skybluewaters

1. The number of ex-Crystal cruisers who (a) know about Cruise Critic, and (b) who have also gone on a recent Seabourn cruise, and (c) who bother to comment on their cruise here is vanishingly small compared to the total number of ex-Crystal cruisers. Of course you will hear complaints (after all, this is called Cruise Critic), but that is a skewed population and most likely not representative of the totality of cruisers who don't post comments here. 2. Attracting new passengers to Seabourn seems essential for this cruise line to survive. The large bolus of ex-Crystal cruisers who have been abruptly injected into the pool of possible new clients for Seabourn is incredibly fortuitous. It would be malpractice for Seabourn not to make an aggressive move to attract them. 3. I can understand that some faithful, longtime Seabourn cruisers would feel somewhat betrayed by newbies being able to skip the line, but this will only be an issue if Seabourn provides an excellent cruise experience, otherwise it will be one-and-done for those newbies at Seabourn. 4. If one has to wait a day longer for laundry, or has to put up with a slower internet, that may be an acceptable price to pay for securing more revenue for Seabourn and, thus, allowing it to continue as a financially viable cruise line in the future.

If you previously sent an email requesting your refund either to your credit card company or to the organization that is processing refunds for jilted Crystal cruisers, you could check your email's "sent" folder to see if you used the Crystal invoice as proof of being owed money. If so, the invoice may be attached to that email.

This is a savvy move by Seabourn. It's a rare opportunity to nab a large group of disenfranchised luxury cruisers who are looking for a new cruise line. Now that Manfredi Lefebvre has purchased the two Crystal ocean ships as well as the brand name, the marketing lists and all the intellectual property of Crystal, Seabourn is looking to attract Crystal cruisers before the marketing arm of the new Crystal gets going. It will be interesting to see if other cruise lines match this offer.

Outstanding! I saw the Stones perform this at the Cow Palace near San Francisco in the late 1970s. However, I seriously doubt that A & K will be choosing this song to replace "What a Wonderful World" as the Crystal sailaway song.