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[Keith1010]

Five years ago sailing Crystal Symphony.

 

Keith

 

[BWIVince]

2 hours ago, Keith1010 said:

Five years ago sailing Crystal Symphony.

 

Keith

 

Keith, was that taken in May?

 

Vince

[Keith1010]

1 hour ago, BWIVince said:

Keith, was that taken in May?

 

Vince

Vince, yes the sailing we were on with you.

 

Keith

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is another from my 2019 QM2 transatlantic leading to  subsequent cruises on Crystal Bach and both Crystal Ocean ships:

 

 

Roy

[Keith1010]

Serenity from February of 2018 in Sydney, Australia . First and only time we visited the ship as a visitor.

 

Keith

 

 

 

[comas]

2 hours ago, Keith1010 said:

Serenity from February of 2018 in Sydney, Australia . First and only time we visited the ship as a visitor.

 

Keith

 

 

 

 

Serenity following Symphony  ~  Sydney  harbour  ~  also February 2018. 

I believe this was a rare occasion when the sisters were in Sydney together. 

 

 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2017 MS Amsterdam Grand Asia segment.  On October 21 we visited Kagoshima, Japan:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

I've seen the 2 ships together a few times and visited the other ship occasionally.  The last time was in Grand Turk about 4 years ago.  I was on Symphony at the time.  Their dock holds only 2 ships and Carnival owns the port so their subsidiary HAL's Nieuw Amsterdam had priority for one of the berths.  Since Serenity has azipods and can do dynamic positioning Symphony got the dock.  First an overview:

 

 

And closer a view of just the 2 Crystal ships:

 

 

Roy

[bayonejoe]

That was the 2018 WC. Both ships did the WC that year and they met in Sydney.

we were on Symphony and it was a wonderful sail out. 

On 10/10/2023 at 8:33 PM, Roland4 said:

On many of the newer ships, if you want a room of a certain size, you have no choice.

 

One of the things we really liked about Silver Moon is La Dolce Vita lounge obviated the problem, as we always went from our room to that lounge before dinner! 🙂

 

7 hours ago, comas said:

 

Serenity following Symphony  ~  Sydney  harbour  ~  also February 2018. 

I believe this was a rare occasion when the sisters were in Sydney together. 

 

 

That was the 2018 WC when both ships did a different version of the WC and met in Sydney for a gala. We were on Symphony and it was a wonderful sail out.

[Keith1010]

A couple of years later, March 2020, after we got off Serenity in Sydney.

 

After spending a week in Sydney, a few days on Long Island, returned home to the nightmare that would await with almost no food in the grocery store.

 

Keith 

 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is another from my 2019 QM2 transatlantic leading to continuing on Crystal Bach, Crystal Serenity, and Crystal Symphony.  A little bit of improvement in the weather than previous days:

 

 

Roy

[Keith1010]

A view of Serenity in March 2020 from our Hotel in Sydney.

 

Keith

 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from a 2012 Crystal Symphony Cruise, Montreal to New York.  On October 23 we visited my most recent Crystal port of call, Newport.

 

 

Roy

[Keith1010]

Early January of 2020.

 

Keith

 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is another from my 2019 QM2 transatlantic with continuation on to a river cruise on Crystal Bach, then both Crystal ocean ships:

 

 

Roy

[ctjon]

Symphony coming into Auckland to go on the Millennium cruise sorry so dark but...

 

 

[Keith1010]

The day before we boarded Serenity in early January of 2020 in Miami.

 

Keith

 

 

[rafinmd]

A number of my trips have evolved from something I missed in a prior trip.  In 2007 I sailed Silversea Rome to Dubai and got document too late to visit the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.  A couple years later I filled that gap by booking a Nile River cruise but missed out on a tour to Alexandria I the day before the tour started.  When Serenity had a nice tour visiting Alexandria in 2010 I booked it, followed by another med cruise on the Wind Surf, and QM2 back home from Southampton.  This is the sunrise our last day in Alexandria, October 25, 2010.

 

 

Roy

[Keith1010]

As many times as we have transited the Panama Canal we always enjoy the day. Each time is unique in its own way. Even the weather makes a difference.

 

Keith

 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from another round trip transatlantic, this one in 2014 eastbound on QM2 and returning on a cruise ship, this time Wind Star.  I worked early on our fire department's breakfast October 26th and caught the sun coming up from our ballroom lobby:

 

 

Roy

[Keith1010]

Sailing the Pacific Ocean in late January of 2020.

 

Keith

 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2016 transatlantic on Alllure of the Seas.  On October 27 Allure visited Malaga:

 

 

Roy

[Keith1010]

First stop on the first World Cruise we took was Jamaica. We were surprised. Had been there one time on a Celebrity Cruise and we thought at the time one time too many.  😀

 

Keith

 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2017 MS Amsterdam Grand Asia segment.  On October 28 we began an overnight call in Shanghai:

 

 

 

Roy

[Keith1010]

A view of Crystal Symphony sixteen years ago while sailing New York City to Montreal.

 

Keith