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Azamara Pursuit Cruise Ship. 8 Things You Need To Know Before Cruising
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Jan 29, 2025
The Azamara Pursuit cruise ship joined the luxury cruising line Azamara Club Cruises fleet in August 2018 after a major refit. the cruise ship was originally built in 2001 and is an R Class ship. In this video I tour and review all the facilities, dining venues and options and all 7 of the accommodation choices from inside cabins through to the large World Owner's Suite. #azamaraclubcruises #cruisetips #cruisingtips #azamarapursuit I travelled as a guest of the cruise line before making this video. Subscribe and get a new video every week to help you make more of your precious travel time and money on both land and at sea: http://bit.ly/TFT_YouTube2 Support the channel by looking for your next cruise and best deals on CRUISEDIRECT.COM: http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-8330795-10511118 Consider becoming a Tips For Travellers Patron. Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers Follow Tips For Travellers on: - Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/garybembridge - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tipsfortravellers - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/garybembridge
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hi I'm Gary beverage and this is another
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of my tips for travelers in this episode
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I'm going to tell you that a things that
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I think you really need to know about
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the newest ship to join the Azamara Club
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cruises fleet Azamara pursuit including
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the facilities the dining and very
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importantly all of the accommodation
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available to you as a passenger so as a
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moral pursuit has a really interesting
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history it started its life in 2001 as
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part of Renaissance cruises and it has
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also been part of Swan Hellenic Princess
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Cruises and most recently under the name
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adonia in the P&O Cruises fleet and the
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fathom fleet in 2018 it became part of
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Azamara club cruises whereas Amara both
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ship did a major refit in Belfast and
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launched it and named it in August 2018
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as Azamara pursuit it is a totally
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revitalized revamped and refreshed ship
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des art pursuit is a small cruise ship
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it holds 702 guests in double occupancy
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yes 8 passenger decks and the great
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thing about the ship is its able because
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it's small to get into more
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out-of-the-way ports it's what's known
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as an R class ship these ships were
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built and now as Mauro club Cruises has
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three of them the as of our journey
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there's my request and of course now the
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Azamara pursuit the great thing about
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being a small ship is not only kind of
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get into more out-of-the-way and unusual
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ports so it means that itineraries are
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very interesting but also as a passenger
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it's very easy to find your way around
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so the third thing I want to talk about
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are the bars and lounges onboard the
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ship there are six key ones one of the
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big innovations onboard is the den the
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den is the newest feature onboard
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Azamara club cruises and part of it is
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where the casino used to be so in the
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den you have the shore excursions you
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have future cruise sales you have the
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Photoshop but very importantly you have
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spirits bar so this is a very popular
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place to hang out both in the day and in
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the evening all star deck 5 you have the
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Discovery's bar so this is the bar which
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is just as you go into the main dining
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room and so it becomes a very popular
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place before and after dinner now a
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really great and fantastic area onboard
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and a really popular one with passengers
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is the living room
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so many ships this is known as the
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crow's nest so it's right up on the
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front of the ship it overlooks the bow
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the ship also a big part of the living
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room is the card room area so you have a
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whole table there with games and so also
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in the living room you have the
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cybercafe area which is known as in
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touch in the evenings you will have some
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dancing up here with the DJ up on the
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pool deck on deck 9 you have the bar
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which is known as the pool bar so not
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particularly regional name very popular
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all throughout the day but also in the
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evenings it's a great place to go and
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have cocktails particularly sailing
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through very sunny climate the
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drawing-room is a feature across all of
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azamara club cruises this is the library
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and it's a place where you can go if you
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looking for some really quiet space to
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just relax and chill out unfortunately
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hours on the cruise it was actually
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being used so I couldn't actually film
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so those are the main lounges and bars
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on the ship although all of the
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restaurants have their own bar so each
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of the special interests Iran have their
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own bar the next thing I'd like to talk
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about is dining so there's a
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surprisingly large range of choices on a
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ship of this size
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so the Discovery's restaurant is the
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main dining room this is open seated
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dining there's lots and lots of tables
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for two which is fantastic its way to
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service it seven for breakfast lunch and
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dinner
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it has monstrous menus the menus at
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evening are absolutely huge and the food
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is magnificent if you're looking for
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more informal dining up on deck 9 it is
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the windows Cafe and the sunset veranda
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where you can eat outside so this is a
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buffet restaurant and is open again for
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breakfast lunch and for dinner food
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again magnificent it's a really nice
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venue actually and of course if you're
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in warm climates sitting out on the
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sunset brand it is a great place to have
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your breakfast your lunch or your dinner
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again if you're looking for something a
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little bit more informal you've got the
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pool grill out by the pool so during the
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day this serves very informal food
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hamburgers hot dogs but in the evening
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it becomes an alfresco dining venues the
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other thing which is great right next
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door to that they have their ice cream
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feature which is called swirl and top so
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of course you can get your soft-serve
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ice cream with lots of toppings now in
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terms of specialty dining there are two
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restaurants now if you're travelling in
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a suite eating in the specialty
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restaurants is included within your fare
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if you're not in a suite you
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at the time of recording anyway $30 per
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person to eat there so the first of the
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restaurants is called aqua lina
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restaurant and this is the italian
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restaurant serving magnificent Italian
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food it's a very beautiful restaurant I
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love the decor and look of this
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restaurant and as I mentioned earlier it
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has its own bars
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now the next daughter that is the prime
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C restaurant this is the seafood and
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steak restaurant so these are up next to
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each other on Dec 10 so what about
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entertainment onboard well in terms of
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entertainment as I've already mentioned
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the casino has gone the Cabaret lounge
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which long Deck five in the front of the
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ship is the main venue for entertainment
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so there will be production style shows
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here they have on board the Azamara
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singers and they will perform song and
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dance shows there may be some local
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entertainment brought on board based on
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the destination or region that the as an
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aural pursuit is cruising through the
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white night party is a feature of
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azamara club cruises and there is one on
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Azamara pursuit so at least once during
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the cruise you will have a white night
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party if it's good weather you'll be up
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on the pool deck it's a great feature
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there is huge amounts of food so there
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is a spa board it's actually quite a big
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spot considering the size of the ship
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it's called the sanctum spa and terrace
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so you have as you would expect you have
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a fitness area with a section where you
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can have classes some classes are free
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some are paid for a nice good spread of
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machines and free weights then the
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sentence bar also has a terrace outside
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where you can either before or after
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your treatments relax and of course
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enjoy it pool outside the next thing I
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want to talk about is accommodation now
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the great news about the Azshara pursuit
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is there's a wide choice of
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accommodation ranging from an inside
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cabin right up to a big owner's suite so
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I'm going to show you through all of the
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accommodation all of the cabins have had
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major upgrades to them so let's start
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with an inside cabin as you'd expect
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it's a relatively small cabin as inside
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cabins are but it's cozy and it has a
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great bathroom very similar to some of
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the other higher grades onboard the ship
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so this is an ocean view room it's a
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good-sized room it has a nice big window
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and again it has a bathroom which is
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very consistent with the interiors and
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the veranda cabins so next grade is
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average
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cabin and this is in terms of numbers
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the main type of cabinet you're going to
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find on board Azamara pursuit this
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particular one I'm showing you that's
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the one that I cruised in it's a great
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cabin and it's quite small it's quite
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cozy but it's very nicely done the
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bedding I would say on all of the
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Azamara pursuit cabins is fantastic the
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next time I'm going to show you is the
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cabin that I liked the most and it's
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actually the cabin type that is
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completely new to that Azamara pursuit
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so this grade and style cabin didn't
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exist before and this is what's known as
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a continental suite so it's the entry
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level into Suites you can choose to have
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it with a bath or you can choose to have
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it just with a shower now the great
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thing about a continental suite is it's
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the entry level up for a suite so it
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gets all the suite benefits you get but
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the service you get some free Wi-Fi
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you get free laundry you get of course
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the free specialty dining if you're
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looking for something a little bigger
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than that something a little bit more
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like even more luxurious than that then
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the next three Suites could be of
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interest to you so this is an ocean
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suite it's right towards the front of
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the ship so you have a seating area and
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you have a separate bedroom area and of
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course you have a really large bathroom
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the spa suites are another big
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innovation for Azamara and Azamara
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pursuit and there are only two of these
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these are beautiful Suites and they have
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this inner nificent bath area with these
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big picture windows so you can line the
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bath and watch the sea or the landscape
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go by the ultimate suite on board is the
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owner's suite which has a whole seating
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area it has a bedroom area and as you'd
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expect a massive big balcony in terms of
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other facilities of course you've got
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your guest relations as you would expect
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you have a concierge then you have some
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shopping onboard so you have the pursuit
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shop which sells branded merchandise and
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other essential products daily products
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then you have indulgences which is the
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jewelry watch shop up on deck 11 you
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have a little hideaway spot which is a
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quiet Terrace area but also where you
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can play deck games
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one very important facility that
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everyone asks me about whenever I do a
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ship tour or a ship review is yes
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there's an aura pursuit does have a
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guest laundry there is only one guest
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laundry it's
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on Dec 7 as Amara pursuit is an hour
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class ship these were built some time
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ago this particular one built right back
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in 2001 it's had many owners but it has
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now been taken by Asmara club cruises if
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they spend a lot of money on it it's
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been dramatically updated refreshed
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modernized and new facilities added like
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the whole den area and new classes of
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cabins it feels a very comfortable ship
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it's very tastefully done it's aa very
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in-your-face and the great thing about
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is because of its size it's able to get
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into any interesting ports and arteries
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so not only is it a beautiful small ship
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with lots of facilities beautiful food
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rule for restaurants beautiful cabins
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beautiful public spaces but also you can
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go on at inrease which you only get you
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into slightly more unusual places and
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spaces hope you found this review of
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Azamara pursuit helpful if you did I'd
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love it if you watch many more of my
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tips of travelers videos because you'll
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get much more inspiration advice travel
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and tips to help you hopefully make the
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most of your very precious to travel
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time and money
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