Cha21
Pace yourself with food if first time cruiser! Make the most of sea days by getting bearings on boat at start of cruise.
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Azura Cruise Reviews - Tips
119 Azura Tips
powerfulpierre1
Don't buy excursions on board.
Robin232
Don’t do the shore excursions not value for money !
Sylabub
Study lift layout
Carolmill
Wear a mask on deck 7 because it smells
peterbligh
Be early for evening meal
lisanewlands
It's a great ship with lots to do. Enjoy!
Karriejay
The majority of the lifts face the same way, so you always turn the same way to find your cabin. I think...or maybe he was just trying to get rid of me?
Bathurst
Join in and enjoy yourself.
enrique13
To keep your bearings whilst onboard, most elevators/lifts have the doors facing or opening forward.
angelikavienna
We’ve just disembarked from the Azura and here are a few thoughts. We loved every minute on our Norway cruise. Cabins .... beautiful and ample space , we had a balcony on deck 14 near a pool. Very quiet! Kids on the ship.... lovely and well behaved, a pleasure to be around them, they all seem to love the kids club even the teenagers. Food.... we only ate in the Oriental and peninsular restaurants . Lovely food mostly, Cunard food was nicer, but plenty of choice and good quality. The buffet is busy. Drinks... we had a wine package, that was good value for money, other drinks cost about £ 7 Pools... yes we had gorgeous weather, the oasis pool is quietest. Plenty of sun beds, the retreat, which you have to pay for uses that pool and in my opinion is probably only worth it on a cruise to a very hot climate as there isn’t much shade about. Entertainment.... headliners theatre group were fantastic, west end style shows, other highlights were silk and beats, the one comedian wasn’t so funny Shore excursions.... for some people and some places they might be the best thing to do. In Norway and for us, reasonably able bodied I did think they were a rip-off. For example the Flåm train. £ 98 each with a booked P&O excursion, £ 90 for two people booked directly on the train. There was a lot of scaremongering about missing the ship. Well you are on exactly the same train as the excursion. It’s literally two minutes walk from the ship that’s towering over that tiny village. How could one miss it? Service.... everybody worked so hard and all the waiters and stewards made you feel special. The dress code... we like to dress to impress on a cruise, but you didn’t have to. On the two formal nights everyone did wear evening dresses and dinner suits. I even saw a little boy in one. Those people, who didn’t fancy that, just ate in the buffet. The infamous smell... yes around deck 7 by the Malabar and Sindhu restaurant it was bad. We called it the smellybar. We couldn’t smell it anywhere else and it didn’t bother us, just walked a bit faster through this area. The decor .... some people on this chat claimed the Azura was in desperate need of refurbishment. We didn’t feel that, she’s a beautiful ship ! Embarkation and disembarkation.... very well organised! To sum it up, we had a great time, as we cruised on Cunard before, we weren’t disappointed, but I suppose everything is maybe just one notch up on the QM2. I must emphasise though how much we enjoyed ourselves and as we’re leaving, we are already looking for the next cruise adventure.
gillrimmer
Don't buy internet.keeps dropping out. You can't make any form of call or watch videos
cheston
If you play scrabble bring your own, we couldn’t find one onboard but we had our own.
hookedcruises
Don’t go in cabin A629
robatsea
If paying the extra for a deluxe balcony, just bear in mind you are overlooked by the whole ship when on your balcony
Donna2Banks
Balconys C and D (D is a suite)seem to get the sunlight all day as these stick out. A,B, Lido and Rivera all stacked on top of each other so can become shady. Handy to know if you prefer to chill on your balcony rather than on deck.
duggydog
Avoid shops overpriced tat
hyacinth54
If you want a table for 2 on freedom dining. Get down to restaurant really early.
Sethok
Take larger clothes for week two!
brad73
Enjoy every moment
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