New Cruise Line

[billybuzzy]

This morning Celebrity Cruise Lines announced the beginning of a new upscale cruise line:Azamara cruise line,the first ship entering service is a 710 passenger liner named Azamara Journey, to be followed by a second,sister ship the Azamara Quest in October.

[Dwayne]

Hiya Billy, I got to check that out.

[Raoul Fiebig]

Hello everybody,

as Azamara Cruises is a Celebrity Cruises affiliate, I am moving this thread to the Celebrity Cruises sub-forum.

[Chef Ken]

Concierge class service through out the ship. No formal dinners, much smaller and more intimate! I can't wait to see the price tag on this cruise.
http://www.celebritycruises.com/plan...do?shipCode=JR

[billybuzzy]

IslandCruz-This sounds like it is going to be quite a pricey operation but a smaller,deluxe ship definitely has a market.I wonder just how expensive it is going to be!Chef Ken sounds like he is ready to book!

Bon Voyage,

BillyBuzzy

[Dave]

Pricing isn't that bad for what you get. Look at these prices for a 14-day cruise! These are two of the R series ships from Renaissance Cruises.

I am interested in this new venture - although it is mostly a rebranding of the Celebrity Xplorer venture. The thing is we always cruise with our son and these ships don't appear especially kid friendly although they do accept bookings for minors.

[Raoul Fiebig]

Hello everybody,

IMHO this new cruise line is basically an Oceania Cruises clone. RCL wanted to buy Oceania last year but they didn't get them so they're now launching a direct competitor, instead - even using the same class of ships.

[LHT28]

I agree with Raoul
They changed a few things so not exactly like Oceania but very close.
The pricing for the longer cruises are close to Oceania's prices with their 2for 1 fare& free air something that Azamara does not offer (yet)
The only good part is they do Bermuda

Time will tell.
Oceania cruises sell out pretty quick so there may be a market for this line

[Chef Ken]

Roughly about $150 a day is not too expensive. What makes it a challenge for most of us in the US would be the length of the cruise where a large number of us take 7 day cruises or less.

[Rhein]

HI,

just wondering about the two ships - looks like the BLUE DREAM and BLUE MOON from Pullmantours?? How many owners did these ships already have now and why. I remember Renaissance, Delphin, Pullmantours, how long will this ownership last? Are these cruisers that attractive???

Walter