Azamara Quest Review
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After leaving Charleston, SC EARLY Friday September 9th and spending time in The Atlanta and JFK airports, we headed to Athens! We had an uneventful flight with Delta arriving early Saturday morning. Thankfully, our luggage made it and we met our private transportation arranged through Azamara. Easy transfer considering the taxis were on strike!!!! So, word to the wise, book your transfers through the cruise ship!!! We arrived around NOON at the port, filled out some medical forms prior to receiving our room key at the registration area....it was a piece of cake..no waiting what so ever! We left our suitcases and went on board the Quest....we were greeted with a flute of champagne and left our carry on baggage...our cabin was not ready...so we explored the ship. What a beautiful ship! We wandered up to the Windows Cafe for their lovely buffet...and we had unlimited wine with our lunch (we did purchase several bottles of wine for our room at the duty free store before heading on the ship)...a very nice touch. Then we received an announcement that our cabins were ready...we arrived to a lovely cabin, fresh fruit plate and fresh flowers...we had a veranda...so pleasant. We decided to take a quick two hour nap, much needed!!! Our cabin attendant woke us..thank goodness...he brought us our luggage. The ship set sail and off we went on our wonderful adventure.
We had an invitation waiting for us for the Cruise Critic cocktail hour which was held that evening. It was a wonderful experience to meet some of the crew and meet some of the folks who participate on Cruise Critic....we had lovely appetizers and more champagne:) The attendants EVERY where were wonderful...always happy and smiling! Our cruise director,Russ, was a BLAST! And he always called us by name...how nice! Made us feel extra special! And he made ALL the guests feel welcome! We weren't very hungry but decided to still go up to the Windows Cafe for a "snack"...well, we couldn't resist all the yummy food; thank goodness we only had soup and salad and small ice cream! (couldn't resist the ice cream each day...there went my waistline!) We went to the Captain's Welcome Toast...more champagne!
If you are looking for big time entertainment, this is NOT the cruise ship for you. We went for a short time to the cabaret to see the Quest Singers...they were VERY good...but we were tired after a VERY long day of traveling. We had a nice surprise in our room, the bed was turned down and a little "snack" before bed...fresh towels were out in the bath. We slept like babies.
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Club Veranda Stateroom
We had a lovely cabin. The location was perfect. We were two floors below Window Cafe, the restaurant and two floors above Discoveries and the Cabaret Lounge. We had breakfast (room service) EVERY morning on our veranda. Every day, we had fresh flowers and fresh fruit waiting for us. And at night, we had a little bit of chocolate! Nice touches! We had fluffy robes and slippers that came in very handy. And binoculars which we did not use. There was even an umbrella in our stateroom. Thank goodness we didn't need it:) We had plenty of storage space although it was difficult to get our luggage under the bed to store. The towels and linens were awesome! And the bath amenities were very nice. The self service laundry was right down the hall, but it was always too busy. Should have taken advantage of the laundry service. All in all, we loved our cabin and all the great attention to detail!