Crystal Symphony Length: 781 ft, Width: 98 ft, Draft: 25 ft
Speed: 22 knots, Engines: 2 electric motors with 53,000 horse power


Crystal Symphony docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico


Crystal Symphony docked in Ochos Rios, Jamaica


Crystal Symphony anchored off the coast of Bimini, Bahamas


Life preserver


Extra life jackets


Lifeboat tenders serve as lifeboats and as transport to shore


Boarding a tender to go ashore


Heading for shore


Lifeboat tenders seat between 100 and 150 eople


Lifeboat tenders carry lifejackets, food, water and sea sickness supplies for every person


These pods inflate into large, covered life rafts


Instruction panel


How thee pods inflate


The crew's outdoor lounge on deck 5


On the Bridge the Captain & Pilot take the ship out of port

Deck 5 Midship

Waterside Crystal Cove Crystal Plaza Sales

Waterside Fine Dining

Waterside serves breakfast, lunch and dinner


Waterside Hawaiian Serenade (Dec 2019)


Waterside Colonial Charms Golf Cruise (Oct 2018)


Waterside waiters - Hawaiian Serenade (Dec 2019)


Senior Waiter Ramazon
He took care of our carry-ons when we boarded so we could meet friends in NYC


Watweside waiters - Colonial Charms Golf Cruise (Oct 2018)


Senior waiter Magda. The best!


There is Always a Selection of Fine Wines at No Charge
Wairau River Became Our Favorite


Head waiter prepares a Caesar salad


Pasta


Steak Tartar


Shrimp Cocktail


Cookie plate desserts


Cruise 6


Cruise 6


Cruise 6


Cruise 6


Cruise 6


Desert


Pumkin pie ala mode


Canoli


A "Deconstructed" Cannoli


A Deconstructed Cannoli is cannoli filling laced with bits of cannoli crust

Crystal Cove Lounge

Crystal Cove is located adjacent to Crystal Plaza


Crystal Cove bar at Christmas


The 'Crystal Piano" from the Areium


Crystal Cove from the Atrium


Crystal Cove is our favorite place for Happy Hour cocktails


Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres are never any charge on Crystal


Pate on the left and a tartar slider shaped like a little island


Crystal Cove for an afternoon Marguarita


Crystal Cove during the Grand Buffet.

Crystal Plaza

Crystal Plaza


Crystal Plaza


Plaza Waterfall


Plaza Waterfall

Sales and Hostess

Sales and Hostess during Hanaukkah 2019

Deck 6 Forward

Bistro Atrium Theater VIP Casino Galaxy

The Bistro Cafe

The Bistro Bar


The Bistro serves speciality teas, coffee, espresso & wine 9am to 11pm daily


The Bistro bar has a wide variety of bread, rolls, meats, lox, cheeses, and fruits


The Bistro bar offers bread, rolls, meats, fish, lox, and cheeses


The Bistro bar offers a variety of fruits and petit desserts


Crystal uses Reidel stemware and Julius Meinl cups


The Bistro at Christmas

Atrium

Avenue of the Stars Boutiques


Crystal Collections - Jewelry, perfumes, accessories


Facets (There was a pair of diamond cufflinks in this shop for $6,600)


Apropo - Apparel and Accessories


Judith Lieber purses for sale in Apropos


Judith Lieber


Judith Lieber


Judith Lieber


Chamber music every afternoon in the Atrium


Atrium at Christmas


Atrium at Christmas


Atrium ready for Happy New Year 2019

Hollywood Theater

Daily movies and lectures

Luxe Disco (now a VIP Casino)

The coctail tables gradually changed color


Luxe bar was open late at night


Luxe dance floor was small

Resorts World Casino

Resorts World at Sea Casino


Resorts World at Sea Casino


Casino

Galaxy Lounge Theater

Galaxy Theater


Galaxy Theater


Galaxy at Showtime


Cocktails in the Galaxy before performances


Cocktails in the Galaxy Theater

Deck 6 Aft

Prego Umi Uma Avenue Connoisseur Vintage Images Starlite

Prego Italian Dining

Ready to Cha Cha Cha after dinner at Prego Italian


Prego Italian


Carpacio when served


Carpacio after the waiter adds his touch


Mushroom soup in a bread bowl. So yummy!

Umi Uma Sushi Bar

Umi Uma & Sushi Bar by Chef Nobu Matsuhisa





Soup at Umi Uma

The Avenue Saloon

The Avenue Saloon


Carl Wishneusky entertains in the Avenue Saloon, Cruise #11


Carl Wishneusky on accordian


Marcie Castro on Piano, Cruise #6


Marcie Castro


Marcie Castro's Show "packed" the Avenue Saloon Every Night


Marcie Castro's Show "packed" the Avenue Saloon Every Night


Marcie Castro's Show "packed" the Avenue Saloon Every Night


Jazz Dagen with Danny on drums, Pete on clarinet and Mark at the piano, Cruise #3


Jazz Dagen's music was super fantastic. Here Pete plays one of his saxaphones


Martin Orbidans entertained nightly at the Avenue Saloon, Cruise #2


The Avenue Saloon waitress Camilla

Connoisseur Club Cigar Lounge

A comfortable and elegant gentleman's smoking club


Connoisseur Club is a beautiful cigar lounge


Relax with a collection of cigars, cognacs, wines and single malt whiskies

The Vintage - Chef's Table

The Vintage Room provides a Chef's dinner with wine pairings


.The Vintage Room is the only venue that costs extra

Crystal Images Photography

Photos and Everything photography

Starlite Club

Starlite Club stage and dance floor


Starlite Club


Starlite Club Cruise 11


The Starlite's circular bar is open and ready


Ready for dancing


Starlite decorated for Halloween


The Starlite is a great place to finish your night-cap


The Starlite is home to games, presentations and social events. Here Alissa Gustafsson emcees Captain Egil Giske's Welcome Reception


Cruise #3, Cruise Director Paul McFarland


Cruise #3, Captain Egil Giske


Cruise #2, Cruise Director, Scott Peterson

Deck 7

Prominade Guestrooms

Promenade Deck

Deck 7 has a 360° promenade deck


Crew's Pool in the Bow on Deck 7


Promenade deck Aft has these workout machines


Promenade deck aft


Promenade deck aft but what is it?


Looking aft from Deck 7

Ocean View Guestrooms

Ocean View Cabin

Decks 8 - 9

Veranda Guestrooms

Veranda Cabin


When the lugage is delivered



Cruise 3 - Our cabin


The leather mat protects the bed from lugage


Double sinks in the bathroom


Meet Louie. Touch his paw and he sings "It's a Wonderful World" like Louie Armstrong.


Our stewardess posed Louie on our bed every night.


We've taken cabin #8126 on cruises 11 & 12.


The wider veranda of 8126


Access to this great deck is across the hall from cabin #8126


The room before the nightly makeup


24 Hour Room Service
Great for breakfast on the days we have an early tour


We love the new "Flatscreen TV" and technology.
This menu is also available for Tablets and Smart Phones.
Internet is free.


This channel has "The View From The Bridge"


Other channels have Port and Starboard side views


This TV channel provides ship Info
like Position, Speed, Wind, Tempearture, Ship's Time and etc.


Ship Info on TV when in port


This channel shows our intinerary and current location


We read Reflctions every night to see what's going on for tomorrow
Reflections and all the Menus are available on our cell phones


Complimentary laundry

Deck 10

Crystal Penthouse Suite


Crystal Penthouse Suite


Crystal Penthouse Suite


Crystal Penthouse Suite


Junior Penthouse Suite


Junior Penthouse Suite


Saphire Suite


Saphire Suite

Deck 11 Forward

Seahorse Pool Palm Court

Seahorse Pool and Jacuzzi

Pool Deck #11


A quiet day around the pool


Crystal Sextet entertains at the pool each afternoon


Enjoying the jacuzzi


Deck 11 at night

Palm Court Lounge

Palm Court


Palm Court offers a beautiful room with a view over the bow


Palm Court dance floor


Palm Court is directly above the bridge. What a view


Palm Court bar area


The bar in Palm Court


Palm Court offers Starboard and Port views


How "Palm Court" got its name


Afternoon tea buffet of lite bites in Palm Court


Afternoon tea buffet of lite bites in Palm Court


Afternoon tea in Palm Court


Afternoon tea in the Palm Court pays tribute to Mozart. Here he is in chocolate"


A lavish display of pastries and confectionary treats


Period costumes for the lovely waitresses


Period costumes for the waiters


Lovely Kamilla (left) served us in Palm Court for afternoon tea and pre dinner cocktails
Thank You Kamilla


Crystal String Quartet (left to right) Anna, Joanna, Renata and Martyna

Deck 11 Aft

Market Place Tastes Scoops Trident

Market Place Buffet (formerly Lido Buffet)

Market Place Buffet Omlet bar at breakfast, carving station at lunch


Market Place buffet stations


On Cruise 11 the Lido became The Market Place


Al fresco dinning


No long lines with these nice buffet stations


The Market Place Port side


Market Place fresh juice bar


Cruise 6 - Milan spoiled Joan bringing her breakfast from the Lido buffet each morning

Tastes (now Silk Asain Cuisine)

Cruise 11 Trident became "Silk"


The "living wall" in Silk dining room


Silk Port side


A "living wall" in Silk Port side


Lunch menu at Silk


Silk Lounge Starboard side


A "living wall" in Silk Lounge


Ricki Senior Bartender
Ricki always remebers us from our first Symphony cruise


Silk bar


An afternoon glass of wine at Silk Bar

Scoops Ice Cream Bar

Serving Ben & Jerry's 10 to 10

Trident Grill

Ricki takes great care of us. We like having a late breakfast at Trident


Trident Grill serves hot dogs, hamburgers, fries, beer, wine and ice cream


Trident


Trident


Cruise 6 - Trident


The "living Wall" in Trident


Trident Bar





Always room for another cup of coffee


Before Silk! Trident Grill with the ceiling open


Trident Grill is open all day for beer and wine


How You Feel when relaxing in Trident, Deck 11

Deck 12 Forward

Open Golf Nets Observation

Open

Looking Forward on Deck 12


Looking Aft


The View From Deck 12


The ocean is a long way down from Deck 12


Check out the pool deck


Look for a familiar face





The view from Deck 12 while in port


Looking aft from deck 12

Golf Driving Nets

Golf driving nets left and right on Deck 12


Golf driving nets left and right on Deck 12


Lessons at the golf nets


Private lessons with Karen Kneissler on Deck 12


The Skylights Over Palm Court

Observation Deck

See where you're headed


Play "Titanic" star


Get a new hairdo

Deck 12 Aft

Crystal Salon Roof Putt Tennis

Crystal Salon

Retractable Roof

The retractible roof over the Silk Restaurant

Golf Putting

Putting green on Deck 12

Wimbledon Paddle Tennis

Paddle Tennis Court on Deck 12


Padddle Tennis Court on Deck 12


Deck 12 Paddle Tennis


Deck 12 Paddle Tennis

Special Events

Buffet Equator Tug-of-War

The Grand Buffet