My husband and have just returned from a wonderful, hastily organised 14th night cruise on the fabulous Azamara Quest, which sailed from Hong Kong to Singapore via Vietnam and Thailand. As veterans of a number of cruises, it has been our best cruising experience to date. From the beginning of our experience with Azamara, we were amazed at the difference in this cruise to others we have ...
We cruised on the Quest from March 29 for 14 nights, travelling from Hong Kong via Vietnam, Thailand to Singapore. This was our first Quest cruise but we have cruised several times before on Celebrity and RCI, making us Discoverer members in LCV. This cruise was booked since the day it went on sale in April 2009!We flew BA club class into HK - smooth, efficient as always and then caught the rail ...
She is sleek, stylish and sophisticated; as you would expect of one of the newest vessels afloat, and clearly well worth the $300 million spent on her. However if you were looking for just one word to sum up Seabourn Sojourn it has got to be "space". She has (so it seems) endless acres of space.
If the measure of success with any customer is exceeding expectations then this ...
These are the highlights of our recent cruise (January 2011) in Asia with Azamara Quest. My wife and I are experienced cruisers, but this is the first time we have sailed on a smaller vessel, and I suspect that our experiences reflect this, at least to a certain degree.
Embarkation:
We met the ship in Hong Kong. Seeing as we arrived at 9:30PM local time, we just took a car to the ...
Our background is over 20 cruises on a wide variety of lines including NCL, Royal Caribbean, Costa, Celebrity, Commodore, Windstar, Sea Dream and Regent.
We cruised with Azamara a total of 5 weeks previous to this trip, all on the sister ship the Journey. With our wide variety of lines and price levels, we feel can be very objective in our review.
Our trip started with 3 pre days in Hong ...
We boarded our cruise in Hong Kong after a wonderful 3 night stay at the MetroPark Hotel, Kowloon. We visited Victoria Peak, rode the famous Star Ferry and dined at the floating Jumbo Restaurant among many other interesting adventures. I had not been in Hong Kong since 1968 and like everywhere it had changed significantly. However, it is still a beautiful and interesting city.
We arrived at ...
Upon my return home I had received an email from a writer at Conde Nast magazine asking for my opinion on Azamara cruises for a story she was writing in the Cruise edition this summer. Her timing was impeccable since I had just returned from my Southeast Asia adventure. I have been so busy, that I have not had time to write my review but I am going to attach the response I sent to Conde Nast - ...
My parents did this trip along with me and my partner. We booked the 5-day Wonders of China pre-cruise tour via Silversea, so we flew to Beijing and spent 3 days there then a day in Xian and then on to Hong Kong, where we sailed round-trip. The pre-tour was amazing. Silversea put us up in good hotels and the guides hired cared for us well.
Embarkation: We transferred from the ...
I've cruised with several different companies along with Cunard once before on the QE2 which is now sadly in dry dock in Dubai.This cruise was the inaugural world cruise which I only did part of it due to the fact I went with my daughter and she was only able to get a month off work..........the Queen Elizabeth liner is wonderful and the decor very grand ............we chose the late sitting for ...
The Quest is a beautifully maintained ship with many luxurious notes and finishes. It's quite easy to learn your way around given the compact size. However, it was the constant contact with the ship's officers and the incredible stateroom service that made this cruise stand out...along with the ability to get into smaller ports with very difficult navigational challenges that preclude larger ships ...