Azamara Journey Review

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Bob and Peg
6-10 Cruises • Age 20s

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Sail Date: Aug 2011
Cabin: Club Veranda Stateroom

Just a few comments about our recent cruise on the Journey. This was our second Azamara cruise, the first one on the Quest in 2009 for a Black Sea cruise. Both of our trips were very enjoyable. We selected this cruise because we really wanted to visit Iceland, and this trip stopped at two ports - Akureyri and Reykjavik.

On this trip, we had one quibble with the food - they served Louisiana Gumbo one night. It did not resemble that dish at all. Gumbo is a spicy, roux-based, stew-like dish. This was bland and broth-based. My husband mentioned it to the executive chef & she said they have to follow the recipe from headquarters. Someone in headquarters needs to go to Louisiana and find some real gumbo. Also, in talking to the wait staff, they told us that other regional dishes weren't really very authentic (specifically Indonesian).

Otherwise, the food was quite good. We ate once each in Aqualina & Prime C on this trip; while the food & service were very good, it was not enough better than Discoveries (Main Dining Room) to justify $15 pp. When we sailed with them 2 years ago, the charge was only $5 pp and we ate in each restaurant several times. (I love the Grand Marnier soufflE. The waiter in Prime C was able to get it for us, even though it's only on the menu for Aqualina.)

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Club Veranda Stateroom

Cabin V2

I really like deck 7 on these ships. Since we always use the stairs, rather than the elevator, it's only 2 flights down to the main public deck or 2 flights up to the pool deck/Windows Cafe. Our cabin was situated very near the aft stairs.

Our only problem, was that we were the last cabin to be cleaned each day. It was usually noon or later before it was made-up. Other than that, it was similar to every cabin we've had on Azamara/Oceania ships. The beds were comfortable and there was adequate storage for our needs.

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