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Thank you all very much for keeping us aboard with you! Reading the Reflections and menus is a nice way to keep up. Y’all are doing a segment (transpacific) that I’m dying to do! what is Tahiti like, did you go ashore? Love these continuing threads🍷🥂 G

Hi Dwight, wish you a happy voyage! You're doing yeoman's work! Carry On! G

Happy to sea your progress! Like you said, this is your first “new” port in a while. Are you still going ashore or hanging back in the calm? Pic from our Barcelona crossing near the Azores it got hairy. G

howdy! are there any pax getting off to go home from here? Any newbie’s getting on? Reason is, this will be a stop on a future trip and I’m wondering how the airport thing works. Bus ? Which aero port is used? cheers G

Happy day, hope you guys are having a fine time! FISH and chips...the one menu item I didn't get to have! It was on the LUNCH menu in Waterside🤪 I saw a video of Serenity in a Cruise Critic review...not on this board, but up front and now I can't find it.

Did your luggage have a logo or emblem badge on that location perhaps? My best bag has two holes where the Samonite tag was. It stuck out and got pulled off… G

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Today's sunrise from the farm. 17AAAA73-1B38-4821-8B97-B320212B7076.heic Observations and Comments Food was as good as ever. We did not eat at Osteria because Waterside had many old favorites that we wanted. Only one Waterside meal was weird, the lobster had been way over cooked and had a very fishy smell. Otherwise, choosing our faves was easy. Beverages were made quite strong, but we adjusted. Drink accuracy needs some work, coke and anisette is not the same as vodka/diet coke. We saw some get red wine while they requested white. No big deal. Aquamarine classic staterooms need some carpet and couch replacements. Just a little worn out. While we didn’t watch TV much, we do enjoy the news and lectures. Closed captions need to be enabled for Seniors with hearing deficit. Excursions were just OK. The ‘Rum Tasting” was really a drive around to various tourist traps and because of the negative feedback, we got a partial refund. Good Job Crystal! Whale watching was great, a bit long of a bumpy ride but we saw them! Swimming with the rays was also a big winner! We really missed the excitement of getting a folio in the mail with our luggage tags and additional documents. I would PAY for the option of hard copy vs. email just to have another folio. On board stores are the same. They do not have any real golf shirts in Crystal color with logo. Mens t-shirts are not golf shirts. See Calloway or Nike for the real things. Crew and Hotel staff were exceptional. Answered all questions with a smile. This sailing had 599 pax. Probably the most elderly demographics I have ever seen. I hope A&K can bring in more of the 40-60 year olds without growing into a mass market style just to get sailors. It Is a delicate balance.

We made it home safely, MIA - DEN, a NEW 737… The polar vortex has left and it will be 50DegF on Sat. The low on my weather station was —27.4DegF on Jan 12. We didn’t lose any alpacas to the elements. Kudos to our Director of Farm Ops. Jean😘 More thoughts and analysis after a good sleep. 😴 G

Whooo Miami! We have about 9hrs of travel time ahead of us. Ugh.✈️ Much love to all who contributed to the thread. I almost stood up at dinnerto offer a toast to the Crystal team…but then dessert 🧁 came and well… Cheers to the hardest working friends. You fed us, kept us “hydrated”🍹🍻🍷🥂🍷🍻 and made our room so comfy.❤️. Those of you sailing on, please take care and continue the Crystal traditions. hugs, see you in the lunch line. G&J

Each stateroom has a Lenovo tablet. It has a News tab on it. Ship internet has been quite reliable and I have had no problems reading up on spring training on my own iPad. I have also seen some folks reading newspaper things. G

I went to ask Natalya at the front desk. We are docking at Terminal E. There will be a shuttle to Terminal J if anyone parked over there on departure. G

When I was traveling for work, my company reimbursed me for my passports. My late parents kept all their documents from their travels and now my daughter has them all. It was wonderful seeing where they went. If I can afford Crystal, a new passport is a treat. Hugs, see ya in the lunch line😘. G

This is gonna be a great sunrise…some of y’all missin’ it😆.