When we decided to return to the Baltic, we knew we wanted a small casual ship with a lot of time in each port. The itinerary of the Azamara Journey was perfect. There were 2 days in Stockholm, 3 in St. Petersburg, and a whole day in Tallin.

We booked our own air and arrived 3 days early in Copenhagen. When we embarked (about noon), there were no crowds at all and the process was very smooth.

We had a deluxe oceanview stateroom on the 4th floor. It was nice,quiet, had plenty of drawers and closet space, the bed was good, and the linens were soft. We also liked having a refrigerator. We asked the butler to take out all the mini-bar stuff so we could use it as we liked. It was the only thing we ever asked of him. He was pleasant, but he was no better or worse than any other stateroom attendant we have had in the past. Read more