I Took a LUXURY CRUISE in The CHEAPEST Cabin | Azamara Onward 

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I wish more people were like you, not expecting someone else to clean up your mess. We once had friends that let their kids make a mess on the floor at restaurants and would say "The staff is paid to clean it up!" Just sad. I also love how you just go with the flow, understanding that things can just go wrong. As you said, it's how the crew handles issues, not the issues themselves, that matter.

What’s wrong with me? I’ve never been on a cruise and have no desire to go on one and yet I can’t stop watching these videos. Lol. Very entertaining. Thank you.

I am not even interested on going on a cruise. But the way you explain things is so down the line, and you are so well spoken, I find myself watching every video you post. 'I'm taking those toiletries, I paid for them'. I just died. And I love the Briticism. We Aussies use many of the same words.

I am glad you tried Azamara. We love them. I have tried other lines and we keep gong back to Azamara. Small ship, quiet, attentive staff, fine food, coffee, wine and sodas are included, no tipping. The Hotel Director saw us, came running over----was it a girl or a boy? Security guard asking "Pictures, pictures". We had a grandson born the last day of an Azamara cruise and they remembered. Yes the shower is small and if that is the only real issue well, I can deal with it. The showers in the Spa area are available and there rarely is a wait. The advantage to a small ship is your room is not MILES away from any activity. They have the amenities of the larger ships but without the hordes of people and the noise. There is a free self service laundry and when you send laundry out, it comes back beatifully done (Celebrity washed my clothes and folded them and then SHOVED ;them back in the laundry bag leaving me with an unwearable Linen shirt). We do purchase the occasional top shelf drink or bottle of wine (which they will recork for you if not finished) and the cost is not that much. They went out of their way to assist me last year when I needed a wheelchair and could not walk distances. "Miss Sandie, you call us when you get to the port after touring in Singapore and we will come and get you". (Celebrity would only take up or down the gangplank, after that I was on my own). The staff is well trained, polite and if there is an issue, they are there to help.

I love how you try and make the room stewards lives as easy as possible, I always find myself just sticking the privacy sign up if nothing needs doing. Save them one room!

I'm surprised cruise ships haven't moved to having wet rooms rather than traditional shower rooms. Would completely eliminate the problem of these too small showers. Hopefully this is a feature on future cruise ships.

That bathroom might be smaller than the one I had in my crew cabin. Once I hit a rank where I had a private room (and private bathroom), I'd forgo the shower curtain entirely. I'd make sure there was nothing in the bathroom that didn't mix well with water, and then use the entire space.

I've had butlers a number of times on other lines, primarily NCL. The #1 perk for us is dining in the cabin. Order breakfast the night before and the butler will come in and set the table while you're still sleeping so when you wake up breakfast is already ready. Milk for kids, coffee, food, etc. all ready. Note: we only do this in 1- or 2- bedroom suites so there's a closed door between us and the butler. I also usually ask them to set up lunch in my room 3-4 times a cruise. We eat during our daughter's nap time so it's nice to have a full meal served in the cabin, or out on the balcony, rather than a rushed lunch in the restaurant with a sleepy/cranky child. Usually we don't make it to desert at dinner due to the child being fussy so we ask for desert to be sent to the room with the butler. Butlers can enter your room to deliver a desert or a snack, regular room service cannot enter your cabin so you must be there to receive it.

I always keep the room tidy ish. Mostly because I don’t like people touching or moving my stuff and not because I’m excessively neat. I’m not a neat person by nature but I do appreciate the effort and know that it isn’t my job to make the stewards job harder.

Those cabins where nobody walks past are excellent - Virgin Voyages have LOTS of these inside cabins, which is so nice for keeping them quiet!

Cabin stewards who swoop in and clean your cabin as soon as you leave the room... those are the best! It's a sign of a really great cabin steward! Sadly, some cabin stewards just start with the cabins at one end of their section and clean them in order from one cabin to the next. I'm not a fan of that strategy. What you described with your cabin steward on Azamara was something to truly appreciate!

I’ve never been cruising but really enjoy these videos. Think if I was ever to do one, I would have to take the opposite approach and just do a once in a lifetime splurge on a suite.

As a retired architect, I say that a toothpaste tube (or any object of fixed length) is an excellent measuring device. Just be sure that when you figure out the actual measurements, you use the same toothpaste tube. Not interested in sailing in any of those huge ships but I love your videos--keep up the great work!--Bernie from Los Angeles

Emma, always a treat. I don't cruise... you do it for me!

Thank you so much for your "budget" cruising reviews, seriously appreciate it!!

Never been on a cruise and probably never will but spent 10 years working on Container Ships so enjoy seeing how the other side lives. I'm always astonished how small cruise accommodation is

Our first cruise 40 years ago was an inside cabin. Some 20 cruises for me, many more for my wife & girlfriends that was a great cruise. It was great because they messed up our dinning. We requested late dinning & when boarding the ship they assigned us "Early" dining - ""6 AM""! I pointed this out on boarding the cruise ship. To my complete surprise when we went to dinner that 1st evening we were seated at the (Captain's) table - - - for the entire cruise! For a first cruise it was incredible not just for being at the captain's table every meal, but the port calls. The ship was very small in comparison to today's ships, but it was incredible. Every cruise that we have been on since we have had open balconies to enjoy the nightly sights, sounds & ocean breeze. I prefer that, but that first cruise will always be a favorite in my heart. Take a jump and enjoy a cruise. The longer the better. I swear 1 week is not enough. Go for two weeks at a time. You will not regret it~! PJ

Hi Emma, as an older chap can I point out the original phrase was from a 70’s advert for a muesli bar, and started out as “I’ll risk it for a Swisskit” (Swisskit pronounced like ‘Biscuit’ but with a ‘Sw’ at the start). A while later, people just said “risk it for a biscuit”. I just thought you ought to know in terms of accurate reporting....and no, my family do not think I am a pedantic old sod!!! 🤭🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hi Emma, we were on the Onward earlier this year, about to board the Quest in Dubai later today as we enjoyed Azamara so much. We had heard about the shower curtain so took magnets to hold it in place. Can verify it works! Keep up the good work, love your channel x

Hi Emma! My name is Caio and I just love your videos. First of all, I love cruises and they are just amazing. Believe me, I watch your videos and I travel too by watching them. They are great! Also, your english is so clean and pure to listen that my english improved a lot. The way you explain everything, it is so rich in details and vocabulary. It is way better than any english class!!! 😄👏🏻 Best regards from Brazil! :-D

About the shower size. Back in 2005 we had a shower on the Island Princess that was 24" square. I had a tape measure and measured it. In addition it had a pole in one corner, I assume to hold on to if they sea was rough. Taking a shower required doing the hokey-pokey. "You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out, you put your right foot in and shake it all about...."

We cruised the Onward in Sept. Everything was wonderful..loved the small intimate surroundings...loved the attention one gets because they remember you... we had a seaview cabin very nice...ok bathroom was small but efficient...I mean my husband is 200lb and had no problem whatsoever taking a shower....!Did not notice any broken things! We would love to take another cruise with Azamara...budget permitting!!

That bathroom isn't just inconvenient, it would be absolutely unusable for us. Very glad to have seen this.

I really like that you give both the good and bad with each cruise you go on. I really enjoy watching your videos. I have never been on a cruise before so your videos are very educational. keep up the awesome work

Hey Emma! I just found your channel and I'm obsessed even though I've never cruised! You present info in a way that keeps my attention the entire time. Thanks for your content keeping me engaged as I cook dinner each night.

So proud of you for keeping a budget Emma! Well done 🛳️🤎🦃🦃🍁🛳️🍃🛳️🍁🍂🍂🧡❤️🧡🍂🦃🤎🍁🍃🍃🍃🍃🛳️🍁🦃🤎🛳️🍃🍃🛳️🤎🍂🍂❤️❤️🧡🍂🦃🤎🍁🛳️🍃🍃🛳️🤎🦃🍂🤎🍂🍂🧡🧡🤎🛳️🍃🍃🍃🛳️🤎🦃🦃🤎🛳️

You are an inspiration to those who want to book the cheapest cabin possible.

I was on the Azamara Pursuit in May and also read before that everybody was complaining about the showers. Although I am substainally "more" than you Emma, I never had a problem with the shower curtain or flooded the bath. Maybe my childhood with showering in a bathtub has trained my technic for mini showers.

The _Pacific Princess_ was the ship featured in the TV show "The Love Boat". But, you said it was built in the 90's, so it must be the successor.

Good cabin review Emma! You mention this ship was built in 1999 as Pacific Princess which I will assume is the ship that replaced the TV show "Love Boat" Pacific Princess that was TINY (20K tons) by today's cruise ship standards. The Azamara Onward is about 31K tons, so not a whole lot larger than before! Your cabin shows how far cruise ship cabins have come in overall size since the 1990's! What I am a little surprised at is Azamara being a "luxury" brand they would have combined two of those cabins into one much larger cabin with more room! Maybe the bulkheads prevent that, or it is still a passenger volume game, even for luxury cruise lines. I get the feeling watching your videos about this ship that it is more about the destinations than the ship itself.

You are so knowledgeable about this sort of thing. I would never be brave enough to even try this on my own.

outstanding video. You do the most informative and thorough reviews of all the cruisers.

In the navy I always had an inside cabin, below or at the waterline, that I shared with 59 other people, in bunks stacked 3 high. If i ever wanted fresh air and a nice view I would just go on deck an look at the beautiful ocean passing by. I always looked at my room as a place to sleep and shower, not at a place to sight see. I don't think I would mind an inside room, would feel as if I was re-living my younger years. But i could also see the advantage if you wake up next to a beautiful coast line out your window.

The problem with many of these cruise ships that they are older and refurbished. As you say it is very difficult to change once built, public rooms are easier, cabin layouts look to be almost impossible, soft furnishings less so. We were on Sky Princess a month or so ago, a brand new ship but even so some of the drawers were flimsy. You have to go with the flow and just enjoy the cruise.

So I’m Canadian and I’ve never heard “risk it for a biscuit” but “risk it for the brisket” is pretty common.

This is too funny. I was cruising on NCL at the same time and I brought a tape measure and couldn't remember why and was baffled at my packing. It was to check the dimensions of my luggage for the airline but i totally forgot.

I totally agree about keeping your cabin clean.

What a solid no nonsense review, maximum qudos, subbed

Never in the past have i had any interest in cruises but binge watching your videos has made me interested in taking a cruise

This was my first Emma review! Exciting! Emma, I love the pace, the comprehensive view of the room, the comparison to other rooms, and, mostly, your great, easy-going attitude. Can't wait to watch more Emma!

I have just started looking at, "cruise videos", the last 2-3 weeks but I have to say, at 2:24 into the video, you are moving briskly and efficiently through stuff. I REALLY appreciate this...like, REALLY..lol...k, finishing the video 😊

really great tips, thank you for sharing, we shall apply them by our next cruise

Thanks for another great cruise review! 👍🏻

Im watching through alot of your videos and that cruise cabins getting put in video gets used alot and it always makes me smile

In this video, Emma talks about her inside cabin on what used to be the Pacific Princess. We were actually the last people to occupy this exact cabin (7069) when the ship was the Pacific Princess. Our 2020 World Cruise was about half done when Princess did a global pause in operations due to Covid in March 2020. During the pause, the ship was sold to Aramara. Emma said the shower was nearly unusable for a person of her size - but I am at least twice her size and it worked fine for me. How dare she say anything bad about my favorite ship! It holds about 650 people - and it was perfect for World Cruises.

Azamara such a beautiful shop glad it had laundry area 🍃🍃🛳️🛳️🤎🛳️🦃🍃🍃🍃🍁🧡🍁❤️🛳️🤎🤎🛳️🦃🍃🍂🍂🍂🍃🦃🛳️🤎🛳️🍃❤️🍁🧡🍁❤️❤️🍁🧡🤎🦃🍃🍂🍂🍂🍃🛳️🧡🧡🍁❤️❤️🍁🧡🛳️🦃🦃🍃🍂🍂🍃🍃🦃🤎🤎🦃🦃

I love watching other people enjoying life. It means I don't have to. It's almost like I'm experiencing life vicariously and I'm fine with that... who needs a life, when you're appeased by the tube!

Love how you speak quickly and straight to the point 😊

Emma, I adore your hair! I’ve stayed in an inside cabin just near the one you had on that particular ship when it was still under Princess in the early/mid 2000’s and the bathroom was much larger-I do think putting the sofa in took away square footage, as you said. I personally couldn’t stand the bathroom as it is now, I’d be too claustrophobic. Lol

We hide the toiletries and anything free every day so the room steward keeps re-stocking. I agree, your paying for it so your entitled to it.

Nice work on your video Emma thanks

Keychain tape measure, big block store near wherever you are from. Would try an inside cabin. I would travel with weird things though. Hot pots, soups, teas, coffees and take a new dollar store shower curtain and a narrower spring rod taken a part for travel. I loved our cabin stewards, left the balcony rooms spotless for our guys. Tipped them VERY well, they treated us like gold.

I have never had a butler either, but my understanding is that if you don't know what to do with one, they guide you as to what they can and cannot do for the guests. Thank you for the video!

If you can spend a WEEK, day and night, in a cabin with a friend you most certainly should be able to sleep in the same bed if the two halves turn out to be non-detachable.

We are naturally neat people and we do enjoy having the bed made and fresh towels appear while we have breakfast! Somehow that feels very luxurious to me!

The cabin did look really nice but that shower is a crazy size !! There’s no way we would be able to fit in there , way too curvy ! We have finally been on our first cruise after all these years watching your channel and I was amazed at how many tips and tricks I remembered. I said “well Emma says you should do this …. “ many times !! .😂😂 . The cruise was on Marella and we had a outside adapted cabin and it was a great size , have to have some perks with a wheelchair. I would recommend this Mediterranean cruise to any adult although at 50 we were quite young lol 😆. It was the Marella Explorer 2 and while it wasn’t really modern there wasn’t anything wrong at all . Thank you Emma and Hudson for your lovely kitty Xmas card . Much appreciated x 😊

You should try out a mini-cruise there is one going from Eemshaven (Netherlands) to Kristiansand (Norway) onboard of M/S Romantica! The ship sales with the Holland Norway line I sure do recommend it!!

I’m rather new to your channel. While, I’ve loved all your videos. I’m not sure if and when you’re trying to be funny, but your comment about measuring in toothpaste, and your friend shaving the shower curtain had me laughing so loudly, I’m certain the neighbors could hear!!! Thank you for putting a giant smile on my face today! Cheers!

Hee hee, All the regular cabins on all those ships have small showers with curtains that stick to you. Its a runnng joke but its a fondness joke in a way. The showers function quite well, you just have to figure out how to make them behave. I tend to wet the bottom of the curtain, then stick them to the side of the little wall. I then kind of step down on them to pull them tight and voila lots of room. We went on a 21 day btb 14 day cruise in cabin 7048 around South America December 2018 on the Azamara Pursuit! Its first trip around. We loved it!

Even this small room on a cruise ship is like three times the size of the Captain's stateroom on submarines like the USS Florida SSBN-728 (since converted to SSGN)! 🙂

We took a Cruise on Azamara for our honeymoon and it was a disaster. I am about twice the size of Emma so you can imagine how difficult it was to use anything in the toilet. Our cruise was cut short because they wanted to renovate the ship and they were actively renovating the ship when we are on it. We had workers smashing off paint with hammers next to our room and flaking it off into the sea at port. They had the roof over the hallways out doing works and we were almost hit by debris while walking to dinner one night. There were works going on all over the ship while we were cruising. Many things on the ship did not work such as the AC which made it very uncomfortable. When we arrived at our destination the work on the ship went full on before anyone could get off. Overall it was horrible but what was worse was when we complained they said you get nothing bye. This experience was supposed to be 5* and we paid a 5* price but got treated like worthless cattle. The experience was so bad that we have never taken a cruise since and I can’t see us doing another one. Emma’s description is very accurate so keep that in mind you will be very uncomfortable if you are not tiny like her. I can not recommend strong enough to avoid this Cruise line it was a horrible experience and we felt totally ripped off. So you know, no one told us they would be renovating the ship or that they would cut the trip short missing ports for their convenience to do renovations, they just did it. Sorry I know this comment is very negative but I feel it is important to let potential customers know what they might expect from Azamara.

The flowers were a nice touch.

I sailed on that ship as the Pacific Princess in the same cabin type. I loved the ship.

Thanks for more valuable information. Better to know about that bathroom before booking. I now wonder if all Azamara ships have the same size showers as the Onward.

Binge watching your lovely and informative videos from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Love your videos and I may consider Azamara! Thanks as always

When I was on a carnival cruise, I didn’t care my cabin was a lot smaller than I thought, you should be spending majority of your time outside your cabin while only returning to your cabin for privacy every so often

That’s also how the rooms at the Contemporary Hotel at Disney World were built.

You are so cute with the short hair. My first cruise ever was with Celebrity, last year. I leave on Dec 3 with my second on NCL. Like you, checking them all out. I have worked as a PADI Instructor for years. been all over the Caribbean, now doing it a different way.

Love your videos. Your commentary is great and love your perspective. And thanks for the Toothpaste measurements .

That saying is interesting! We say "risk it for the biscuit" in the US but it's assumed that we're talking about the bread rolls. People at my university said it in the same way as "let's get this bread."

Another good fun upload. Thank you Emma - liked. On my laptop this video frame size was two toothpaste tubes wide and one and one quarter toothpaste tubes high.

In the usa, at hotels, if we leave lots of trash, or towels, or don’t have time to clean up before leaving for the last time, we will leave a tip for the maids depending on the size of the room and how cluttered the room, but usually around $20.

Thank you!! Why people do not try to make their cabin (or tables) neater is beyond me. Courtesy to those supporting our cruise enjoyment isn't a hard ask.

Lovely ship! Not sure if could do an inside cabin. We leave Jan for our first Royal Caribbean cruise. We were on the Vista in September.

Tv should be on a arm mount so it can swing out I had no idea you could get twins instead of a double that's a great tip thanks

Strange that the TV isn’t able to swivel. They could also design / buy a sofa with storage underneath it. Or gas lift beds 🤷🏻‍♀️And they could install something like the nautilus retractable shower screen (self-cleaning) rather than the shower curtain.

Azamara has such a wonderful room design and I’m in love with it! Can I marry a cabin?

"If you like to take a nap on the toilet..." Feel like this says a lot about me when my first thoughts were. I can see that being useful for our group.

Banana for scale, Emma! LOL love your ingenuity !

Great video Emma

Ooh, that's a great idea for when renovating my bathroom. Install a towel rail for visitors to be able to rest comfortably on the khazi.

Was that a Gideon's Bible in the cabinet? "And now Rocky Raccoon, he fell back in his room Only to find Gideon's Bible Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt To help with good Rocky's revival, ah Oh yeah, yeah" 🙂

Five-foot ten inlander here. I was amused at one hotel in Germany where my head hit the ceiling of the shower, and yet nearly all of the men I met were several inches taller. It was in Bielefeld, which I've since learned doesn't exist.

Emma, I love you! We have been sailing with Azamara for more than 10 years now. We are devoted fans. The bathrooms, yes, we love the line, we all talk about the shower. I'm a modestly overweight American. I fit in, barely, literally and figuratively (and figuratively?). Unless you are certifiably very, very scuzzy, it's fine. It has a telephone sprayer, all anatomical parts can be reached, there is some splash over, for a quicky, it is fine! If you want a SHOWER, head up to the gym locker room. No issues there, and there is a steam room (no charge) to enhance the experience. They will know you by name by day 2. The food is fabulous. The bars are lovely. The passengers are invariably charming, affluent with no attitude, and always seeking the younger folks. (Home sickness, use it to your advantage!) All in all, like almost all of your reviews, very, very good. I just wish I liked inside rooms as much as you! OBTW: Should you choose to ditch your brother, those obstructed ocean view rooms on deck six are fantastic for 1 person. 2 people, don't do it!

lol hoover the room... we say that in Australia too !

6:40 Standard A4 paper is 8.5x11 inches. By folding in half, or quarters, or even eighths, you can get a fairly accurate measurement.

I don't know why but I just laughed and laughed about your little asides. Very entertaining.

I dont like cruising, ive never been cruising and i dont plan to, but there is something about Emma's videos i love. It is so interesting to learn about a world i am not part of in such an upbeat way. Emma you keep making these videos and i will keep watching.

That shower looks like it's even smaller than the one in my travel trailer. I didn't think that was possible without it just being a wet bath.

I live in Michigan and we say risk it for a biscuit all the time! 😊

You are so cute. 😂 loved the comment about taking the toiletries

The way to take a shower on the R-class ships (Azamara and Oceania) is to soap up the walls and turn around.

I was sold on trying this ship/line until the information about the shower, hopefully, there are some other options for those of us who are larger.

Risk it for the biscuit is one we kept after the revolution 🙂

You could get a laser measuring tool, about the size of a classic Nokia phone. Car reviewers use them to measure difficult to measure spaces, boot depth for example. You could get real creative, my suggestion is to place it on the closed toilet seat to measure leg room!

Holy cow, my grandson just said that to me when we were playing a game yesterday. I went for it and got it. He's 12 and I just cracked up when he said that 😄❤👍

I'm sure you know this but the ships original name and design is that of its earlier sister ship, the Pacific Princess from the TV show The Love Boat.

We did a 16 night cruise with Azamara, I really had no issue with the shower, nor did OH who is not a small person. We are old enough to remember shower curtains and over bath showers in small baths, maybe that’s why. Anyway, no problem with having a shower, on the cruise, absolutely fine.