Overall, I would give the cruise about a 4.8. The things that bothered me didn't warrant much of a negative review, so I wouldn't knock the cruise down too much. As for the negative things - I signed up for the cruise about a year early and didn't realize Azamara was going through changes and a new website/computer system set up, etc, and I signed up for all of the excursions at the beginning and everything went well until about six months before the cruise. Then it was literally impossible to get through to them. I called in the morning when they opened their lines and put my phone on speaker and literally went 4-7 hours at a time on hold without any answer. I tried leaving my number for them to call back and that only worked once, with not all of the things we discussed showing up on my website portal, so I honestly did not know if any of my transfers, hotel, etc, would work. I had to wing it. Also, I bought the airfare through their "Choice Air", and was concerned about problems with flight changes, etc. The reason I am not giving them more negative feedback on this was because luckily everything worked out. Our transfers and airfare were all in effect, as well as check in going well, even without any tickets or boarding information sent to us ahead of time. It caused me loads of worry, but everything worked out, so "almost" all is forgiven :)

The other minorly negative things I would say would be that there wasn't enough to do on the ship. I understand this is an excursion based line and I really appreciate that about it, so we weren't on board a ton, but we did have one day at sea and then another where we couldn't get into port for most of the day and they just don't have enough for people to do. At least for us to do. Maybe others like their relaxation time, but my husband goes nuts having to sit around, so I wish there would have been a little more "fun stuff". There was a spa, which we didn't use - not our thing, but our friends who traveled with us enjoyed the massage and acupuncture. There was a very small pool and two hot tubs and a sun deck. We had bad weather for much of the trip, so couldn't really enjoy this much...and the pool is so small, I bet 10 people would be a limit. There was 1 ping pong table in a corner on an upper deck where the ball kept falling to the deck below and any wind is a nuisance. There is a dartboard right there as well. 1 shuffleboard court on top deck I never saw anyone use. There was a small workout room where my husband used the treadmills often, but many weren't working. There was one expensive jewelry shop on board and one shop that had upscale perfume, clothing, jewelry, etc. I can't believe that they wouldn't have a shop to get any souvenirs or just day to day items. The entertainment was ok. The band The Vibz, was good. There were also some jazz musicians and some piano players around here and there. They were all decent. The entertainment on stage was all right. It was a little lacking, if I'm honest, compared to the bigger lines. The guest comedian, Andrew Grose, was extremely funny. It would be nice to have more entertainment options. A lot of the main stage singers/entertainers were young and did a good job...it's just not particularly our favorite kind of entertainment. Definitely a subjective thing, so I wouldn't grade it too harshly. And then, other than a couple of trivia games here or there and 1 bingo game, there was really nothing much to do daily. I would have appreciated a casino and/or a few more activities going on to choose from.

The food - I thought the food was overall very good. And much better than the cruises we have been on previously. After 11 days on board, the food did get a little monotonous, but how can you keep it all interesting and exceptional for that many days in a row?! I thought most of what I had was really good. We did not eat at the specialty restaurants, as we tried a couple of times to get a reservation and couldn't get in, however, I heard they were good from others. We ate in either the dining room or the buffet. All the servers were prompt and friendly...always willing to help out! They couldn't be nicer. The food usually had quite a few options and had different themed nights, i.e., seafood night, Spanish night, Italian night, American night, British night, etc. The Patio grill was out by the pool and they made good burgers and fries, etc. We ordered room service once as well and it was the best!! Read more