Our Azamara experience was quite good, and while we did experience some of the elements other cruisers had mentioned (the less positive aspects), overall we really enjoyed the cruise. First of all, we loved our cabin. While the cabin is right below the dining room, we thought it had a perfect balcony, and we really enjoyed the size of the room. (Room 8070). The bathroom had plenty of space, and the bed was comfortable enough. The service on the ship was pretty good - absolutely loved the spa (definitely ask for Samantha if you're on the ship now - absolutely the best massage I've ever had). The service in the specialty restaurants was excellent - in the main dining room, somewhat spotty (by spotty, I mean that one time my husband didn't get what he ordered and another time we had to wait over 45 minutes for our entrees - and it wasn't that crowded, but other times, it was good.

I will say one thing - if you point out an issue, they do jump on it right away. Our room attendant was outstanding, our butler was okay. The entertainment was pretty good (we didn't make all the shows, but the ones we did go to) - and the Cruise Director was really great. He's different from any other one we've had on any other cruise, but he was on one of our tours, and he was just a really nice guy - and really focused on helping all the passengers in any way he could. He was also a very talented performer (Eric DeGray). The enrichment presentations were pretty good - very knowledgeable speaker. Our tours - and we took mostly ship tours - were pretty good. They were long, and if I did this itinerary again, I might do it a bit differently.. We had one bad weather day (it was a Sea day), and I was quite seasick, but that is certainly not the cruise lines fault.

The thing I really loved about this cruise (aside from our room), was the fact that since it was a smaller group of passengers, you really got to know a lot of them. It was really easy to meet people (starting with the Mix and Mingle), and that made this cruise really enjoyable - Very friendly group of passengers. Also, since the ship was a bit smaller, it was certainly easy to find your way around (our last cruise was the Oasis - so it was quite a bit different). While the ship was an older ship, it was very clean and well taken care of. It is time for new carpeting and some other updates, but what they had wasn't bad. The Mosaic Cafe had outstanding Cappucinos and Lattes - one of my favorite places to go, but the coffee in the dining room was not that great.... The food was good, and I really can't think of anything that I had that wasn't good..... Read more