Day One of the 8 Night Coastal California Voyage!

Day One of the 8 Night Coastal California Voyage!

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By Azamara on Wednesday, February 12, 2014
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An adventure like no other!

Giraffe
A friendly face at the Santa Barbara Zoo

For the first time, we’ll be documenting an Azamara voyage day-by-day. You won’t want to miss this!

DeckThe deck of the Azamara Quest

Day one of the 8 Night Coastal California Voyage was very exciting. After leaving Los Angeles, we set sail to Santa Barbara. On the way, we participated in the very first live social media Q&A event with a ship captain while at sea! It was an incredible event, with over 100 people tweeting more than 1,000 times, and Captain Jose of the Azamara Quest responded and shared his unique advice and insights.

Captain JoseCaptain Jose responding live to questions on Twitter

We’ll be doing a live event with other Azamara staff all week! Don’t miss out, follow the #CruiseChat hashtag on Twitter.

The beautiful Santa Barbara Mountains were stunning to behold as we headed into port. The weather was sunny and warm, which was perfect for our next adventure!

MountainsThe Santa Barbara Mountains

We took a tour of the wonderful Santa Barbara Zoo, where we got to see all the animals, and even feed a giraffe!

GiraffeFeeding a giraffe!

Finally, we got to tour Santa Barabara by moonlight. We didn’t want to leave! But we were greeted to “Welcome home” when we arrived back at the ship, and we were ready to see where our adventure would take us next.

MoonlightSanta Barbara by moonlight

Stay tuned for part two tomorrow! And make sure you’re following @AzamaraQuest on Twitter, where we’ll be posting updates during the whole voyage.

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