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Crystal Serenity Nassau and Miami, Round Trip, Bahamas Luxury Escape

 

Just Patricia boarding for the first time this coming week.   Keith and Anne Marie are concluding a three week stay onboard.

 

 

October 2 Nassau R/T Straughn (Patricia)

 

October 4 Miami R/T (Keith/Anne Marie)

 

Enjoy the ship, enjoy the service,  enjoy the Bahamas, stay safe,  and make memories to last a lifetime. 

 

Roy

 

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Crystal Symphony New York to Bermuda and Back, Luxury Bermuda Escape

Another couple of people enjoying a great combination of Crystal Symphony and Beautiful Bermuda

October 8 NYC R/T Bermuda Out2See (Jim/Steve)

October 8 NYC R/T Bermuda Memlin (Linda/Bill)

 

Memlin will just be joining the ship October 8 but Jim and Steve will be presenting a second week of great entertainment and enrichment.

 

Enjoy Bermuda, enjoy the Symphony, and ideally enjoy New York before and/or after the cruise.

 

Roy

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Crystal Serenity Miami, Round Trip, Bahamas Luxury Escape

 

Nobody on Future Bookings boarding in Nassau or Bimini, and just Behrsmom in Miami.  This may be close to your own private mega-yacht.

 

 

October 11 R/T Miami Behrsmom (Karen/Don)

 

Enjoy the ship, enjoy the service,  enjoy the Bahamas, stay safe,  and make memories to last a lifetime. 

 

Roy

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Crystal Symphony New York to Bermuda and Back, Luxury Bermuda Escape

Out2see and Memlin will be leaving the Symphony October 15th but they will have others joining in their wake.
 

 

October 15 NYC R/T Bermuda mskatiemae (Catherine/Alex)

October 15 NYC R/T Bermuda  boblerm (Bob/Jeannie)

 

Enjoy Bermuda, enjoy the Symphony, and ideally enjoy New York before and/or after the cruise.

 

Roy

Edited October 8, 2021 by rafinmd

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Crystal Serenity Nassau Round Trip, Bahamas Luxury Escape

 

Miami seems to be taking over for both Nassau and Bimini as the main embarking point for these cruises and this is actually the last entry under Future Bookings for Nassau.

 

 

October 16 Nassau R/T misterbill99 (Bill/Leslie)

October 16 Nassau R/T cruisingxpert (Catherine)

October 16 Nassau R/T  kibutzer (Bonnie/Mark)

 

Enjoy the ship, enjoy the service,  enjoy the Bahamas, stay safe,  and make memories to last a lifetime. 

 

Roy

 

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Crystal Symphony New York to Bermuda and Back, Luxury Bermuda Escape

Just one entry (and very recently) on the Future Bookings thread.  Perhaps Lisa will have a very nearly private yacht next week.
 

 

October  22 NYC RT Bermuda rxlowry (Lisa)

 

Enjoy Bermuda, enjoy the Symphony, and ideally enjoy New York before and/or after the cruise.

 

Roy

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Crystal Serenity Miami Round Trip, Bahamas Luxury Escape

 

Miami seems to be taking over for both Nassau and Bimini as the main embarking point for these cruises. There seems to be a bit of an October lull in bookings but hopefully Tricia and Tom will enjoy what may be a fairly quiet cruise.

 

 

October 25 Miami R/T TriciaTom (Tricia/Tom)

 

Enjoy the ship, enjoy the service,  enjoy the Bahamas, stay safe,  and make memories to last a lifetime. 

 

Roy

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Crystal Symphony New York to Bermuda and Back, Luxury Bermuda Escape

Things are picking up a bit on Symphony's fall Bermuda runs.  Cheers especially to Tracie, on for the whole month of November continuing on to Nassau.

 

October 29 NCY R/T Bermuda Summer Time (Kate/Ellen)

October 29 - NYC R/T Bermuda   TER777 (Tracie/Steve)

 

Enjoy Bermuda, enjoy the Symphony, and ideally enjoy New York before and/or after the cruise.

 

Roy

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Crystal Serenity Miami Round Trip, Bahamas Luxury Escape

 

Just one party this time in Future Bookings but Karen and John are making it worthwhile staying onboard for a full 3 weeks.

 

 

November 1 Miami R/T SusieQft (Karen/John)

 

 

Enjoy the ship, enjoy the service,  enjoy the Bahamas, stay safe,  and make memories to last a lifetime. 

 

Roy

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Crystal Symphony New York to Bermuda and Back, Luxury Bermuda Escape

It's especially Bon Voyage to Donna and Mike as Tracie is on the whole month of November and Steve will be in the middle of a 3-week stay.

 

November 5 NYC R/T Bermuda  2LoveToTravel (Mike/Donna)  
November 5 NYC R/T Bermuda  TER777 (Tracie/Steve)

 

Wishing everyone a wonderful stay, whether for just a week or up to a month.

Enjoy Bermuda, enjoy the Symphony, and ideally enjoy New York before and/or after the cruise.

 

Roy

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Crystal Serenity Miami Round Trip, Bahamas Luxury Escape

 

Serenity's string of 7-day Bahamas is coming to a close.  The last one has a diverse group of people with susieqft in the middle of an almost 3-week stay, Keith and Anne Marie on a rare single week voyage(as well as Rrobbins) and C-sea starting an 11-night combination.

 

 

November 8 Miami R/T Keith1010 (Keith/Anne Marie)

November 8 Miami R/T C-sea (Cheri/David)

November 8 Miami R/T SusieQft (Karen/John)

November 8 Miami R/T Rrobbins (Bob/Karen)

 

Enjoy the ship, enjoy the service,  enjoy the Bahamas, stay safe,  and make memories to last a lifetime. 

 

Roy

 

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Crystal Symphony New York to Bermuda and Back, Luxury Bermuda Escape

 

Three newcomers on the penultimate Bermuda voyage while Tracey is almost in long term residence.

 

 

November 12 NYC R/T Bermuda Janandu (Josephine)

November 12 NYC  R/T Bermuda bbradpole (Brad/Alex)

November 12 NYC R/T Bermuda  TER777 (Tracie/Steve)

November 12 NYC R/T Bermuda drgigi (Rob/Jean)

 

Wishing everyone a wonderful stay, whether for just a week or up to a month.

Enjoy Bermuda, enjoy the Symphony, and ideally enjoy New York before and/or after the cruise.

 

Roy

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Crystal Serenity Miami Round Trip, Bahamas Luxury Escape

Four-day Crystal Cruises are very rare, and cruises with out sea days are also extremely rare.    This little gem looks like a pretty good way for newcomers to get a taste of Crystal and old hands to have a quick fix.  Even a good extension for those who have been on the prior cruise.

 

 

November 15 Miami R/T  C-sea (Cheri/David)

November 15 Miami RT May B (Muriel/Phil)

November 15 Miami R/T SusieQft (Karen/John)

November 15 Miami R/T jimmyford51 (Jim/Beth)

 

Enjoy the ship, enjoy the service,  enjoy the Bahamas, stay safe,  and make memories to last a lifetime. 

 

Roy

Roy

Edited November 7, 2021 by rafinmd

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As the summer/fall season winds down, both ocean ships are beginning Thanksgiving cruises on the same day.

Crystal Symphony New York to Bermuda and Back, Luxury Bermuda Escape

 

Welcome back Jeany and Randy and welcome aboard Craig and Brenton for the final Bermuda Cruise of the season.

 

 

November  19 NYC R/T Bermuda Love2Travel (Jeany/Randy)

November 19 NYC R/T Bermuda  TER777 (Tracie/Craig/Brenton)

 

Crystal Serenity Miami Round Trip, Tropical Thanksgiving

After several months of plying Bahamas waters, Crystal Serenity is heading deep into the Caribbean and Central America.

 

 

 

November  19 NYC R/T Bermuda Love2Travel (Jeany/Randy)

November 19 NYC R/T Bermuda  TER777 (Tracie/Craig/Brenton)

 

Wishing everyone a wonderful stay, whether in Northern or Southern waters.  Enjoy the ship of your choice and the ports if you choose to go ashore.  Larry and Monica, enjoy your second Thanksgiving dinner.

 

Roy

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Crystal Serenity is expanding her itineraries.  On November 28 Jimmycruiser (Already on board for Thanksgiving) will be continuing for 2 more cruises, the first Miami to San Juan, and then back to Miami.  We also have Martini Cruiser for the first week.

 

 

November 28 Miami to San Juan Jimmycruiser (lJim/Cecilia)

November 28 Miami to San Juan Martini Cruiser

 

 

 

December 5 San Juan to Miami Jimi Cruiser (Jim/Cecilia)

 

Enjoy the ship, enjoy the service,  enjoy the destinations, stay safe,  and make memories to last a lifetime, be it for one week or an additional 2 weeks.

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

I try to do my Bon Voyages a week ahead of time and almost missed this due to my recent hospital visit.  After a lengthy run to Bermuda Crystal Symphony is shifting to cruises out of Miami.  The transition cruise is a cruise New York to Nassau with several intermediate stops in the Bahamas.  Tracie has been on board for some time now but has a final fling with this cruise.

 

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Crystal Symphony is expanding her itineraries. After her long run of Bermuda cruises and a transition down to Florida, the first of the new itineraries will be a pair of cruises, first Miami to San Juan and then back to Miami.  Silverfoxy and Whystayhome have booked both of these as a B2B.  It looks like both legs of the B2B visit different ports making it effectively a 2-week cruise.

 

 

December 4 Miami to San Juan  silverfoxxy (Diane)

December 4  Miami to San Juan Whystayhome (Linda/Phil)

 

 

December 4 Miami to San Juan  silverfoxxy (Diane)

December 4  Miami to San Juan Whystayhome (Linda/Phil)

 

I know many are using the ship as the destination but even if Diane, Linda, and Phil choose never to get off the ship, the view from the anchorage or pier will be different each and every day.  Enjoy the ship, enjoy the service,  enjoy the destinations, stay safe,  and make memories to last a lifetime over these 2 wonderful weeks.

 

Roy

 

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The second leg of Serenity's Miami-San Juan-Miami  combination will be starting soon with 2 holdovers from the first leg and one newcomer:

 

 

December 11 San Juan to Miami silverfoxxy (Diane)

December 11 San Juan  to Miami Whystayhome (Linda/Phil)

December 11 San Juan to Miami SBCS5390 (Brian)

 

Wishing Diane, Linda, and Phil a great continuation of their B2B and Brian a wonderful week.  Enjoy the ship, enjoy the service,  enjoy the destinations, stay safe,  and make memories to last a lifetime.

 

Roy

 

 

 

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Our lucky sailors are getting 2 glorious weeks on the Crystal Serenity with this saintly voyage,  celebrating St, Nicholas midway through and visiting St, Maarten, St. Kitts, St. Thomas along with Dominica and Antigua.  Even with all these ports there will be a great selection of those fabulous Crystal sea days.

 

 

 

December 29 Miami R/T jrandjr (Jesse/Jeffromenia)

December 29 Miami RT VeroKaren (Mark/Karen)

December 29 Miami R/T Mjmagee (Marilyn)

December 29 Miami R/T newcruiser58 (Mick/Jill)

 

Wishing Jesse, Jeffromenia, Mark, Karen, Marilyn, Mick, and Jill a fabulous 2 weeks.  Enjoy the ship, enjoy the service,  enjoy the destinations, stay safe,  and make memories to last a lifetime.

 

Roy

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After totally messing up the last Bon Voyage, I'm reposting late the December 18 voyage and a little early for December 29.  2 nice itineraries on the Symphony, a Caribbean cruise on December for Christmas and a bit further South for New Years.

 

 

December 18 Miami R/T CruiseinMommas (Frank/Carol)

December 18 Miami RT AstraJ (Jane/Doug)

December 18 Miami RT randjr (Jesse/Jeffromenia

December 18 Miami RT Eight_Paws (Chris/Lisa)

December 18 Miami R/T sb44 (Susan/Steve)

December 18 Miami R/T newcruiser58 (Mick/Jill)

 

 

December 29 Miami R/T jrandjr (Jesse/Jeffromenia)

December 29 Miami RT VeroKaren (Mark/Karen)

December 29 Miami R/T Mjmagee (Marilyn)

December 29 Miami R/T newcruiser58 (Mick/Jill)

 

Be it a single cruise or a B2B have a wonderful time and a wonderful holiday, making memories to last a lifetime.

 

Roy

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A little late after being distracted by the holidays both ocean vessels have cruises leaving in the next 7 days.  Serenity is first with a 12-day Miami round trip leading up to the somewhat uncertain possibility of a grand voyage. 

 

 

January 5 Miami R/T Rrobbins (Bob/Karen)

January 5 Miami R/T fogchase (Jim/Ginny)

 

Symphony has 2 7-day one way cruises, Miami to San Juan and and San Juan to Miami but they are also sold as a round trip.  It may be a good thing that both our parties are booked on both segments as some ports are starting to close down:

 

 

January 8 Miami to San Juan mskatiemae (Catherine)

January 8 Miami to San Juan Daveywavey70 (David)

 

January 15 San Juan to Miami mskatiemae (Catherine)

January 15 San Juan to Miami Daveywavey70 (David)

 

Whichever cruise you are on enjoy the ports, the ships, the service, and have a wonderful time.

 

Roy

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All I can say is WOW!  A Grand Voyage is an adventure in normal times but this year it will be an adventure on steroids.  With this long a voyage changes in ports are inevitable but in 2022 I expect changes to be quite frequent.

 

 

 

January 17 dropframe (Gary/Linda)

January 17 Rrobbins (Bob/Karen)

 

I took a look at the roll call and am not sure if there are many others doing the full voyage but you will encounter many other people joining and leaving along the way.  Take your sense of adventure and make many lifetimes of memories.

 

Roy

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We have a relatively short cruise coming up on the Symphony next week, 7 nights in the Bahamas. While there are several extensions of this itinerary it looks like both of our embarking parties are only on for the 7-day getaway:

 

 

 

January 22 Miami R/T Riandei (Rich/Eileen)

January 22 Miami R/T PammyMouse (Pamela)

 

Wishing you all safe travels to Miami, a wonderful cruise whether you explore the ports or just bask in the Crystal hospitality and make a lifetime of memories.

 

Roy

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🚢 🛳 🚢 Bon Voyage to Larrycoons - May 12th, 2022 🥂 🥂 🥂

 

I sense a bit of pioneer spirit here.  This will be Zaandam's first sailing with passengers in over 2 years.  The ship had quite an extensive drydock in Cadiz recently and whenever I've seen her checking in at Fort Lauderdale for supplies and crew she's looked absolutely pristine.  The crew may require a few days to get their stride but will be ever so attentive and willing to make this great itinerary even better.

 

Bon Voyage to Zaandam - 9-Day The Atlantic Coast:

Larrycoons

 

Bon Voyage Larrycoons !!!!!!

Have a great cruise and a WONDERFUL time !!!!!

 

Roy (pinch-hitting for Jacqui)