re/read your post it is £2230 per person.

[chirpy007]

Crikey, too pricy for me :eek::eek:

[stopgo]

Your not alone thinking that, I just wonder who their potential customers are going to be.

[kruzgal]

Very disappointed to see these prices. Is P&O usually a lot more expensive than Celebrity? We have only sailed with Celebrity & Royal Caribbean previously, but were very interested in the Azura. However, at these prices it looks as if we won't be able to try something new after all.:(

[stopgo]

Still think they will come in with big discounts nearer launch, my advice to leave it as late as possible.

[LibraLass41]

Celebrity v P&O

 

Yes believe it or not p&o are much dearer, although they say Celebrity is 1* MORE!

 

I have a quote for a 14n Med cruise on Eclipse from Southampton next year at same time as the Azura one - good 2b balcony cabin £1335pp for 14n Med cruise!

[stopgo]

Wow that's nearly a £1000 cheaper I would snap their arms for that, not unless you leave till late and hope Azura gets discounted. Even if you can afford the Azura price will it be £1000 better than Celebrity

[LibraLass41]

stopgo

...and thats per person! so £2000 for a couple...(but is only 14n Azura 16n and sailing further into Med with a Venice port which must be expensive)

[tom_uk]

stopgo

...and thats per person! so £2000 for a couple...(but is only 14n Azura 16n and sailing further into Med with a Venice port which must be expensive)

 

I'm very undecided at the moment. I've been waiting for the Azura itineraries for a long while, and I'm quite disappointed in them, let alone the prices: I just can't do anything longer than 14 nights. So do I wait until the rest of the P&O itineraries/prices are released, or do I book with Celebrity Eclipse? No-one knows how long Celebrity will be holding their launch offer open - it's £200 per person (for a 14-night cruise) reduction. So the prices that Sue & I and others have been quoting would be £200 more, if the offer is closed down. And the main P&O itineraries won't be made available until some time in April.

 

Having said a lot about how cheap the Eclipse cruises are at the moment, it's worth remembering that there are some issues about Celebrity cruises: a) on-board prices are in US$, we don't know what the exchange rate will be like in September 2010, so we could be spending a lot of money; b) drinks prices are very high - there aren't that many glasses of wine at much less than $8, for example, and lots at well over that price; c) and of course all drinks prices on Celebrity have 15% added on to them; d) no free shuttles. I was reading earlier today that they were changing $20 return for the Livorno shuttle service - from the ship into Livorno town centre.

 

So the on-board prices on Eclipse or any Celebrity ship will be higher than on P&O. Then there's the fact that the Solstice class don't have promenade decks, so it's an altogether different cruise experience.

 

I'm going on Solstice this autumn, and after that I'll know what I think about that class of ship. One view I'm beginning to come to is to wait until 2010 to book and see what prices are like then.

[stopgo]

I can live without 2 extra days for £1000 or £2000, why so many Cruises to Croatia with 16 nights. They must hope to justify the over the top prices with the extra 2 nights.

[Gerrym]

I can live without 2 extra days for £1000 or £2000, why so many Cruises to Croatia with 16 nights. They must hope to justify the over the top prices with the extra 2 nights.

 

 

I think it is too rushed to try and do the Croatia / Venice region in 14 days.

 

We have been on Oceana to that region and 16 days was very relaxing.

[LibraLass41]

Depends if you want to see Venice and Dubrovnik I suppose, if you do, its 16nights.

 

Another rival next year to Azura, besides Eclipse is the new Cunard ship QUEEN ELIZABETH, here is some infor for cruises from

 

12th October 2010 – Maiden Voyage, 13 nights Canaries Cruise – From £1389pp

25th October 2010 – Mediterranean Premier, 14 nights including Monte Carlo, Naples and Cartagena – From £1209pp

08th November 2010 – Aegean Introduction, 18 nights including Venice, Dubrovnik and Kasadasi – From £1489pp

26th November 2010 – Gallic Debut, 5 nights including Amsterdam, Zeebrugge and Cherbourg – From £559pp

01st December 2010 – Iberian Discovery, 13 nights including Lisbon, Gran Canaria and Tenerife – From £1115pp

14th December 2010 – Festive Debut, 22 nights including Barbados, St Lucia and Antigua – From £2789

launch in October 2010

[LibraLass41]

I can live without 2 extra days for £1000 or £2000, why so many Cruises to Croatia with 16 nights. They must hope to justify the over the top prices with the extra 2 nights.

Stopgo

Its not Croatia thats the appeal its Venice..... Venice is the main attraction on this cruise, along with Dubrovnik.

[kruzgal]

Having said a lot about how cheap the Eclipse cruises are at the moment, it's worth remembering that there are some issues about Celebrity cruises: a) on-board prices are in US$, we don't know what the exchange rate will be like in September 2010, so we could be spending a lot of money; b) drinks prices are very high - there aren't that many glasses of wine at much less than $8, for example, and lots at well over that price; c) and of course all drinks prices on Celebrity have 15% added on to them; d) no free shuttles. I was reading earlier today that they were changing $20 return for the Livorno shuttle service - from the ship into Livorno town centre.

 

We usually book 2 balcony cabins and I have calculated that will cost us an extra £2000 on Azura rather than Eclipse for a 2 week (or 16 night) holiday during the school summer holidays. That's a lot of drinks and shuttle buses!

 

I can live without 2 extra days for £1000 or £2000, why so many Cruises to Croatia with 16 nights. They must hope to justify the over the top prices with the extra 2 nights.

 

I agree - 14 nights is enough for us so the extra two nights don't justify the cost.

 

That being said we don't like the Eclipse itinerary so are feeling very stuck. Perhaps we will have to look somewhere else?