Azamara Quest Review
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Check-in was a breeze at Civitavecchia, with the usual opportunities at check-in to book in the specialty restaurants. If you are at all interested in the "Chef's Table" wine dinners in Prime C, book as soon as possible. We missed out on the French night, but had a wonderful dinner on the Italian night, with 7 courses plus top-end paired wines. The Executive Chef stopped by several times, and the sommelier hosted the evening, which was alot of fun with just 6 guests plus two ship's officers. It's nice to see how these dinners have evolved since our first cruise on Azamara back in 2010. Well worth the $90/pp supplement. Prime C and Aqualina continue to put on a great menu. We only dined in the Discoveries MDR once, but it too, was great.
The Cruise Critic Meet & Mingle was nice, with the Hotel Director and Staff, CD, and Club Voyage director hosting. Plenty of complimentary cocktails and hot, passed hors d'euvre during the event. About 15 people attended and the crew went out of their way to get to know the CC members.
Capri was skipped due to unsafe tender operations, but we had an extra day and night in Sorrento instead. Capri was just a short ferry-ride away for folks who couldn't miss it, but there is plenty to do and see in Sorrento as well!
Cabin Review
Our overall experience was terrific. We were more than satisfied with the size of this "suite" - comparable to a nice-sized hotel room with a combined bedroom/sitting area. The Butler service was on a par with the higher category Club Ocean and Club Owner suites, and there were all the perks of specialty dining, etc.Plenty of storage in the double wardrobe which is set up as 3/4 closet (with lots and lots of good quality wooden hangers) and a shelf/cubby section that includes the electronic safe. The desk/credenza offers a good work-surface and additional small drawers for clothes, as well as holding the mini-bar and DVD player. (The DVD cubby is a good place to stow some of your own electronic devices when not in use.) Note - the desk has only one 110v US style outlet and one 220v EU style outlet, so it is very handy to bring a voltage converter for the other outlet if you carry multiple gizmos.There is a good deal of undersink storage in the bathroom, as well as a very nice corner shelf unit for holding toiletries, etc. Flowers in the bathroom and on the small coffee table were a nice touch.The welcome aboard bottle of sparkling wine on our cruise was a nice Bouvet-Ladubay Signature Brut (not a champagne, but a sparkling wine from the Loire Valley - retails at about $20). That was definitely a step down from two prior cruises in the top level suites, but still nice as it kept showing back up in the ice bucket full, no matter how many times we finished a bottle. The balcony has nice, new, better quality seating than before, but with 3 chairs and a table it's a little tight. No lounge chair for private sunning on the balcony.