CRYSTAL CRUISES

The ‘Crystal Difference’ starts with the company’s most important mission: to be the best in the luxury service business, not just the luxury cruise industry. Crystal Cruises earns honors daily by providing guests with unparalleled service, space, choices, and quality. 

Service begins with one of the highest staff to passenger ratios in the industry.    Extraordinary space has been dedicated not only to the staterooms and suite accommodations but also to the public spaces – extra-wide 360° promenade decks, lavish fitness and spa areas, full-sized cinemas and nightclubs, and various learning centers.  Choices are numerous, from which stateroom on which deck, and where and when to dine, to how much to do or how little.  A wealth of onboard activities, including unique educational programs and enrichment lectures and world-class entertainment, set the Crystal fleet apart from all other luxury lines. 

Quality is noted throughout – in the superb furnishings, appointments and amenities, and also in the selection of alliances that the line has forged – including Yamaha, Berlitz, and Smithsonian. Complimentary non-alcoholic beverages, including soft drinks, bottled waters, juices, and specialty coffees are served throughout.

CRYSTAL SHIPS – SPACIOUS BY INDUSTRY STANDARDS

Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity, carrying 940 and 1,080 guests respectfully, are less than half the size of mass-market mega-ships. They are large by luxury-ship standards with considerable space dedicated to innovative spa and learning facilities, exciting entertainment options, creative dining options, spacious decks, generous amenities, and sumptuous staterooms. 

ACCOMMODATIONS – SPACIOUS, VARIED AND LUXURIOUSLY APPOINTED

More than half of the rooms (85 percent on Crystal Serenity) open onto roomy verandahs.  Here, guests can enjoy morning coffee, be served a full breakfast or dinner, read a book from the extensive library, or simply enjoy the view. 

All guestrooms have queen-size or twin beds dressed with 100% Egyptian cotton sheets, down pillows, plush duvets, and feather beds.  A shower and bathtub, telephones in bathrooms, two hair dryers, fresh fruit and flowers, complimentary bottled water and soft drinks, Frette bathrobes, plush slippers, umbrellas, and English mohair lap blankets are just a few of the luxuries that are standard with every stateroom. 

GOURMET CUISINE AND WINE
Elaborate, four- or five-course menus are presented daily in several settings.  The grand Crystal Dining Room features international cuisine and regionally inspired dishes based on the itinerary. With the most extensive wine cellars at sea (some 20,000 bottles), Crystal offers guests a comprehensive choice of wines, plus a new reserve list of 20 rare vintages.  Further, the intimate Vintage Rooms play host to the ultimate gourmet experiences with the first-ever at-sea Wine-Makers dinners.

Both vessels offer additional specialty dinner restaurants: Jade Garden and Prego on Crystal Symphony and Prego, Silk Road and The Sushi Bar on Crystal Serenity. 

ENTERTAINMENT AND ACTIVITIES
Guests on board Crystal Cruises can enjoy Broadway-style productions, comedy shows and the Repertory Theatre at Sea.  Other entertainment choices include screenings of recently released movies in the Hollywood Theatre, string quartets or piano music in intimate lounges, ballroom dancing with a live orchestra (plus Ambassador Hosts to serve as dance partners), and nightclub. 

CRYSTAL SPA AND FITNESS CENTER
The award-winning Crystal Spa & Salon offers a range of innovative face and body treatments. The facility includes a sauna and steam room, a full-service hair salon, and a well-equipped fitness center with LifeFitness® treadmills, cross trainers, recumbent and upright life cycles and steppers, strength-training equipment, free weights, and a Pilates Reformer®, complete with ocean views.

ONBOARD EDUCATION
The Crystal Visions® Enrichment Program features popular speakers such as celebrated authors, guest chefs and renowned wine connoisseurs, high-level ambassadors and foreign diplomats, historians, television journalists, celebrities, and noted business and financial leaders, including experts from The Smithsonian Associates.

The Creative Learning Institute (CLI) is a partnership between Crystal Cruises and carefully selected quality alliances to bring experts in their respective fields aboard to share their knowledge through a series of interactive classes such as keyboard lessons by Yamaha, language immersion with Berlitz, and wellness seminars from the Cleveland Clinic and the Tai Chi Cultural Center.

CRYSTAL ADVENTURES
Known for unique shore excursions, Crystal offers diverse options varying from more adventurous (such as flying in a MiG fighter jet in Russia, hot-air ballooning in Turkey) to relaxing (including bicycle tours and wine tastings in Europe, and discovering the culinary secrets of Greek and Mediterranean cuisine at a private cooking demonstration). 

CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES
Crystal Cruises’ commitment to quality, choice, and personalized service promises children a Six-Star experience with dedicated facilities (unusual on luxury ships) and imaginative activities created specifically to suit the ages and number of children on select itineraries.
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