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[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is an oldie.  It's from a Uniworld Nile River Cruise in 2009.  On February 25 we were on MV Prince Abbas cruising Lake Nassar above the Aswan Dam:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2016 Crystal Symphony Antarctica cruise from Buenos Aires to Miami.  On February 26 Symphony visited Panama City:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2019 Grand South America cruise on MS Prinsendam (nee Royal Viking Sun),  On February 27 Prinsendam visited Ilheus, Brazil:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

I have a sunset today, rather than a sunrise from my 2016 Crystal Symphony Antarctic cruise from Buenos Aires to Miami.  On February 28 we visited Cartagena:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2020 Crystal Serenity World Cruise segment.  On February 29 we were supposed to call at Hobart, Australia but did not get there due to storms:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2018 Crystal World Cruise.  On March 1  Crystal Symphony was on an overnight in Tauranga, New Zealand:

 

 

Roy

[ctjon]

There is a bit in today's NY Times weekly history quiz that there was a real effort to prevent Louis Armstrong from recording "what a wonderful life"  - would Crystal be able to sail if that song didn't exist?

[rafinmd]

I have a stormy sunrise (or at least start of day) from my longest Carnival cruise which was round trip out of Baltimore.  March 3, 2013 was the least sea day before returning to Baltimore:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2018 Crystal World Cruise.  On March 3 Crystal Symphony was on an overnight in Auckland:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is among the last from my 2016 Crystal Symphony Antarctica cruise from Buenos Aires to Miami.  On March 4 we visited Key West.

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from a 2010 Crystal Symphony trans-Pacific.  On March 5 we visited Hilo

 

 

 

.Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is sort of from my 2016 Crystal Symphony Antarctica cruise.  It was taken from Miami before boarding Amtrak's Silver Meteor going home:

 

 

Roy

[BEAV]

Crystal has done the impossible. Cheerleaders, reach for your pom poms. 
 

The Serenity sailing of July 2-9 (Tuesday to Tuesday) has miraculously gone from a 7 to an 8 night sailing per my booking. Yes, buy 7, get one free.
 

Or, a clever way to tout a lower per diem (psychology is everything)?

 

Or, does sailing Vancouver to Sitka now involve crossing the International Date Line? (Can you see Russia from the dome of the Orthodox Church there?) 🤔🤷‍♂️

Whatever the case, thanks, Crystal 😎

 

(we won’t mention to July 9 cruisers they’ll board a day late) 

 

 

 

 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from a 2017 Crystal Serenity World Cruise segment.  On March 7 we visited Punta del Esta, Uruguay:

 

 

Roy

[SusieQft]

10 hours ago, BEAV said:

 

(we won’t mention to July 9 cruisers they’ll board a day late) 

Just make sure you don't need to board a day early instead.  😉

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2014 Crystal Symphony cruise from Bali to Singapore.  On March 8 we visited Kona Kinabalu, Malaysia. 

 

 

Roy

[May B]

16 hours ago, SusieQft said:

Just make sure you don't need to board a day early instead.  😉

I sure hope not, as I’m onboard until July 2nd!

[TheKingD]

We're boarding July 2, but we will arrive in Vancouver late on June 29, so if they will let us on a day early we're all in!

[BEAV]

25 minutes ago, TheKingD said:

We're boarding July 2, but we will arrive in Vancouver late on June 29, so if they will let us on a day early we're all in!

Does it say 8 nights July 2-9 in your travel dashboard online like mine?! 

[TheKingD]

In the My Bookings it says 7 nights, and in the Reservation Documents it says 8 nights.  I had not noticed the 8 nights until you mentioned it.

 

I'm glad you will be on too, and I'm looking forward to meeting you.  Here's a toast to a great trip and fun, new friends!

[BEAV]

28 minutes ago, TheKingD said:

In the My Bookings it says 7 nights, and in the Reservation Documents it says 8 nights.  I had not noticed the 8 nights until you mentioned it.

 

I'm glad you will be on too, and I'm looking forward to meeting you.  Here's a toast to a great trip and fun, new friends!

Absolutely! 🥂 

 

I guess we should all start making plans what we’re going to do for our “extra” day! 😉

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2018 Crystal World Cruise.  On March 9 Crystal Symphony was at sea from Yasawa-I-Rawa, Fiji to Nuku'Alofa, Tonga:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

I have a sunset today and it's from my Covid-shortened World Cruise Segment on Queen Mary 2, from Sydney to Perth instead of New York.  On March 10 we visited Adelaide, and as the sun was setting there was an almost magical reflection of the sun on the doors to Kings Court.:

 

 

Roy

 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2018 Crystal World Cruise.  On March 11 Crystal Symphony visited Alofi, Niue:

 

 

Roy

 

[KenzSailing]

Interesting.  I watch a lot of Youtube videos about cruising(yeah, I gotta get a life...) There's a US TA know for their many, many cruise line in-depth videos, mostly on mass market lines, but certainly across the market segments. They just posted a short featuring Crystal's 2026 WC. That's got to help.