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I don't mean any disrespect, but it seems like you are contradicting yourself. On one hand you are saying the earliest promotion wasn't the best one, but on the other hand you're also saying that the current promotion would cost you more. I am not sure how those two statements are compatible. If your point is that a side investment would have made you more money than the delta between the old and new promotions, quite frankly that's a silly thing to put blame on Crystal for. In sum, I don't think it's reasonable to expect Crystal to stack two different discounts that were offered at two different points in time and that no customer ever got to apply together.

Are you being asked to pay the same as a new customer would pay to take advantage of the "free upgrade," or more? If it's the same as what a new customer would pay, then there was no disadvantage to booking early, since they are still offering you the same deal now.

Just FYI... We are booked on the April 9-19, 2025, cruise on Symphony, which is post-Red Sea and is scheduled to visit Israel. Crystal just sent a similar email saying they are working on changes and will be in touch by June 28.

Crystal actually did, at least in the past, offer babysitting services in your room. We used it. Whether they still offer it, I don't know. One night we left the group of kids (all under age 10) in the suite while the adults went to dinner. Learned the next day from our butler that the kids ordered plenty of room service sushi, were polite and respectful, and finished it all. They apparently also spilled a drink on the carpet, freaked out about it, and the butler helped them with the cleanup. 😆

We have brought our kids on two Crystal cruises, largely because there was a kids program available. I don't think you need to worry, however. First, there aren't a lot of kids in total on these cruises -- some more than others. The kids that are on board, in my experience, tend to be well behaved. It's a similar demographic to a Four Seasons Resort, IME.

Good catch. Seems to be the case for both Suez transit sailings (December and March).

Likewise, Symphony has a Suez transit, followed by a sailing that visits Israel, next Spring. We are booked on the latter. Been wondering when they might make an adjustment -- hopefully it's well in advance, and before the cancellation deadline (if we don't prefer the new itinerary).

The 2026 WC is officially linked from the Crystal website now: https://www.crystalcruises.com/cruises/none-cse-w135-260111?menu=itinerary Thoughts on when they will start selling individual segments?

One thing to maybe watch out for on CFAR -- consider if the policy has exceptions if you get credit back to use on another cruise. With Crystal, the 20% (non-refundable) version may allow you apply the funds to a later cruise in some cases. One should consider if that renders CFAR unusable. Would want to look at the policy language.

We pre-paid for a 2025 cruise (the refundable option) to get the 10% discount. Figured it was worth the savings. I'm not too worried about insolvency, but will get trip insurance to cover that just in case.

Thank you, Keith. Are you able to confirm that the Seabreeze rooms have been kept such that if you have two adjoining Seabreezes, you can make them "connecting" by using the first exterior door? This was our assumption, but I haven't seen if this was confirmed anywhere (to be fair I haven't been keeping up, so it may have been mentioned). Thank you.

Wow...that would be quite an accomplishment!

Unless the bankruptcy trustee is on your next sailing, I don't think you have much to worry about.

And here I thought ownership was the most important part when it came to money...

Any experiences with Joel Spire or Dan Davies at the Avenue Saloon?