Azamara Quest Reviews

Summary:  Adam organised an excellent itinerary including 2 nights stay in Barcelona, followed by a week on the Azamara Quest, followed by 2 nights in Rome in late October. The Silken Diagonal in Barcelona, is a modern design by their architect Juli Capella, located next to the impressive Torre Agbar.and within easy reach of the tube to downtown Barcelona. Lovely rooftop bar and pool. We joined a walking tour of Barcelona with Nick Lloyd, author of "Forgotten Places: Barcelona and the Spanish Civil War", walking in the footsteps of George Orwell when he was fighting with the Republicans. The Quest was a lovely ship, identical to other ex-Renaissance ships such as the Oceania's Insignia, small enough to get into the heart of the cities we visited such as Valencia, Palma de Mallorca and Mahon in the Balearics, Cagliari and Olbia, in Sardinia and Porto Vecchio in Corsica. The food and entertainment were fine, but service levels not quite unto the standards of Oceania or Seabourn. One of the highlights was the Azamazing evening of singing at Seu Cathedral in Majorca, followed by a chocolate fest back on board. The hotel Adam booked us in Rome, Baileys was also a lovely old world small hotel, where we had a double room overlooking the main street Via Flavia, well appointed and with excellent service.

Summary:  Just arrived back from Venice redentor festival this Is our 3rd cruise with azamara best ever ship been refurbished food Excellant all staff amazing cant do enough to please cabins immaculate shower rooms small but everything else on ship makes up for that captain and crew all very friendly made it a holiday to remember looking to book next one highly recommend you will not be disappointed made friends with lots of people this ship if very good for people traveling solo

Summary:  I have just got home from my first ever cruise and after spending 18 fabulous days I just can't put into words how wonderful this experience was, the food is outstanding the service is first class from the two wonderful cabin boys to the waiter's and waitresses bar staff chefs and every single person who works on the ship nothing is to much trouble, Captain Carl and all of his officer's real do run a super ship it can only say a huge thank you to each and everyone of you, I really hope I will see you all very soon I feel that I have a new and loving family.

Summary:  This ship is just perfect. The food is excellent, the service and friendliness of the crew are second to none, it was our first time with Azamara but it won't be our last. A perfect cruise line whether you want to relax or explore, everything is there for you and having the longer stays in ports makes it even more relaxing as you are given so much time to see the ports of call, no rushing. The open dining is also a bonus as there is no set time to be ready for dinner! Iglu did a perfect job of putting our package together for us, all the transfers were prompt and courteous, well done Iglu cruises.

Summary:  Azamara Quest – Romantic Capital Cities – 01.08.15 – 12 Nights Service and Staff – Totally Azamazing , never experienced customer service of a higher standard. Food was excellent, although I did hear rumblings from multiple past passengers that it wasn’t quite as good as previous cruises. (the veal tenderloin in Aqualina was INCREDIBLE!) The Speciality Restaurants are only $25.00 pp cover charge! The Filet Mignon in Prime C was nearly as good as the Veal… The Main ‘Discoveries’ Restaurant was 1st Class. A Fantastic Selection every night, 4 Courses, all prepared to Brasserie Standards. Windows Café was also brilliantly varied with ‘Themed Buffet’ every night, you could even have your own Curry, Vietnamese ‘Pho’ or Burritos made freshly in front of you by the ‘Show Chef!’ At Breakfast you could order poached or boiled eggs just how you like them or a fresh omelette to be brought to your table on the aft end open-air deck of the Cafe! Alternatively get waited on for Breakfast in Discoveries! Hungry between meals then head for Mosaics Coffee Lounge for Pastries or Cold Tapas. All diets were catered for very well indeed… AND A BIG ONE: ROOM SERVICE FREE AND INCLUSIVE 24 HOURS (excludes alcoholic drinks). The ship is a teeny bit tired in places, if being ultra critical, but she is going in for refit in April! Very stable, no vibration at all, fantastic size, the ship was full but felt like it wasn’t at all? The itinerary included only one day at sea and all the ports were extremely interesting with lots do and see. The excursions/tour guides that I booked through Azamara were again (sorry to use it again) “AZAMAZING” plus the Free Azamazing Evening at The Poland Philharmonic was SUPERB and got a standing ovation! The shows were brilliantly directed and delivered by Russ Thomas-Grieve (Brilliant Cruise Director) The guest entertainment was even better. I managed to win an Azamara Key Ring and Spectacles Cleaner!!! by attending and winning a lot of the Quizzes! A Wii Sports was provided for ‘big’ and small kids and my Son made good use of this, the board games/card lounge area in Looking Glass and the Quizzes and other activities provided by the Team! All in all a brilliant cruise line that you can have total confidence in selling as a 5* Deluxe product. PS: AZAMARA MEANS = A BRIGHT STAR OVER THE BLUE OCEAN

Summary:  We were on the Quest for the Gallipoli Centennary trip boarding in Istanbul and departing in Nice 30th May. This was truely a wonderful experience and meories we will treasure forever. 650 Australians and approx 16 of us New Zealanders blended together and enjoyed each other's company. The management of the ship need to commend their staff as they were all so obliging from the Captains to the cleaning staff. Always so pleasant and happy in your work. I would recommend your cruise ship to anyone as we experienced cruising at its best. We have cruised on far bigger ships with up to 4000 passengers but on this particular cruise we recieved individual treatment that made you feel so welcoming. The food at all decks were so well presented, and the staff were always so willing to please ... well done guys xx

Summary:  A big thank you to Aimee Clayton at Iglu cruise for arranging our latest cruise with Azamara Club Cruises. The flights hotels and transfers were all perfect with a few days being spent in Singapore before joining the lovely Azamara Quest. Singapore Penang Colombo Cochin Goa Mumbai Muscat and Dubai were all visited and numerous shore side trips were taken. A fantastic experience visiting new countries . The Azamara Quest was a lovely ship with a happy crew and we were well looked after. The attention to detail level of service onboard was second to none and memorable and enjoyable cruise was experienced Again many thanks to Iglu and Azamara for a fantastic voyage

Summary:  March 2015. Benoa to Osaka, Another great cruise on this lovely ship, with interesting ports of call along the way. Our usual VX stateroom at the rear of the ship was all we expected and despite the rocky seas towards Japan, we were able to enjoy our 16 days at sea. The entertainment was, as before, similar to past cruises but with fresh new young faces on the team. Russ was his usual welcoming self as were Philip, the captain and many more of the crew. Thank you IGLU - our first booking with you..... not easy to make arrangements when speaking to so many different people at your company - perhaps one person for contact would ease this, rather than a different correspondent each time? All worked out in the end, though.

Summary:  Just returned from Thailand, Java and Bali on Azamara Quest, beginning with three nights in Singapore. We very much enjoyed the stay in Singapore, though would rather have been near the bay, as many other cruisers were, as the Orchard Hotel was too far away from the touristy part. We enjoyed Bangkok with its temples and statues and Indonesia was fascinating, though the poverty and dirtiness brought us back down to earth with a bump. Bali is lovely, especially the southern part, but of course the tourists have been going there for many years, so it is better equipped to deal with them. In all areas we went to, poverty did not stop the local people from being friendly and kind, perhaps an example to us all. The ship was very friendly, but we felt that things were not quite as good as usual, eg entertainment poor, with the exception of a couple of excellent guest performers, favourite wines ran out after a few days, not reappearing until the last day and waiting staff appeared to have been cut back in the Main Restaurant, resulting in long waits for courses and bread not arriving early enough etc etc. Little niggles which became irritating on a 14 night cruise. The Speciaility Restaurants were very good on the nights we used them. We had upgraded to a Suite and had a very helpful and pleasant Butler, though we did not use him that much.

Summary:  Returned yesterday from a cruise covering Thailand and Indonesia on the Quest. A perfect cruise in every way. The ship was everything we expected and more and would not hesitate recommend Azamara and we will certainly be cruising with the again.