Emails from Crystal - are you receiving them ok?

[Jayayeff]

12 hours ago, Old Sea Dog said:

Anne

Could be as a result of your popularity 

 

Somehow I doubt that - more likely to be having channeled bookings through all of the above at some time during the 18 years since my first Crystal cruise back in 2006, and never having changed contact details during that time!!!!  😀😀

[Stickman1990]

For those keeping a lookout for their emails from Crystal to confirm they’re on “the list” one more came out today headed “JOIN A VIP VOYAGE AROUND THE JEWELS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN” 

[ctjon]

Email I just got World Cruise 2026 wait list open.LA to Rome - 135 nights 72 destinations 27 countries .

 

Fares starting at $84,000

 

[ctjon]

Today I got a survey - do I want casino on the ships and would I not sail, etc. if there weren't one.

 

Thought ti casino issue was settled but I guess not

[rock detective]

3 hours ago, ctjon said:

Today I got a survey - do I want casino on the ships and would I not sail, etc. if there weren't one.

 

Thought ti casino issue was settled but I guess not

 

I voted five times!

 

[Gregrat]

31 minutes ago, rock detective said:

 

I voted five times!

 

I voted a few times myself.

[travelberlin]

I don’t receive any emails. It doesn’t matter how many times I register.

[Roland4]

3 hours ago, ctjon said:

Today I got a survey - do I want casino on the ships and would I not sail, etc. if there weren't one.

 

Thought ti casino issue was settled but I guess not

Crystal has said a number of times that a smaller casino will be added to both ships. The problem, I suspect, and at a guess, is it will have to wait until the next drydock.

[KenzSailing]

1 hour ago, Roland4 said:

Crystal has said a number of times that a smaller casino will be added to both ships. The problem, I suspect, and at a guess, is it will have to wait until the next drydock.

 

Based on the survey wording that started with words to the effect that "Crystal has announced it will bring back casinos in 2024" I got the feeling that what they're trying to figure out is what size the re-introduced casinos should be.  Interesting they didn't drill down on preference for slots vs table games(and what sorts of table games.)  Determining that mix is probably left to whatever vendor they hire, I suppose.

[ctjon]

Got it and remember but wondering why one of the questions was would you not do Crystal if no Casino's - reconsidering maybe??  Or delaying maybe for a couple of years.

[KenzSailing]

4 hours ago, ctjon said:

Got it and remember but wondering why one of the questions was would you not do Crystal if no Casino's - reconsidering maybe??  Or delaying maybe for a couple of years.

 

Yeah, could be.  IIIRC, the current CEO(or whatever) stated on FB that casinos are not money makers for cruise lines, they mostly make a profit for the casino vendor.  That, coupled with NC's obvious ambivalence(at best) about casinos, has to make you wonder. Assuming their initial about face was driven by negative reaction on social media, interesting they're polling folks they know to be established Crystal cruisers.  They're not trolling for new casino clients.  Essentially, "OK, Crystal cruisers, time to turn your cards over." 

 

Me, I'm standing on 19. (And yeah, I just mixed a Poker and Blackjack metaphor.) 

[fisherboe]

42 minutes ago, ctjon said:

Got it and remember but wondering why one of the questions was would you not do Crystal if no Casino's - reconsidering maybe??  Or delaying maybe for a couple of years.

I didn't get that impression at all - the opposite actually. The first question was (paraphrasing here) "Crystal has announced that it will bring back casinos by the end of 2024..." which is a direct acknowledgement of their public commitment.  

 

But the two other questions are an attempt to quantify the impact of casinos - as in, will bookings increase in the near term? Will people spend and how much?  

 

Those are questions you ask if you're trying to make the case to accelerate the timeline - not push it back. If they really wanted to slow-roll it, they aren't going to say anything.