First Mediterranean Cruise

Item: Azura
Rating: 5
Author: oracle

Azura Cruise Review to Europe

oracle

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 17

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

Central Mediterranean

Sail date: May 14, 2017

Ship: Azura

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: B608

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

This was my first Mediterranean cruise, and my first time sailing from Southampton. Embarkation proved to be quite relaxed and uneventful, in fact we were on board quite a bit earlier than planned. Apart from the first couple of days the weather was excellent, the variety of ports was excellent, the standard of the cruise ship was very good, but the outstanding thing for me on board was the friendliness and helpfulness of the crew virtually throughout the ship. I would recommend Azura to anyone who asked.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

All food was excellent, though did find the food in Sindhu not up to the usual standard I had experienced before.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Available, but didn't really use them.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

I felt that the performers in the main theatre were very good, though the content of the shows could haave been better.

Children's Programs

N/a

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin very good, though I feel that the TV could do with an upgrade.

Ship tip

Be wary where you sit when watching the seascreen as you can either be trapped in the full sun, or cold in the evening when the sun goes down.

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Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

2 out of 5

Cadiz (Seville), Spain

3 out of 5

Barcelona, Spain

3 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

3 out of 5

Rome was the place I was most looking forward to, though I found it the biggest let down. Even though I was on an organised trip there was over an hour queuing to get in the colosseum, then over another hour to get in to the forum, both times due to the very slow processing of security, which you wouldn't mind if the guards were even looking at the x-ray screens when you passed through.

Thumbs Up 5

Cagliari, Sardinia

3 out of 5

Cartagena, Spain

3 out of 5

Gibraltar (U.K.)

3 out of 5

12 Comments

Von67 7 years ago

nice one .. can't fault u.x

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amandasolts 7 years ago

We won't ever fly again just so easy to cruise on the plus side to we live in Southampton bout 15 mins from the port

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Von67 7 years ago

if got ages to wait till our next one ... but we fly out to fuerteventura in Oct... won't be the same as sailing the ocean on Azura ðx

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amandasolts 7 years ago

kick back and enjoy you will love it ð

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pecanedy 7 years ago

we've got 17 days till we board Azura for West Med cruise. really can't wait.any tips?

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Sweetrose 7 years ago

Going in 34 days and can't wait

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Von67 7 years ago