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You will not be disappointed with Avenita Palac, absolutely charming and great location and awesome breakfast buffet, best we ever had in 25 years of cruise travelling..I think others here will agree.

I had asked for the NEW Aquamarine and that is what is on #81. Sapphire is larger and on an earlier page.

In post #81

Thank you for the Aquamarine pics!

Aquamarines please! The newest rather than classic or Seabreeze.

Thanks!

What does that mean on the iPad they provide? I have my own and I can access news papers on line.

Ship looks gorgeous, Lounge is a nice idea for old casino space! Sapphire looks wonderful but IMO granite is garish, could have been more soothing without the overspeckled look. Also in Osteria and Umi - what makes a restaurant think people want to crowd into a sofa to eat? I (just me there) would prefer chairs but at least it's not a banquette!

One picture showed the inside of it. Wine, water, beer....

Hope so!!!!!!!

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No worries, if you don't show up in all white, no one will forbid you entering!

Prepaid visa cards work too.

FYI none.

I used the term "thrown out" too casually. In contrast, there have been multiple occasions when "violations" much more egregious were not dealt with...the 2 very hirsute and muscular men who showed up every day in their "wife beaters" for breakfast, just gross; and the woman who daily came in her bathrobe and slippers to the Bistro. Honestly those are rather blatant in your face "I'm going to dress my way" attitudes that really are offensive. The bermudas may have been wrong, but they weren't offensive.

Several years ago a friend of ours was thrown out of the Cove at 6PM because he still had his (nice) Bermuda shorts on, had to take his drink with him.

If you book a guarantee, you are guaranteed the level you contract for, plus the added possibility you will be upgraded. Really no risk, you either get what you ask for or better.And they ask you if you want it, at least they did in the past.

Our deal is just ask our TA, she gets the quote. After over 50 cruises she’s never steered us wrong. A good TA has a dedicated Crystal liaison, always deals with her. Don’t know where that might go in the future as the liaison was just promoted.

Short answer - use a TA, they are worth their weight in gold.

We've done many VR including our own 50th anniversary party. We were able to pre-book VR for a full compliment of guests, other times we spoke to the Head Sommelier to tell him we were interested in a VR dinner, and when he had 12/14 he would arrange it. In my memory he may have had one date and as time went on and interested parties requested, he may have added another date. The wines on our party were at and charged at our level of interest, the group, or unaffiliated (for loss of a better term) were at Crytal's choice at a fixed price for all, no upgrading or downgrading.

Thanks, Terry! It’s dinner time here and now I’m really hungry. I could eat those pictures!

I generally do not tell companies how to run themselves but there are times that I as well as others wish a company did something different for the customer experience. Best example is Crystal, which actually asks the questions in the QAP. Companies don't run themselves, they are administered by humans, which is one of the reasons they hire consultants, to make it better. For example: on our first Crystal cruise in 1995, we removed the luggage tags from our suitcases to find a sticky gooey mess from the 100% adhesive tags. We made the suggestion to just put the adhesive just on the ends, and guess what? They did it! That's the real story of why your luggage tags never made a mess on your luggage handles. They actually thanked us for the suggestion! Truth!

I never use a smiley as a put down, only as a real smile or a roll eye when I believe Crystal isn’t communicating well. Please don’t take offense as it’s never meant that way. I’m not in the habit of putting people down, just entities when I get frustrated.

Only because he seems to have a pipeline….😎

It’s very annoying to put these updates behind Facebook or instagram. Not every Crystal fan wants to expose themselves to these internet personal info gathering entities. Keith, couldn’t you explain that they should put it up on their web site? I feel so deprived!