ctjon

I received daily until I answered this thread and none since then

Getting every day

Sounds good to me.  Some will love it and some won't but that is true for all. 

I hope, in some way, we get news and updates on progress and if any issues as they pass through.    I hope all good news. 

Keep reading about old ships - I"d bet that if you told a bunch of cruisers that the Crystal ships were new a huge percent would think they are - after all the refits.  Sure the crew and mechanics would know but would passengers.  I guess people would stay at the Ritz or Waldorf because they are old.

Sure I'd like new ships but not because I have a problem with the age of the current ships.

They may have been working on alternates and the details.   As bad as delaying notifications I think it would be worse if they said A and then a little later said - not A but  B. 

5 hours ago, nancygp said:

We happened to be on a golf themed cruise on the symphony in 2009.  Billy Caspar was the celebrity golf pro

 

Nancy

Casper was the one on out St. Andrews trip - maybe the same cruise

Years ago did a golf cruise on Crystal with a great pro on board -- we got to play golf at St. Andrews - not the old course but getting to play at St Andrews was a great although the local golfers didn't really appreciate us since we played too slowly for them. 

Thanks - glad you had a great experience.

Remembering your names is one of the great skills the crew has

Always been somewhat of a scary area to me  Back in 1995, I think, we took a Crystal cruise that stopped in Egypt.   From the moment we docked we were surrounded by armed guards - at the dock, buses to Cairo, boats on the Nile, etc.  we had armed guards to protect us.  Scary.

Also, back then you couldn't stop in Israel before you went to Egypt.  Not that it made much difference to us but was a fact of country politics back then.

11 hours ago, Roland4 said:

Sure hope so as we are supposed to be boarding Symphony on April 13! First time on Symphony since the infamous 2012 Trans-Atlantic From Hell!

I will always remember that Trans-Atlantic from Hell as my only really bad Crystal cruise - if it were my first it would have been my last.

Speaking of offloading, etc.  Does anyone know if Crystal offloads all the various holiday decorations, costumes, etc - store them somewhere and then ship to a port before the holiday occurs again.  I can't imagine the ships have room to store all that stuff on board

Aren't we - as Cruise Critic members responsible for the names of the new ships.  Maybe they can't continue until we come up with names.😅

5 hours ago, rafinmd said:

We haven't had snow in my area for almost 2 years, and did not get any yesterday although it came fairly close to us.  I don't have any travel sunrises for January 7 but found this from 2 years ago today.

 

 

I noted then that I had cleared off as much snow from my car as I could stand without taking a warmup break inside.

 

Roy

We can lend you a bunch today if you want - probably already 8" so far where I live in Maine.

3 hours ago, ryndam said:

Formal night observations: perhaps 10-15% +/- gentlemen wearing tuxes. The vast majority, including us, wearing dark suits. The ladies were all elegantly attired. From full-on sparkly gowns, pantsuits, cocktail dresses and everything in between. Impression: virtually everyone last night respected the formal dress. It was nice to see everyone wearing their best.

 

Rob

Any men wearing "sneakers" or sneaker bottom shoes with their suits as seems to be the fashion in some places.

I hope we get plenty of reports from people on their trips - there seems to be few - except for Keith - especially nothing from Symphony

Thank you for this great thread as well as the other places you two report.   We have tended not to do Caribbean cruises lately since we have done them several times in the past and they tend to be non-luxury cruise ports, etc.  You reminded us that Crystal is a destination in itself will always be a great experience no matter the destination.  Looking forward to it.

Thanks again

From the millennium cruise (1999-2000) from Auckland to LA.   We had 2 new years eve celebrations  - one on each side of the date line.  First was formal, second was Star Wars theme  

Received it also - find it interesting that they call it a Crystal trip even though it isn't on a Crystal ship but.....

I remember - way back when LGA was domestic and JFK international.

Keith - thanks for keeping me hungry.

Do you know if they have Gluten Free menus or just items if you need/request gluten free.

Thanks

3 hours ago, Stickman1990 said:

I’m guessing you’re not aware but the Reflections images are unreadable 

I can read them but the images that Keith posted later are better

You express the Crystal spirit so well - it is the crew and how they treat us.

On the technical side - I assume any new ship will have the plug in when docked ability so they don't have to run engines when docked.  There are already ports that only allow plug in docking and I'm sure there will be many more.

Miami and area are real tourist cities and so I've found plenty of transportation and all drivers seem to know about the port and where to go.