Gross register tonnage is 30,277, with a capacity of 694 passengers (double occupancy), plus 390 crew members.

The ship was sold in early 2001 to the Cruise Company Invest.

Due to illiquidity turned Renaissance Cruises end of September 2001 the operation and the R Six was launched mid-2003.

In 2015, the Azamara Journey and the Azamara Quest were the ships used by television presenter and biologist Nigel Marven for his UKTV documentary/travel programme "Cruise Ship Adventures with Nigel Marven", during which Nigel showed areas with outstanding wildlife that can be visited in popular cruise destinations.

[5] During the COVID-19 pandemic Journey and two of her sisterships Azamara Pursuit and Azamara Quest berthed in Glasgow's King George V Dock between June 2020 and July/August 2021 with Journey being the last to leave on 9 August 2021.