Rare ryndam Posted February 2, 2023 #3326 Share Posted February 2, 2023 20 minutes ago, Stickman1990 said: and some people say Crystal Symphony is old… https://thepointsguy.com/news/astoria-worlds-oldest-cruise-vessel-scrapped/ Maybe yes. Maybe no. Here's a different article. Jury's still out, apparently. https://www.tradewindsnews.com/cruise-and-ferry/owner-denies-world-s-oldest-cruise-ship-has-been-sold-for-recycling/2-1-1395779 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Stickman1990 Posted February 2, 2023 #3327 Share Posted February 2, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, ryndam said: Maybe yes. Maybe no. Here's a different article. Jury's still out, apparently. https://www.tradewindsnews.com/cruise-and-ferry/owner-denies-world-s-oldest-cruise-ship-has-been-sold-for-recycling/2-1-1395779 Thanks. I was just fascinated to see how old it was Edited February 2, 2023 by Stickman1990 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenzSailing Posted February 2, 2023 #3328 Share Posted February 2, 2023 20 minutes ago, Texas Tillie said: Amen, Brother! How are you feeling? All well and ready to rumble? Patty Hey, thanks for asking. No major worries here(thank you vaccines) just a little worn down from some antibiotics I'm on and, as you may have noticed, a little cranky. 😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare May B Posted February 3, 2023 #3329 Share Posted February 3, 2023 On 2/1/2023 at 5:27 PM, rafinmd said: Discharge process was a Zoo, but I finally got home a little before 4. Very weal and tired. Roy Heres hoping you’ll feel better each day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare May B Posted February 3, 2023 #3330 Share Posted February 3, 2023 18 hours ago, KenzSailing said: DennyDeckPlan: sounds like the mess hall on an aircraft carrier. Yeah, that's not a very good comeback, but with this darn covid recovery, I may have lost a step(protip, don't catch this stuff.) Anyway, glad for the excitement of the last 48 hours or so, it's helped keep me going. Gonna be a little while before I man the stoves. Also, and while it's completely predictable, there is a WHOLE lot of "but this isn't the new Crystal I had in mind" consuming the board. I mean, of course it isn't. But there are turndown chocolates. I hope you will be feeling better every day. And yep to your last paragraph! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted February 3, 2023 #3331 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Looking forward to dining at Tastes again. I can just "taste" the cuisine as I think about it. Oh and before I forget. Bags are packet. Ready to go. Can't wait. Keith 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Luxury Posted February 3, 2023 #3332 Share Posted February 3, 2023 3 hours ago, Keith1010 said: Looking forward to dining at Tastes again. I can just "taste" the cuisine as I think about it. Oh and before I forget. Bags are packet. Ready to go. Can't wait. Keith Let's hope you like it Keith as it will be to Manfredi's Taste now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare May B Posted February 3, 2023 #3333 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Does the name Debbie Downer mean anything to anyone? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenzSailing Posted February 3, 2023 #3334 Share Posted February 3, 2023 4 hours ago, May B said: Does the name Debbie Downer mean anything to anyone? Why yes, it does. I fact, that reminds me of a story. Debbie Downer was a character originated and played by Rachel Dratch on Saturday Night Live, a few years ago. (Now, my story diverges at this point, but I'll get back to Debbie/Rachel, I promise.) The Kennedy Center here in DC runs a very well done series they call Broadway Center Stage. They team with a Broadway production company to bring top Broadway musical talent to DC for their own unique productions(as opposed to just booking a road show version of Hamilton, etc.) They can entice this top talent here with one clever wrinkle: it's only a four week commitment(Broadway contracts are typically for multi-month runs.) It's an abbreviated and compressed schedule: two weeks of rehearsal in NYC, down to DC for four days of technical rehearsal for integration with the KC orchestra, sets, costumes, and then eleven performances over ten days. Then poof, it's over, almost like it never happened. The shows are fully staged and tremendously good, it's been a huge success. So this past fall the production was "Guys and Dolls," an old chestnut and sure-fire crowd pleaser, and we were there. It was fantastic(the folks sitting next to us were theater culture-vultures down from NY to take it in.) Now, and you probably know this, but G&D revolves around a lot of NY gamblers/hustlers/low-lifes trying to get a craps game together. One of the key participants in the craps game is a character from out of town called "Big Julie." Big Julie is a domineering, comically menacing figure, typically played by a large man with a baritone voice. In this production Big Julie was played by, wait for it: Rachel Dratch. Now, understand Ms Dratch cannot be five feet tall. She is a diminutive person. And here she comes lumbering on stage in this padded suit, over sized fedora on her head, and cheesy fake mustache affixed to her upper lip. The crowd knew it was coming and still howled with delight. Needless to say she chewed the scenery, dominated her scenes, and left everyone laughing to tears. It was a great and grand evening. And that is my Debbie Downer/Rachel Dratch story. As the kids say, video or it didn't happen: Encore, encore: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAV Posted February 3, 2023 #3335 Share Posted February 3, 2023 32 minutes ago, KenzSailing said: Why yes, it does. I fact, that reminds me of a story. Debbie Downer was a character originated and played by Rachel Dratch on Saturday Night Live, a few years ago. I’ve busted my gut way too many times watching Debbie on SNL. My favorite is at Disneyland. Watching the cast painfully trying to keep straight faces as priceless as Debbie’s performance. Thank God for YouTube! 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKingD Posted February 3, 2023 #3336 Share Posted February 3, 2023 I didn't feel the need to be on one of the inaugural cruises with New Crystal, and I decided to wait and not even put any money down to get some "freebies", so I sincerely hope that some of you fun people on this thread will have also done the same thing and I can be on the same cruises with you whenever that is. I like to travel with fun people and not any Debbie Downers. Thanks for the entertainment and off-topic posts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearesiamese Posted February 4, 2023 #3337 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Crystal Serenity in Juneau 2011 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearesiamese Posted February 4, 2023 #3338 Share Posted February 4, 2023 My favorite entertainer on Crystal(well along with Mark Farris), Vincenzo Martinelli from Australia.This was around my 50th birthday in 2010,on Symphony.I hope the new Crystal can get him to play on Ser and Sym again! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearesiamese Posted February 4, 2023 #3339 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Crystal Symphony in Loreto,MX Dec 2010 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearesiamese Posted February 4, 2023 #3340 Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) A wave I captured on the infamous 0205 on Symphony in 2010.We sailed through 2 cyclones as I recall, between Fiji, and Sydney Australia.Another passenger and myself went running around deck 5 taking pictures AND or videos.I never got seasick and don't frankly remember the last time I did 🙂 Edited February 4, 2023 by wearesiamese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snuffie Posted February 4, 2023 #3341 Share Posted February 4, 2023 On 2/2/2023 at 1:32 PM, Texas Tillie said: Those were the days! That's how I met Pat and John and then they introduced me to you and Gary💗. Patty Miss you! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAV Posted February 4, 2023 #3342 Share Posted February 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Snuffie said: Miss you! Welcome back! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAV Posted February 4, 2023 #3343 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Article this week in a SF Bay Area publication promoting cruises from San Francisco this year, and using a Crystal ship from their files. My first thought was Symphony, but then wondered if it could be Harmony? I’ll leave which ship up to the sharp-eyed experts here! With Princess being the only line that homeports a ship year round in SF, I gotta give them credit for using Crystal as their visual in promoting cruising from Northern California. 😉 https://www.sfgate.com/shopping/article/cruises-from-san-francisco-17754367.php?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR1YYaeYTRLJxbNCqJgeHd8WX5eIR6fr4z9AmKn4-shwoGPIKieis-q8_gc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare travelberlin Posted February 4, 2023 #3344 Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) I have completely underestimated the beauty of the Beagle Channel. Here is another Glacier called Glaciar Italia Ivi Edited February 4, 2023 by travelberlin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare May B Posted February 5, 2023 #3345 Share Posted February 5, 2023 On 2/3/2023 at 9:31 AM, Mr Luxury said: She said she wouldn't sail unless things on New Crystal were exactly the same as they were on Old Crystal I thought she said only if they were better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare May B Posted February 5, 2023 #3346 Share Posted February 5, 2023 On 2/3/2023 at 1:48 PM, KenzSailing said: Why yes, it does. I fact, that reminds me of a story. Debbie Downer was a character originated and played by Rachel Dratch on Saturday Night Live, a few years ago. (Now, my story diverges at this point, but I'll get back to Debbie/Rachel, I promise.) The Kennedy Center here in DC runs a very well done series they call Broadway Center Stage. They team with a Broadway production company to bring top Broadway musical talent to DC for their own unique productions(as opposed to just booking a road show version of Hamilton, etc.) They can entice this top talent here with one clever wrinkle: it's only a four week commitment(Broadway contracts are typically for multi-month runs.) It's an abbreviated and compressed schedule: two weeks of rehearsal in NYC, down to DC for four days of technical rehearsal for integration with the KC orchestra, sets, costumes, and then eleven performances over ten days. Then poof, it's over, almost like it never happened. The shows are fully staged and tremendously good, it's been a huge success. So this past fall the production was "Guys and Dolls," an old chestnut and sure-fire crowd pleaser, and we were there. It was fantastic(the folks sitting next to us were theater culture-vultures down from NY to take it in.) Now, and you probably know this, but G&D revolves around a lot of NY gamblers/hustlers/low-lifes trying to get a craps game together. One of the key participants in the craps game is a character from out of town called "Big Julie." Big Julie is a domineering, comically menacing figure, typically played by a large man with a baritone voice. In this production Big Julie was played by, wait for it: Rachel Dratch. Now, understand Ms Dratch cannot be five feet tall. She is a diminutive person. And here she comes lumbering on stage in this padded suit, over sized fedora on her head, and cheesy fake mustache affixed to her upper lip. The crowd knew it was coming and still howled with delight. Needless to say she chewed the scenery, dominated her scenes, and left everyone laughing to tears. It was a great and grand evening. And that is my Debbie Downer/Rachel Dratch story. As the kids say, video or it didn't happen: Encore, encore: I did not know about the Kennedy Center’s modus operandi. Thx for th3 wonderful post! And I love love love an appreciative audience! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted February 7, 2023 #3347 Share Posted February 7, 2023 59 years ago four lads arrived to JFK and two days later would be on The Ed Sullivan Show. So wish I was alive to have watched them on Ed Sullivan. Well, I guess I was. I just can't remember. LOL. I do and to think they were performing only 27 miles from my home. And when they had their final performance at the former Shea Stadium only 18 miles from home. Now if I was older at the time, who knows. Maybe it would have been Meet The Beatles or With The Beatles. Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctjon Posted February 7, 2023 #3348 Share Posted February 7, 2023 There was a tv show at least earlier this year that had the old Ed Sullivan shows on it - it was great to see that band perform which was the beginning of the US fame. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWIVince Posted February 7, 2023 #3349 Share Posted February 7, 2023 On 2/4/2023 at 2:37 AM, BEAV said: Article this week in a SF Bay Area publication promoting cruises from San Francisco this year, and using a Crystal ship from their files. My first thought was Symphony, but then wondered if it could be Harmony? I’ll leave which ship up to the sharp-eyed experts here! With Princess being the only line that homeports a ship year round in SF, I gotta give them credit for using Crystal as their visual in promoting cruising from Northern California. 😉 https://www.sfgate.com/shopping/article/cruises-from-san-francisco-17754367.php?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR1YYaeYTRLJxbNCqJgeHd8WX5eIR6fr4z9AmKn4-shwoGPIKieis-q8_gc Your instinct is right (as usual)... It's Symphony. 🙂 Vince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenzSailing Posted February 8, 2023 #3350 Share Posted February 8, 2023 2 hours ago, BWIVince said: Your instinct is right (as usual)... It's Symphony. 🙂 Vince Well yeah, but describe the carpeting on deck eight when the photo was taken. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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