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As I remember we first tried to pull away from the dock with no tugs - when they couldn't pull away they called for tugs and it took hours to get tugs. The crew thought they could pull away but we couldn't I also remember another cruise ship out in the harbor waiting for us to leave so they could use our dock. Because we were so late leaving we had to skip Halifax which meant we didn't have officials on board to clear the ship before we docked in NY. So we sat for several additional hours in NY waiting for the ship to be cleared before we could leave and before the longshoremen could take luggage off etc.

The 2012 Dover to NY Symphony was the only bad cruise I've taken on Crystal. Bad weather, missed ports, bad communications, etc. Just wasn't a Crystal cruise.

They not directly make money for the cruise ship but they bring passengers on board that wouldn't come otherwise.

Thanks to, what is now probably, a happy crew.

Or is that an April 1 - joke

Anchorage is a "real" city and you want to take day trip from there to other local areas and tours.

Marine Traffic also has no destination for Symphony - they probably use the same source

Although I'm nor teally a gamble (haven't been in casino on board for years - I think ti would be a mistake for only 1 of the ships to have one. People would take a trip on Serenity and gamble and then book on Symphony not realizing there was no casino - would lead to bad feelings, etc. I think they should have on both although it wouldn't stop me from cruising.

Looking at the Marine Traffic web site - seems as if there are a lot of ships going through the red sea to /from Cairo. I'm fairly sure none are passenger ships but there is a lot of traffic with no reported incidents or violence that I've heard about. I wouldn't go through as a passenger at the moment but looks as if ship might be OK doing that trip.

And if they hire her - she will drive them to bankruptcy and Crystal can buy 2 of the Explorer ships.😆

Got it and remember but wondering why one of the questions was would you not do Crystal if no Casino's - reconsidering maybe?? Or delaying maybe for a couple of years.

Today I got a survey - do I want casino on the ships and would I not sail, etc. if there weren't one. Thought ti casino issue was settled but I guess not

Do you know or they say what enhanced means? Does it go 10 times faster or?? I agree that charging for this type of thing doesn't seem premium cruise line to me.

Somehow the discussion of Big Mac on a Crystal board seems a little weird compared to all the great food discussed and shown. I remember when the Big Mac came out - the ad was a Big Mac, large fries and a large soda and change back from your 1 dollar.

Email I just got World Cruise 2026 wait list open.LA to Rome - 135 nights 72 destinations 27 countries . Fares starting at $84,000