Just got back from a quick break bargain cruise on the Azure......Usual wait in Southampton as they called your letter out to join another queue.....all understandable as its one heck of a large ship.

Why are so many waiters and staff so miserable looking.......we cheered one chappie from Goa up who was so sad, he explained he was missing his family.A lot coasted miserably around seizing your plate once you had placed your utencils down....WHY?....Its not a new thing...they've been doing it for years.

Usual very high quality food....we booked an outside with a verander and even had an upgrade this time to R deck to the very front ...yes, the sharp end,the wife prefers the middle as it doesn't rock/sway so much...but it was like a mill pond...on the way home from France even the pools were still.....earie.... Read more