Azamara Australia &amp; New Zealand Cruise Reviews

This was our 4th Azamara cruise and our third on the Journey. In the past, we liked Azamara because of the small size of the boat, food and service. With 690 passengers, you never feel like you're being herded ...

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Sail Date February 2020

veggieonboard

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Pumpkin, pasta and more pumpkin!

Background: 3 61-67 year olds, well travelled plenty of cruises under our belts with RCL, Celebrity, Azamara (10 years ago) and Oceania. 2 carnivores and 1 vegetarian. Picked the cruise mainly for the ports of ...

Sail Date February 2020

BetsyT

5 Reviews Written

20 Helpful Votes

Lovely, comfortable ship, excellent service and wonderful ports

We chose this cruise because we were interested in seeing the South Pacific and New Zealand and the package deal we got included airfare, unlimited internet and trip insurance (important, as my husband and I are in ...

Sail Date January 2020

Captain Povey

3 Reviews Written

16 Helpful Votes

An enjoyable cruise marred by the disappointing food

We are experienced cruisers and have tried a number of different cruise lines over many years. Overall, we enjoyed this cruise despite the disappointment of missing Raratonga due to the poor weather and conditions ...

Sail Date January 2020

PLeb

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Strange itinerary

We wanted to see as much as possible of New Zealand without having to brave driving on the wrong side of NZ's notoriously twisty - and sometimes hazardous - highways. As this was our second Azamara cruise, we knew ...

Sail Date January 2019

tillytara

2 Reviews Written

7 Helpful Votes

Another great trip

We booked a back to back cruise on the Quest after enjoying a great cruise with Azamara from Singapore to Mumbai 2 years ago. We departed from Auckland on the 21.2.19 in a Club Ocean suite 7005. We were really ...

Sail Date February 2019

Durmandurman

3 Reviews Written

18 Helpful Votes

B2B Auckland to Singapore

One of the reasons on deciding to do this cruise starting in Auckland was to meet up with a relative who emigrated to New Zealand back in the 70s. Mission accomplished! On the itinerary, there were several ports ...

Sail Date February 2019

dive4pam

4 Reviews Written

8 Helpful Votes

New Zealand Intensive and Eastern Australia on B2B

Itinerary is what counts and long port stays as well as Quest being a ship we sailed on previously. We love overnights in port so we have longer time in port. We use our ship as a hotel. We don't really care ...

Sail Date February 2019

Pumper1961

1 Review Written

5 Helpful Votes

Poor shows, not true all inclusive, old films

chose for the ports to include NZ and Oz. over 15 nights 5 shows were fairly good, but the 10 others were dire. They use a company called level 54 who are shocking. many nights the audience only numbered about ...

Sail Date February 2019

jkadventures

10 Reviews Written

27 Helpful Votes

Back on the Quest

Recently back from my second Azamara voyage, both on the Quest. Overall this Sydney to Auckland cruise was excellent with some notable improvements, however there are areas which continue to disappoint. On the ...

Sail Date February 2019

stanjs

4 Reviews Written

4 Helpful Votes

First time on Azamara, probably not the last.

We chose Azamara and this itinerary based on the recommendation of friends who did it a couple of years. ago. We too weren't notified of the change of embarkation point, but noticed the ship in the "wrong port" ...

Sail Date February 2019

flydc

5 Reviews Written

17 Helpful Votes

Another Great Azamara Adventure

We sailed for 14 days from Sydney to Auckland. There was a lot of confusion about which port we would depart from Sydney. Was very confusing up until almost the last minute as the original plan seemed to have been ...

Sail Date February 2019

hobbitons

3 Reviews Written

21 Helpful Votes

Wonderful!

After cruising Regent and Seabourn we were looking for a more casual experience coupled with an in-depth itinerary of New Zealand, and Azamara fit the bill. Itinerary included Melbourne,Tasmania and the North and ...

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Sail Date January 2019

Wallyroo

3 Reviews Written

19 Helpful Votes

Great getaway at Christmas

Booked this cruise nearly three years ago so, looking forward to Christmas and NY on board ship and especially fireworks in Sydney harbour. The day we boarded in Fremantle, Western Australia the temperature was ...

Sail Date December 2018

McIsaac

1 Review Written

5 Helpful Votes

Probably the best crew on the ocean! Makes Journey speical.

The itinerary was perfect to explore Tasmania, South New Zealand and North New Zealand. The Journey's crew from officers to room attendants are the very best of any line we have traveled on and are the Journey's ...

Sail Date February 2018

cruistwa

1 Review Written

3 Helpful Votes

What no duty free spirit purchases available

I was looking for a small ship cruise that would not have children dominating the pool and amenities so my Travel Agent recommended Azamara. Overall my wife and I enjoyed our NZ cruise very much, with superb ...

Sail Date April 2017

Downunder cruiser

4 Reviews Written

42 Helpful Votes

Expectations not met

Azamara Journey is lovely (idenitical to The Quest her sister ship) however something was missing and our expectations were not met. We boarded in Sydney for a 31 night (back to back) Sydney to Auckland to Sydney ...

Sail Date March 2017

mwn4848

1 Review Written

5 Helpful Votes

Overall very disappointing experience and highly overrated.

Primarily for itinerary (Sydney to Auckland). The itinerary was great -- the ship not so much. I have been on about 35 to 40 cruises and maybe my expectations were too high. Some of the biggest disappointments ...

Sail Date February 2017

Josi56

2 Reviews Written

13 Helpful Votes

A great cruise on a great ship

We do not like the idea of a large cruise ship with lots of people so we chose the Azamara. The itinerary took us from Singapore to Sydney via Bali and Komodo and along the coast of Australia from Darwin. It was ...

Sail Date February 2017

Buzzttt

6 Reviews Written

38 Helpful Votes

Cruise Review for Azamara Quest Voyage from Sydney to Bali

Our overall cruise experience was excellent. The Azamara ships, although older and sometimes a little tattered are like a great old cashmere sweater, comfortable and great feeling. The effort of the crew from the ...

Sail Date February 2016

shrew60

2 Reviews Written

4 Helpful Votes

First Time Cruising with Azamara

My husband and I just returned from 13 day itinerary New Zealand and Sydney, Australia. We loved the more intimate smaller cruise, enjoying the ship, getting on and off, longer port days all pluses with less ...

Sail Date January 2016

willy_the_wombat

3 Reviews Written

29 Helpful Votes

Pleasantly surprised

This was our first ever cruise having been well seasoned land travellers and also having visited New Zealand some years back this was a good place to start. it was also pointed out by fellow passengers that we had ...

Sail Date January 2016

MNgardens

1 Review Written

1 Helpful Vote

Good First Time Experience

We were new to the Azamara brand of cruise ships. We wanted to tour Australia and New Zealand and cruising seems to be a good choice considering some mobility issues my mother had. She is also celiac and had dietary ...

Sail Date January 2016

Cruise Critic01

1 Review Written

5 Helpful Votes

The Great Barrier Reef cruise that did not meet our total expectations.