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Itineraries of the Azamara Onward

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decks plans

Deck 11

Sun deck
Azamara Onward Pont 11

Deck 10

Restaurant, jogging track
Azamara Onward Pont 10

Deck 9

Pool, bar, beauty salon, fitness center, café
Azamara Onward Pont 9

Deck 8

Cabins
Azamara Onward Pont 8

Deck 7

Cabins
Azamara Onward Pont 7

Deck 6

Cabins
Azamara Onward Pont 6

Deck 5

Restaurants, bar, lounge, café
Azamara Onward Pont 5

Deck 4

Cabins, medical center
Azamara Onward Pont 4

Deck 3

Lower deck
Azamara Onward Pont 3

Deck 2

Deck 2

Deck 1

Deck 1

Ship's attributes

Specific needs

  • Wheelchair accessible staterooms

Technical specifications

  • Tonnage:  30277
  • Speed:  18.5 knots
  • Decks:  11
  • Length:  180 m
  • Width:  26 m

History

  • 2022: Année de rénovation

The latest arrival, and the oldest hull

Both at once. Delivered on 28 July 1999 as R Three, she was the first of the eight hulls in the series to leave the yard, and the last to join this line. In between she sailed twenty years at Princess as the Pacific Princess. She was acquired in 2021 by the house's present owner.

Six hundred and seventy-two guests at double occupancy, up to eight hundred and four, three hundred and seventy-three crew, three hundred and fifty-two staterooms. She flies the flag of Bermuda.

The most duplicates in the fleet

One hundred and sixty-one departure dates appear on this page: twenty-seven in 2026, sixty-three in 2027 and seventy-one in 2028. Sixteen of those lines appear twice, which brings it back to one hundred and forty-five distinct dates. That is the largest gap of the four ships, and we flag it rather than let the raw figure give a false impression of abundance.

One hull of eight, and the other seven are elsewhere

The four ships in this fleet come from a single series: eight identical hulls ordered from Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire by an American operator, Renaissance Cruises, which went bankrupt in 2001. The eight hulls were scattered, resold, renamed, and every one of them is still sailing.

Four are here. The other four are at Oceania: the Insignia, the Nautica, the Sirena and the Regatta, which left that fleet on 17 August 2026. The entire series therefore appears in our catalogue, split between two lines that resemble each other very little.

What follows from it is simple: thirty thousand two hundred and seventy-seven gross tons, one hundred and eighty-one metres, eleven decks, around seven hundred guests. A ship this size enters ports closed to large hulls and stays alongside overnight without crowding anyone. That is exactly what this line does with them.

The number of wheelchair-accessible staterooms is published for no ship in this fleet. We check it at booking rather than quote a figure.

Staying overnight, which almost nobody does

This is the line's real argument and it appeared nowhere on our pages. Most ships sail around six in the evening: you go ashore in the morning, return in late afternoon, and the city you have just visited empties itself for you at the moment it starts to live.

Here, overnight stays alongside and late departures are the rule rather than the exception. That changes what a call can hold: dinner in a restaurant rather than at the buffet, a concert, an evening market, a city without the cruise coaches. It is also why these ships have stayed small.

What is included, and what is not

This formula resembles no other in our catalogue, so it is better read than guessed at.

Included: gratuities, a selection of spirits, wines and beers in every bar and restaurant, soft drinks, teas and speciality coffees, meals in the dining rooms, and one cultural evening ashore on most voyages.

Not included: Wi-Fi, shore excursions, spa treatments, premium spirits, fine wines and Champagne. Some restaurants carry a supplement.

A guest arriving from Regent, where excursions are in the fare, will notice the difference; a guest arriving from Cunard, where gratuities are posted daily to the onboard account, will notice the opposite. There is no general rule in this sector, only particular formulas.

Meanwhile, in the fleet

The Azamara Journey carries the largest inventory, the Azamara Pursuit the most crowded history, and the Azamara Quest completes the fleet.

Booking from Quebec

The carrier is American and the contract is governed by the general federal maritime law of the United States. An action goes before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in Miami. The deadlines are those of American maritime law: six months' written notice and one year to sue, for personal injury.

One point we owe you in honesty: we were not able to verify whether the current ticket contract carries an arbitration clause or a class-action waiver. Several American competitors impose both; we neither assert nor deny it here. Ask for the ticket before paying and read it, or have your advisor read it with you.

A word on ownership, because the documentation in circulation is out of date: this line belonged to the Royal Caribbean group until 2021. It has since belonged to an investment fund and operates independently. Several pages we consulted still describe the former arrangement.

Nothing establishes a Quebec licence for the carrier. Your protection comes from here: Voyages AquaTerra holds a licence from the Office de la protection du consommateur, your payments pass through a trust account, and your departure is covered by the compensation fund for travel agency customers.

Frequently Asked Questions

From a bankruptcy. Renaissance Cruises had ordered eight identical ships at Saint-Nazaire; the company collapsed in 2001 and its hulls were scattered among several owners. Four sail for this house, four for Oceania, and our catalogue therefore holds all eight.
The fare covers gratuities and everyday drinks, which is generous, but leaves out Wi-Fi and shore excursions, which is not. Add one cultural evening ashore on most voyages, and meals in the dining rooms. The spa and the fine wines are charged.
Included, and it is worth putting into the comparison. Several competitors post a daily service charge to the onboard account, adjusted at the Purser's Office if the guest asks. Here there is nothing of the kind: the question does not arise.
They are not, and it has to go into the arithmetic. That said, this line gives something the others do not: long calls, with overnight stays alongside and late departures. Many guests find what they came for without buying a single organised excursion.
It is charged. On itineraries where the ship often stays in port, many guests do without it and use the network ashore; on a long crossing that is another matter. Check it before you go if you need to stay reachable.
The time she leaves you ashore. Her calls are long, with frequent overnight stays alongside, which is rare and which partly explains why these ships have stayed small: a large liner cannot monopolise a berth all night in a historic port.
Around seven hundred guests for one hundred and eighty-one metres. That places these ships far from contemporary liners, and it is a deliberate constraint: size decides which ports are reachable, and these hulls enter where others cannot.
Their history, not their architecture. The four hulls are interchangeable aboard, bar a few fittings, and the lines they served before arriving here change nothing of that. The real criterion remains the itinerary.
Fewer than the displayed total. The four pages carry six hundred and fifty-seven dates, but forty-four of them are repeats: the real inventory is six hundred and thirteen. It is the largest gap of its kind we have measured, and it is on record for the supplier.
The framework is American maritime law, with Miami as the competent court. From Quebec that means the theoretical remedy exists but sits a long way off. The deadlines are that law's: six months' notice, one year to act, for personal injury.
We were not able to verify it, and we will not decide it for you. Several American competitors impose arbitration and a class-action waiver; we did not obtain this line's current ticket contract. Ask for it before paying, or have your advisor read it with you.
The most recently arrived, but the oldest hull. Delivered on 28 July 1999 as R Three, she was the first of the eight to leave the yard and the last to join this line, in 2021.
She sailed some twenty years at Princess as the Pacific Princess, which is why a guest who cruised with that line in the two thousands may find the layout oddly familiar. She flies the flag of Bermuda today.
One hundred and sixty-one dates: twenty-seven in 2026, sixty-three in 2027 and seventy-one in 2028. Sixteen of those lines appear twice, the largest gap of the four ships, which brings it back to one hundred and forty-five distinct dates.
Six hundred and seventy-two guests at double occupancy, up to eight hundred and four at maximum, with three hundred and seventy-three crew and three hundred and fifty-two staterooms.
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