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drib checks fares the first of every month, although he is mostly associated with Crystal.

More about his service here:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2464525&page=2

Marry, Boff, Kill?

Oceania, Regent, NCL.

Super boxy, like Oceania, but also like Cruise Critic.

And still ASP, so doomed to be bloated, difficult to maintain, and mediocre, because that's the Microsoft way.

At least they kept the previous and next cruise links, which were eliminated from Oceania on their last major change. I think many cruisers use these links. "I like this cruise, how about the next one?"

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Often overlooked, in 1975, a lounge singer was murdered on the Sun Princess during a Mexican Riviera cruise.

The prime suspect was a band member, the victim's jilted lover. Fortunately, an LAPD homicide detective, who happened to be on board, determined that the real killer was a passenger, a car dealer, and the crime was solved before reaching port in Acapulco.

There are only twelve H cabins, and the category will be wait-listed before you can work up a decent sweat complaining about how unsuitable they are.

I thought you drove an Aztek.

Wonky windshield? Missing the rear driver-side alloy wheel cover?

That vehicle belongs to another fellow, a high school teacher, I think.

Why? :D

I would also like to meet you, Paulchili, but first I would like to find a buyer for my 2006 PT Cruiser.

You're right. Oceania is not very good at reviewing the wording on their web site. Nowhere does it specifically state that you can take OLife amenities and decline the air. Their copy reads like an all or nothing proposition.

Word.

Brochure rate ..not sure anyone has paid this ...

I would very much like to meet the person who did.

You may be right, LHT and RJB, but the Oceania website does not reflect what is behind your door number two.

I have sailed Oceania before, and have declined the included air before, but the website never had this wording before:

CRUISE-ONLY FARE EXCLUDES OLIFE CHOICE AMENITIES & AIRFARE.

OLife Choice Promotional Fare includes: Bonus Savings, Airfare & Unlimited Internet plus choose one of the below

FREE- 6 Shore Excursions

FREE- Beverage Package

FREE -$600 Shipboard Credit

Amenities are per stateroom

CRUISE-ONLY FARE EXCLUDES OLIFE CHOICE AMENITIES & AIRFARE.

I'm not impressed by any liquor selection that does not include Zafiro Añejo tequila!

Wow! The changes to Crystal Symphony are quite extensive!

Perhaps the ship should be rechristened and a new godmother chosen, who is well-known, beloved and appropriate for the occasion.

If playfulness be the food of love, game on.

We have decent so called status on Crystal but we will try Seabourn and then I can say we have done them all.

Not on the Seabourn Collision, I hope?

... Well in a few months Symphony will have open dining and a casual restaurant in addition to the fabulous Silk Road and Prego. More suites will be in place which will lower the passenger capacity. Next year the Serenity will be going through the changes. Crystal ships never look worn.

Are you the same orange-shirted gentleman who wrote this?

For right now Crystal is still stagnant even with these small changes. Our last cruise recently was wonderful but did I see a wow factor...No. it was just a normal good Crystal cruise that I have experienced for 26 years. Many things on Crystal technically are dinosaurs in passenger amenities.

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We still love the crew and service but it seems like every dry dock they are just putting lipstick on a aging pig.

It's only spelled "Endeavor" when it's on the lanch pad.

Shouldn't this thread be in the River Cruising area as no other posts on river cruises are allowed in the Crystal Cruises forum?

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Reminds me (and shows my advanced age) an old line from one of the "Bowery Boys--Dead End Kids" movies of the late '30s and early '40s starring Leo Gorcey. "Why-- I otta. . . " (punch you out).

"Why, I oughta" .. is very interesting.

It's mostly attributed to The Three Stooges, who have a lot of catch phrases I can verify, including "Why you" and "A wise guy, eh" but I can't find any video where they actually say "Why, I oughta."

It's also been attributed to Popeye, Ralph Kramden of the Honeymooners, Abbott and Costello, and now The Bowery Boys.

It was quoted and used in the movie "Peggy Sue Got Married," and I think that confused our collective memories.

But I think it's origins are likely to be from a gangster movie. Although I can't place it right now, what I remember is "I ought to pulverize you."

Just to be clear, none of the people I mentioned have ever reserved a sunbed on Regent Seven Seas.

Does it still have that new ship smell?

Just watched Nova on building Explorer it was fascinating. Does make me wonder with all that precise engineering how some seats in the theatre (as reported by some cruisers) came to be positioned behind pillars.

It's a retro-style based on the original Yankee Stadium.

oops.

She did specify "service staff". ...Patty

It's a puzzlement, Patty, because in the same sentence as she specifies "service staff," she also specifies "crew to guest ratio." If you don't include people working on the bridge and so on, the ratio would be worse from a service perspective.

One crew to 1.6 guests is, I think, the normal range for luxury lines, and maybe one crew to three guests for the mainstream lines? If the ratio were actually two crew to one guest, then we had all better cut our nails short because it will get very crowded very quickly on board!

Perhaps the only truly accurate ratio should be based on weight, the combined gross tonnage of all Crystal employees on a ship, to the gross tonnage of the ship!

... One of the key principles to Crystal’s illustrious history, is our impressive crew to guest ratio - almost two service staff to every guest.

Historically, illustrious or not, I believe the ratio on ocean ships is more like one crew to 1.6 guests. Going forward to 2022 and beyond, the promise is a ratio of one to one.

... Many people have visited Cuba from Canada, US, EU without incident.

In the end, it did not work out too well for Fredo.