Garavar

Will be cruising on Silver Seas for first time. We were long time Crystal Cruise loyalist but the new pricing structure on reincarnated Crystal is blahhhhh.

Anyway we will be on the Silver Seas Dawn in a couple of months and was curious if there are any dark and quiet bars in the ship. On Crystal we always went to Avenue Saloon at night which never had anyone in it before dinner (usually between 5-10 pm it was empty)

The only noise was the low key piano player. Any bars similar to this on Dawn? Connoisseur Corner appears to be what we are looking for but from what I can tell cigar smoking is allowed indoors there which is something we wish to avoid. So anything else?

Thanks in advance. P.S. anything else I should know about Silver Seas coming from OLD Getting Hong Kong Crystal not the New AK Crystal.

You have the restaurant times? Want to see if Chops/Jamie's was open for lunch and which days

Yes but can't you use the $35 credit for it?

Is it $35 (or 20% off) per person or total? $70 goal for 2 people is pretty good, makes Chef table practically buy 1, get 1 free.

3 hours ago, later said:

You will get 15 or 20% off for chefs table. Not sure which one.  Unfortunately this is much less than the $35.

How do I apply the 15/20% off or $35 off? Wait to book Chef's table on board? Or is there away to pre-book with credit after buying ultimate dinning?

Going back to Royal for "a" cruise after a long hiatus. Crystal has become our main line.

When we cruised Royal we use to book Chops and Chef's table. We are going to do 3 night cruise only and was wondering about Ultimate Dinning Package.

I assume it doesn't apply to Chef's but can I use the $35 credit for Chef's? 

Also being that it's only 3 days there will be no sea days so does that mean Chops and Giovanni won't be open for lunch at all?

Thanks

I am surprised there is only 4 posts on this when the silverseas and crystal boards are blowing up

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How often does Crystal sail out of Ft Lauderdale?

 

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Since both their ships travel the world we try to do a few Fort Lauderdale trips when they end up here those times and do destinations one too. (Europe, Alaska etc).

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Why on earth would you come back to Royal after sailing Crystal? If we didn't have kids we would never sail Royal again.

The difference is night and day but it's cheaper than staying home for the weekend pretty much.

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Oh, wait, I see. Those prices looked low because the 3 nighters came up first.

 

Although I don't see how that helps Garavar. It just doesn't seem to shortcut or offer more information.

For WHATEVER reason I couldn't find a single suite (other than JS) available on ANY ship even over a year out, on the RCI site. But using the link provided above... VOILA.

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Emailed Royal and they said they added Suite search by using this url.

https://secure.royalcaribbean.com/cruises/?action=update&cabinClassType=DELUXE

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How do you like Crystal? We have two young kids so I don’t think it’s the kid friendliest line, but someday we may be able to get someone to watch them and we could go on a cruise with just me and the wife.

It is kid friendly just not entertaining. They cater to the children just like an adult. Plus on some sailings the kids sail free. Just not many activities for them.

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My daughter is currently an Emerald member; one point from Diamond. I would think that RCI would want to entice a young professional couple by showing their best efforts! :confused::confused::confused:

 

Swimmomneedsabreak

My fiancé and I are 32 and 33 years old. We are Diamond and cruise in Suites only. We are likely if we get our Diamond Bottles of water when we board without having to ask the loyalty advisor.

Royal doesn't care. They are billion dollar company.

Have them sale Crystal. They give us a bottle of Caymus for anniversaries and on birthdays Caviar breakfast.

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What caused you to fall? I am an injury lawyer and yes I have sued Royal as well as all the other lines.

I ask not to solicit, but because some lines advise their customer service not to call an injured customer because it can be taken as admission of guilt.

You file is given to RC's adjusters (they are self insured) to then call you but it takes time.

All I can say is if it was RC's fault. Then don't talk to anyone but the lawyer you hire.

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Still not a bad run from when we bought at $10.:)

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The stock is down about $30 a share, that's a new definition of rising.

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I am sure when I am ready for a hover round I will be sailing on Crystal. I might even go on HAL again.:evilsmile:

 

JC

I have seen exactly 0 Hover Round/Scooters on Crystal. In contrast I have seen hundreds on Royal.

The median age seems to be 60s. We are 33 years old and not always the youngest cruisers.

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I think he's looking for a "great" deal....not a discount on an already overpriced fare.

 

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Heck some of their sales increase the original price.

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If you get no where look at the Pros, Majesty is better than Empress.

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This thread is getting to be a joke.

Loyal Royals think the food is great; they won't go on another cruiseline and don't break routine at home. They are comfortable in not knowing what they are missing.

She believes if she never has the dessert she won't know what she is missing. It's a good strategy since she is a bone and I am a house. She eats nasty diet desserts and moans thinking they are so delicious.

Anyway the Loyal Royals are the same, comfortable with Royal, not knowing what they are missing. But if they ever go on Crystal get a taste of 6 star, they will likely forever be tainted and unable to return to the Diet Cruise Line.

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It's time isn't it?

 

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Why can't we all just live in harmony? (Not the ship). We are Diamond on Royal and Diamond on Crystal. We are booking Crystal 2-3 times a year and supplementing with Royal for short getaways, in between. Both can be done, we can co-exist.

But yes we prefer Crystal, 100 times better experience all around.

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I have been on Crystal once many years ago on the Harmony to Alaska, I had a suite booked on Celebrity when my agent called me about a great deal on Crystal it was I think one day longer we had an outside cabin but no Balcony.

 

Price was about the same, the difference was night and day all along the line. Like going to a Lexus dealership for service vs a Ford dealership. Crystal had someone meet us at the gate when our plane arrived and took us down to baggage claim to get our luggage picked up and they had porters with carts to take our bags to the bus. Somehow my suitcase did not make the flight from Denver. The Crystal person spoke with the United folks and they had put my bag on the next flight which was about an hour after ours. they stayed with us at baggage claim until my bag arrived then made sure there was a bus to take us to the ship.

 

Happy hour with appetizers before dinner the waiters knew the food I liked or didn't after the first couple of nights and always brought me more of what I liked or they thought I would like and never even walked by me with bacon wrapped liver!

 

Drinks order once and the bartender knew your drink the next day.

 

Now this was a while ago so Crystal may have changed. But just like I will splurge on a rental car now and then I always look for a great deal on Crystal or any of the higher end ships.

Long story short I used Crystal's preferred vendor to get Brazil Visa. They couldn't get it done in time due to issues with DC Consulate. So a Crystal rep flew from Florida to DC Brazilian Consulate, picked up our Passports, flew back to Florida met us at the port, so we can get on with our passports, then he flew to Argentina's Brazil Consulate, got the Visa and Flew to the entry port in Brazil to meet the ship and give us our Brazil Visa.

That's customer service. RC would have probably just refunded us, or not refunded and told us too bad so sad. Don't know which.

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Not reading all the replies but I want to say Crystal food is amazing. We absolutely love it.

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Just a bed, this was 2 years ago, don't know if they changed it since then. We paid like $89, I think. Now it's $250, don't know if they wipe your ass for you as incentive for the extra price hike

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