A Blue-Hulled AZAMARA QUEST Emerges From Refit
Azamara Club Cruises’ AZAMARA QUEST emerged from an eight-day drydocking today with a new blue hull. The accompanying press release notes:
“November 16, 2012 – Azamara Quest, the first of Azamara Club Cruises’ twin boutique ships to undergo refurbishment, emerged today from an eight-day drydock – complete with a refresh of all public spaces and staterooms and a new “Azamara Blue” hull. Named for the cruise line by Navantia Shipyard, the unique navy-blue color tone of Azamara Quest’s hull adds to the elegance of the ship’s silhouette.”
Upon departing from Navantia Shipyard in Cadiz, Spain, AZAMARA QUEST begins a thirteen-night Madeira and Canary Islands voyage, followed by a four-night Spanish and Northern Africa voyage on November 28. The ship then departs on December 2, on a sixteen-night trans-Atlantic voyage to Rio De Janeiro for her South America season.
Renovations for both ships include new carpets, upholstery, and a new color palette in public spaces; new mattresses and upgraded veranda furniture for suites and staterooms; a resurfaced pool, new sun loungers and pool towels on the outer decks. The Casino Bar also was expanded and enhanced with new furniture, while the Spa and fitness center was refreshed with a new steam room, showers, and state-of-the-art Life Fitness cardio equipment.
“Azamara Club Cruises is a destination-immersive cruise line for up-market travelers who not only want to see the places and cultures they visit, but to live them. Azamara’s two intimate, 694-guest ships, AZAMARA JOURNEY and AZAMARA QUEST, with a combination of 347 suites and staterooms, offer a European-boutique hotel ambiance with extraordinary service, fine cuisine and wines from around the world, and wellness and vitality programs, all while sailing to a host of destinations larger ships cannot reach. Azamara Club Cruises sails European destinations, including the Baltic and Scandinavia, British Isles, Western Europe, French and Italian Rivieras, Greek Isles, Croatia, Holy Land and Black Sea, as well as Asia, South America and lesser-traveled islands of the West Indies, with more overnight and late-night stays in every region.”
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She looks great! The ship that is. 😉
Based on the photo here and other elsewhere, I’m actually slightly disappointed with the livery. The new “Azamara Blue” seems to be an exact repeat of the original Renaissance Cruises colour scheme. And that was not bad, but they could have tried to be slightly more adventurous.
Yes, she looks great!
Azamara needed to make more of a distinction between their two ships and the rest of the Renaissance ships that are out there. Merely placing a new logo or paint color on the stack was not enough, in my opinion.
I doubt that there has ever been a more popular grouping of sister ships than the R girls, almost like the “Brady Bunch”. Renaisaance has long gone, however, their ships are hot commodities.
For me, they are the perfect size, offer everything -almost- that the mega ships offer.
And I wondered what she was doing in drydock when I visited Cadiz last Saturday. Also under refurbishment in the same place was the former EMPRESS of Pullmantur, receiving a totally new livery which I could not identify. It also includes a blue hull. What is her future?
In port that day were SEA CLOUD 2, WINDSURF and -the “ship” I was trying out- AIDAbella. But that is a different story…