Azamara Club Cruises Tips. 7 Things You Need To Know Before Cruising 

I have done 5 cruises only but went on Azamara Journey in 2016 for 12 days Athens to Rome. I totally agree with the comments in this video (apart from we never had the bike option available on that cruise.) Really enjoyed the whole experience and we have booked up for The Black Sea in 2020 on the same ship. I couldn't fault Azamara at all and found the staff really great. Made some great friends with other passengers & we were a bit younger than the average age! Much prefer the smaller ship 1 million %😁

Always a brilliant commentary and very informative. You have exceeded your homework expectations. Honestly, you've covered everything and I appreciate that. Darryl

Another fantastic review Gary.I hope u have a wonderful rest of the week.😊

Thank you! You are giving so much material for my next year vacation! Love it!

Thank you. All your videos are very interesting, helpful and a good alternative to regular TV.

As always, Gary knows what people want to hear and he is very informative regarding the cruise line and amenities on board.

Love small ships. The Marco Polo was for us. These ships seem to be like that. Your first class review as always. Will have to look them up on line. Thanks........

This is one of your best, Gary. I've never cruised at all, and I'm determined that I should like Viking best when I retire & finally start taking cruises. But now I will look very closely at Azamara - their approach sounds right up my alley too!

Wonderful overview, thank you

I love your videos they are helping me so much picking the right cruise line for my group.

Thanks for the info. We are going to look into them possibly for our next cruise.

Azamara sounds like the perfect Goldilocks option for us! Looking for casual elegance with luxury service and accommodations. Azamara seems to appeal to the intellect with the right amount of inclusive drink options.

Thank for this very helpful comprehensive intro to Azamara. I've been cruising for a short while and have experienced seven lines to date without settling on a favorite. I've heard of Azamara and never really considered it. This review convinces me that Azamara is what I've been looking for and I'm off to browse their offerings. Thanks as always for an entertaining and valuable review!

Great video you really captured the essence of Azamara. We have a lot of cruises under our belt and AZ is our new fav. The Azamazing Evenings are just spectacular events that you will never forget.

Another brilliant video Gary. I think you captured the ethos of Azamara perfectly. Thanks! :)

Excellent factual narrative on Azamara, Royal Caribbean and Silver Sea partnership. Great insight into the Azamara style of experience, upscale, but not uptight!! My kind of crowd to be in. Thanks, will be looking into booking asap.

Thanks for the info. I had heard of Azamara and they seem like a line worth trying out someday.

Great information. Thank you

Thanks you for a Great video very helpful.

Very VERY informative. Thank you for this.

Gary: As always, a great review!

Fabulous video. We are thinking of booking an Azamara cruise and this was very helpful. Thanks so much!

Excellent information, very helpful videos!

I know many of these cities as an individuell traveller. The cities are crowded and noisy during the day with tousands of cruise ship tourists. In Venice it's extreme. And then, when they are back on their big ships the real life starts and the city evolves Info a beautiful and magic place. This is money and time extremely well spent!

Very useful - yet another superb video.

Thanks Gary! Great Info!

Thank you. Very informative.

I do like the focus on local stops, tours, and guides. A bit more authentic and helps the local economy more.

Excellent information. Thanks so much!

Wonderful video! Thank you so much! We were going to sail with Royal Caribbean but were considering Azamara. We very much wanted a balcony but on Azamara it's a bit cost prohibitive with the extra expense of shore excursisons. However, we are strongly considering an interior :( room on the Azamara Pursuit and after this video I think it's pretty much decided. Thanks Again!

This video just popped up on my youtube recommendation. I had been looking for a good review of this company since May 2019 when I spotted the Azamara Quest from my Princess ship across the Disenchantment Bay at the Hubbard Glacier in Alaska. I had no idea what this ship or company was all about. I found their website but this video explains everything one needs to know in more detail and less clutter. From the website I found that the Alaska voyage is not their main thrust, since as of August 2019 there are no more Alaska cruises mentioned. Thank you Mr. Bembridge, thumbs up and new subscriber.

Very informative sounds like a good cruise line to try out one day 😀

Yes Gary your videos are good my dad frank o braynard was a maritime historian so I can tell a ship lover

Great comprehensive report as always Gary. So looking forward to cruising on Azamara Pursuit from Barcelona to Rome next year. D.H.

The information is detail. Thank you.

outstanding. Very thorough and fact-based. I enjoyed it and it made me excited to get on board,

Thanks very much for this. We loved our first Azamara cruise and have signed up for another next year. Doubt we'll be a 3x a year customer, but are very much satistied with this line!

We have been on 3 Azamara cruises and about 30 cruises in total. Azamara are the best for us. Looking forward to the next one.

Thank you. We are looking at taking an Azamara in spring of 2025. This really helped.

Great overview, I'm enjoying learning about various cruise lines. We had our first ever cruise, which was with Holland America, and we're looking for more in the next year or two. (-:

Very helpful thank you

We're headed to Hawaii on Celebrity Eclipse in April, and plan to book our first Azamara cruise while on board. We'll probably choose something of great value and near the US (at last in one port), to get our feet wet. Sounds very interesting.

This looks like the best line !!

Thanx a lot, helps a lot! We'll be cruising the Caribbean with Azamara 🙂🙃

Excellent review!

Hi Gary, due to Covid we have missed out on 2 booked Azamara cruises and I hope in the future we will have the opportunity again.

Very nice review for Azamara. I used to work for them. Enjoy!

My favorite cruise company.

Thanks Gary for another clip brimming with tips and interesting info. Have you done a clip for (60+) singles? I’m thinking about cost more than anything. How to avoid the double fare. Any thoughts?

you sold me at 9:40 when you said that dress code is casual!!!! :)

That looks like an interesting cruise line and it could be fun. I like that they have information sessions for the cruise and that there are food and local people discovery tours.

Thank you!

Great video as usual, love Celbrity, but think I'm now ready to make the jump to a more shore intensive ship. Just gotta decided what line is better suited for me and the family......Azamara or Viking ... descions, descions. Leaning towards Azamara, however I thought 1 free shore excursion was included at each port.

Great Thank u

Great video as always! I was wondering if you think Azamara will change in any way now that they have been sold?

RCL has sold Azamara to Sycamore Investments for 201 million in 2021. Hopefully they will continue the good service.

NCL has a chocolate buffet too on many of its cruises or I should say they did PRE-COVID. I am here BTW because I was curious to read how RCL just divested itself of Azamara.

Thanks for the great information about Azamara. We’ve been thinking about taking their Japan-intensive cruise in the next year or so. Would you recommend them for an in-depth Japan itinerary? We usually cruise Celebrity and Norwegian (and have been in many of the same destinations you’ve travelled to). BTW, looking forward to more of your Egypt cruise (as were also looking to book Egypt/Jordan, maybe with Lindblad or Net Geo). Thanks again.

What numbskulls gave this a thumbs down? I agree with others that this video was fantastic.

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Man.....all that food looked awesome.

Does anyone know if these ships book up fast and are usually fairly full?

Please compare the pros and cons between Azamara and Oceania

I'm thinking of doing the Dublin to Iceland Azamara Quest next year - still thinking though as it's quite expensive!!!

Great video! lots of very useful information. One question, how are the fitness facilities onboard the Azamara Journey? thanks

I have always cruises Oceania; what are your thoughts about comparing the two lines. I’m thinking of booking on Azamara and I know I would enjoy it, but I am looking to your thoughts on which you prefer.

Thanks Gary! We are going on the Greece intensive 10 day cruise in a few months and was wondering what excursions you recommend?

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This looks good. Is there another line like this that has a more diverse group instead of just Americans?

Excellent video Gary, concise and informative. We are considering Azamara for next year. We are Diamond with RCCL and Elite with Celebrity; do you know if this status will be respected by Azamara? Best Regards from Auckland.

Not a lot of in formation about the quality of FOOD on these ships

My wife and I just turned 30. Are we too young for this Azamara? Will they look at us?

I largely concur with your assessment. We did one cruise on Azamara Journey and I have to say it was not a favorite even though I like the more casual sensibilities (khakis and a button down shirt to dinner, etc.) We had a rather expensive suite and, while nicely furnished, it was EXTREMELY noisy. Originally the Journey and Quest were bought as replacements for the far superior Celebrity Horizon and Zenith (their weakness being lack of balconies) and both my cruises on Horizon had far better service than my one on Journey. Would I sail on Azamara again? Yes, as they do have some amazing itineraries and that's by far their strong suit. I don't particularly care for the R-Class ships (I've also been on Oceania Regatta) and find the traffic flow inside the ships and deck organization to be less than optimum, especially in a cold weather area where you don't want to traverse the open decks. I by no means hated Azamara but the cruise itself was a mixed bag of customer service and nothing special.

We are looking at Mediterranean cruises for May 2024. Azamara has a back to back we are interested in but cannot reach anyone at Azamara to discuss. We have cruised with them before. The other line, Princes has a 21 day same month we are considering. Do you have any insight as to why Azamara is not answering their phones?

Hi Gary - have you gone on a cruise since Azamara is now independently owned? Interested on changes if any?

In Oceania & Azamara, some small excursion groups are using bicycles. What if my wife cannot ride on bicycle? Can she also join the same excursion with me who however can ride on bicycle?

Hi Gary, how would you compare Azamara to Oceania? Did you cover this on previous vlog? We are considering either one, for cruise. Thanks

Anymore recent videos since RCI sold Azamara ? I can't find any so I can see how it is now.

I've just finished a P&O cruise but Azamara sounds more like my kind of thing. 700 pax instead of 3,500, more time at destinations - like a river cruise but at sea?

They have a vegan menu now too!

Just got off the Azamara Pursuit (Rome to Barcelona) and have to say it was mediocre at best. Not in the same league as Oceania and staff are poorly trained. My first (and third) glass of wine had lipstick and greasy fingerprints on it. Yuck. Food was okay and some of the staff were really trying, but too many surly Russians who seem to hate their jobs.

Energy jetting chocolate fountains.

Not owned by Royal Caribbean anymore. Has private owner now.

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Fashion design student 3 you here? 😂

Sounds great, shame the decor is so horrendous.

You need to update your outdated opinion of Azamara. My family just booked a cruise partially based on your reviews. The website has been down for over 1 month. They change two lslands, but we can not see info on excursions. The phone help is a complete joke. They are lazy, will not help. Even asked just to send us a pdf with description of excisions. Was told this is too much work, but complained how much time she spends on line with angry customers. I tried to explain doing this pdf would help people and needs only be done once, saved on computer then sent out. All she would do I’d: if I could tell her which excursion, she would read it out to us, and we would have to decide if we wanted it. Told her this is stupid and can not work, because it not possible to remember, and one can not do research & discuss with people cruising with us. Have been cruising 30 years and this is worse then cruising in the 80’s before internet. At least you had a brochure. If we had more time, I would cancel. Their helps are useless. I don’t care if cruise is good, you must do all parts great now a days. This will keep me from enjoying cruise since, I can never trust them while on ship. This company is pathetic. No excuse for a website being down for over a month.

Uhg. I hate tours. Pain in the behind moving around with people like a blob. Drives me nuts. Rather would stay free.

Boomers😂😂😂

They don’t look luxury at all

worse experience with azamara... better avoid!