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Crystal Symphony Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

prwesmyles

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

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7 Night Eastern Mediterranean (Istanbul To Venice)

Sail date: September 08, 2023

Ship: Crystal Symphony

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 1025

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 months ago

Review summary

It is wonderful to have Crystal back in operation. There is certainly no drop off in service and pampering. Their standards definitely surpass anything we’ve found on the seas or on land before. We’ve now rejoined the ship for another week around Italy and looking forward to another wonderful cruise.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Very good except our driver dropped us off at the wrong place so we had to carry our luggage a long way.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

All excellent and faultless

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Not that type of ship

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Top quality performance especially for a small ship

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Highly efficient and totally pampered.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Spotless

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Excellent accommodation with butler and maid service beyond reproach.

Ship tip

Make sure you fully understand where and how to board. Otherwise everything is extremely efficient.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Istanbul, Turkey

5 out of 5

Cruise Dardanelles

5 out of 5

Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

5 out of 5

Corfu, Greece

5 out of 5

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5

Venice, Italy

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

It’s a compromise as ships aren’t allowed in the Venice city port so disembarkation is at commercial port and passengers are bused to the old city port to take taxi into the city. Crystal handled it all as efficiently as possible.

Fantastic New Crystal Cruise

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Ports of call

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