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Overall the ports of call all very interesting,as the title suggests embarkation was pure farce,one line to drop bags 35-40 minutes and another to have carry-ons scanned again 35 40 minutes in the hot sun. Thank goodness it wasn't raining!People turning up before their designated time didn't help.
Once on board we had to check in in the cabaret lounge, quite a slick operation.
Aqualina was disappointing with my fish being well overcooked and my partners pasta was dried up with a crust around the edge, we sent them back and the second attempt was exactly the same, Service was rushed as if the kitchen wanted to finish the shift early.Not good for a paid for specialty restaurant.
PrimeC was much the same extremely disappointing. The head chef was Indian soo at least Indian themed dishes had some flavour otherwise the food was pretty bland with left overs unimaginatively served at breakfast.
The stateroom was typical Azamara compact ,the bathroom was tiny ,with the shower the same,tiny and with a curtain
Our favourite spot was the Sunset bar with outside seating for all meals,heaven.
The production shows were wonderful,the rest of the offerings we didn't bother with.
As I said at the beginning the itinerary was great, but overall a disappointing cruise with inadequate seat in public areas.
As with nearly all cruise lines the crew were faultless ,particularly Sanjeev and Milroy.
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What a fantastic all inclusive cruise experience we enjoyed. The attendant we had for our room ensured we were wel catered for with our media needs and the afternoon quizzes and food were real highlights for us. We enjoyed every moment on boats and would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone. We’re looking forward to sailing with you again!
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Thought Azarmara was a 'Luxury' cruise line but it didn't live up to expectations. The crew and staff were excellent as was the accommodation. Despite what appeared to be a slight swell (no white tips on the waves) the ship was rocking and rolling a lot - not sure if the stabilisers were working. All inclusive drinks only included very basic wines (some of which they ran out of) and spirits - had to pay for anything other than house wine. Unless you wanted to go on safari there was very little else for shore excursions. Entertainment was limited.
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The staff and the food were excellent. But, no transparency over omitting a stop at Durban, we seemed to dock in the cargo area of some ports so not happy to leave ship on our own, with few exceptions the excursions were poor value with complaints being neither acknowledged nor answered.
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Canary Islands Cruise when covid declining.
Only 280 people on the ship so quite unusual.
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Not good. Diarrhoea affected over half of passengers who HADN'T been consuming the ' wrong ' food and drink onshore as the cruise company suggested. Many were very poorly for most of the cruise.
We weren't allowed to serve ourselves at the buffet counters so we didn't really get what we ideally would have chosen ourselves. Special hygiene measures
were introduced with reception and fitness centre and entertainment staff dishing out even cornflakes !
We were looking forward to seeing the ports but unless we bought extortionately priced shore excursions ($100 each for a 2 hour walking tour! We booked our own shore excursions at a quarterof the onboard prices for better quality trips too.)our only option was to be taken by shuttle bus to some outlying Shopping Mall !!! We were told it was dangerous to walk the streets at every destination- Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban, Richards Bay.
The organisation on board was dreadful .
Many of the ' senior' crew didn't have good English.Queries were often misunderstood. On board customs checks were just a debacle.
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As an avid cruise traveller, former sailer and airline check captain, I have been fortunate to see many parts of the world. My family and I have been fortunate enough to visit most of it by cruise ship. We have been on board Regent Seven Seas and Crystal, Cunard and Uni Globe, Viking and Fred Olsen, and Azamara. Without exception, you lead the others as far as food, shore excursions crew attentiveness, social activity (White Nights - such a great idea as far as a semi- formal soirée is concerned) and your theatre entertainment.
Thrice Bravo from Jean-Philippe Saint-Pierre
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As a seasoned world traveller and retired airline captain, having cruised on Celebrity, Crystal, Viking, Fred Olsen, Croisi, Cunard and Royal Caribbean cruise liners, I have to honestly say that Azamara is the one cruise line that stands out from the rest. Crew are upbeat, attentive and extremely hospitable. Food is exceptional, servers are knowledgeable and curteous. Shore excursions are good value when compared to what you receive in return.
Azamara is true ambiance personified.
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Vegetarian food dreadful. service rushed, officers only paid attention to those they knew from perevious cruises, ship needs decorating.
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Our last cruise for a while! We were so lucky in hindsight to fit in a nine week cruise and land tour, just as Covid kicked off, In January 2020 we cruised back to back from LA to Auckland, stopping at some amazing ports on the way, but in the background, we were listening to the increasing reports of Covid, we actually became worried that we wouldn't be able to get to Auckland but thankfully we arrived there before the doors were closed. We had four weeks touring New Zealand, both North and South Islands, such a beautiful place, and although we've been lucky enough to have done three cruises to New Zealand, you need to do a few weeks traveling around to get a real feel of the place, so much so that we're planning to go back, we finished off with a few days in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, both countries already very focused on protecting people from Covid, with what many months later became the norm in the UK, masks, distance and cleaning all being in place, it was amazing to return to the UK early in March 2020 and find no protection or even concerns, UK Government being so far off the pace it was a shock. But Azamara cruise and South Pacific all fantastic.
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Lovely ports of call, vegetarian food was dreadful, dining room crowded and service either rushed or slow.
Good points the Free trip to cathedral for music was brilliant, entertainment OK.
Cabin was large and bathroom lovely steward/butler was indifferent.
Those who had clearly travelled before were greeted and chatted to for others like us, it was a case of if you spoke first you had a response, disembarkation was the quickest ever, but when we left 3 officers who were chatting ignored us, would not travel with them again.
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Fantastic
