Azamara Journey Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Just love Azamara Club Cruises. Always a great crew and always wonderful food, especially given the fact that fresh food was brought aboard at ports and became part of the menus!!! The staff is always friendly and helpful and remembers who you are as well. Senior Officers are always available and approachable. Their mid voyage feedback survey is reviewed and responses are immediate in nature regardless if your comments are good or not so good. They are answered by the manage of the area on which you commented on. Little gifts from the cruise line are always in your cabin (ie, a piece Delft porcelain). Embarkation and Debarkation is well organized and quick. The only thing about this cruise is that there was nothing much to see and do as well as excursions in Bremerhaven and Honfleur.

This was our four Azamara Cruise having done 170 cruises in 30 years. One of our favorite ships and captain. A very nice experience except for the dining room service.

Poor Service, Old boat in disrepair. Staff unengadged. No food after 9:30pm and no drinks after 10:30pm

Would do it again maybe on a Bigger Trip because of the Bad Seas and my older age

This was our fourth Azamara cruise and we are already looking for another one. We cannot fault the ship or crew. Absolutely perfect in every way. From the captain to the cabin boys everyone is efficient and friendly

Very enjoyable 10 day cruise - some ports worth revisiting - Dubai, Muscat, Abu Dhabi - enjoyed the entertainment and the gym and spa facilities - feel part of the Azamara family!

Fascinating itinerary and great fellow passengers. Azamara has great staff to keep us happy. We visited the Regent Ship for dinner with friends when they caught up to us in Dubai. They have a beautiful ship, seeing the contrast in their additional star rating was remarkable.

Not a good shop if you have mobility problems rams on every door sill difficult to get a wheelchair over and the doors are very heavy you need help to open them

Would do another one in the near future I like the idea of only 1 day at sea and calling into ports every day , food was great on boat staff were very good nothing was a problem

The trip was great, but the ship was too small. Our tour guide, Dana Olmstead was outstanding. We were constantly being harassed to upgrade out drink package.

We enjoyed visiting this part of the world. Azamara made it doable as well as enjoyable. Their AmazingAzamara evening was a concert with full orchestra-lovely experience!

Any ship with cabins that small for two isnt a luxury ship, especially with such limited activities for those who werent golfers. If it had been stated that emphasis would be on golfing activities only, I might not have expected so much.

This cruise was one that was on our "bucket list" and it really covered our wishes. We saw so many sights that we have only dreamed of seeing. We crossed the Arctic Circle and received a Certificate of Accomplishment. The Captain, Johannes Tysse, was very funny and very approachable. He made the trip a wonderful experience.

Seven night itinerary from Lisbon. The excursions were great, very comfortable room (deluxe balcony ) , bar service very good , room attendant wonderful . Our favourite part of the ship was the the Living Room. Anton, the guitar player and soloist, was truly talented and we made sure to listen to him several times. We booked the Night in Private places with the room credit we received, and it was well worth it, Would love to do another cruise on Azamara.

We have sailed on Azamara three times... we obviously like it! We have never had any thing less than an excellent vacation on this cruise line. Starting with the Captain - He was always friendly and willing to stop and take a photo. He has a great sense of humor. We ran into the doctor in the library one night; he was a pleasure to speak with also. The wait staff, the bartenders, and the room stewards were always professional and appeared to remember each of us. It is so nice to be on a ship of this size even though it means you have a smaller pool and less entertainment choices. Having sailed on other larger cruise ships in the past I will always come back to the smaller midsized ships. No bands of rowdy teenagers running the halls and not a lot of small children taking over the pool. I love kids but I'm at an age where I like a little peace and quiet when I come back from shore excursions.

The food is very good but it is excellent in the specialty restaurants. The upcharge is minimal and well worth it. While at the Chef's Table dinner I had the best dessert in the whole world! It was like absorbing a lemon cloud! (I believe they called it a Limencello Souffle.)

We had a special send off because the sister ship Quest was in Barcelona at the same time. They left port together and there was a joint departure party on the decks of both ships. A fun way to start the trip!

The ports of call were fabulous. I must confess that we never book shore excursions through the cruise line because of the size of those groups. We prefer smaller groups catered to our specific desires. We were able to find wonderful private tours at all our stops. 

All in all, this was a wonderful trip. Cudos to Azamara! They do vacation right!

Great ship. Excellent service and entertainment. Eric De Gray, best cruise director ever. Highly recommend and look forward to taking another voyage with them in the future.

Normally we cruise with Celebrity and got thise 3 days cruise to try Azamara. We find the ship to small with very limited choises for entertaintment. However food and service was a bit better than Celebrity. Bottum line: For the same money we would choise Celebrity

SHIP: Although beautifully appointed with new carpet, furnishings, it was hard to find a comfortable chair or sofa. Seats we either too deep, too upright, too hard, no arms or too slanted.(I swear the bar stools on 5 in Spirits were designed to have you slide off!)   There were a barrel type club chairs in the Discoveries bar and up on 10 in the living room.  But there were also acrylic & metal mesh patio chairs up there too.... 

FOOD: mediocre at best, inedible at times.  Even in the specialty restaurants the food was just OK, not special.  No flavor to the French onion soup, most dishes salty tasting, chicken & shrimp pad Thai came out to the table with just noodles & sauce - when brought to the attention off the waiter, he noted that this was his second of these complInts but did he bring out chicken/shrimp? No. 

EXCEPTIONS: the cheeseburgers & fries at the grill on 9 were really good and the steak although not great was much better than in the dining room or the steak house. The frozen yogurt was terrific!

STAFF: wonderfully friendly - always with a smile.  

SUMMARY: this was a great disappointment for we were really looking forward to being a bit upscale (price/amenities) from celebrity & were thinking it wood be similar to Oceania's small ships in food/comfort/service.  Not even close.

We had a FANTASTIC time on this trip.  The crew of the Journey reminds me of what cruising used to be.  Impeccable service delivered by happy crew.  Most important, and lost on the other guys, is the ATTITUDE of the ENTIRE staff.  Never an excuse (and really never a reason for one).  Ship is clean and neat.  The decor could use an "update" in style (kinda oldish for me).  Ports of call were UNBELIEVABLE.   This is NOT a party ship.  All live entertainment and bars were closed a bit past 11pm.  A main show, guitar player and piano man who both had overdone sound tracks to cover for their playing.  But because the ports were SOOOOO intensive, we really did not care.

Would go again in a flash.  The included drinks (and boy did the drinks flow - and WITHOUT ANY signature needed), and included tips really make this line compete quite affordabally with other higher end lines.  

Easy on and easy off.  Very few lines for anything.  Food was top notch, all the time.

AND..... ATTITUDE (listen up other lines) was positive, happy, upbeat, and NO EXCUSES or B.S. - ever!!!

Happy to answer specific questions.  This was our 15th cruise on 8 lines.

I love the Azamara ships.  Small and intimate suits me fine. Food is very good, could be improved but then costs would go up. It's a balance.  The included spirts/wines/soft drinks are a nice benefit. The staff is great, many remember me from previous cruises.  They are friendly and seem genuinely happy.  This is not the ship for big production shows, but good solid entertainers. I will sail Azamara again.