As my eight-night cruise on the Crystal Symphony draws to an end, I have to say that I am a bit conflicted.  There are some truly wonderful aspects of the Crystal Symphony and some that clearly need some buffing up. One thing that doesn’t need buffing up is the ship itself. The Crystal Symphony is

I thought I would combine my food (and culinary) experiences on my Crystal Symphony cruise.  To my mind juxtaposing the quest of those simply needing a nutritious meal against my rather critical discussion of the cuisine onboard the Crystal Symphony makes one (that would be me!) appreciate that sometimes culinary criticisms are really unimportant in

I started my journey to the Crystal Symphony with a late night text advising me that my 6:20 AM flight to San Francisco had been canceled.    Fortunately, with my status United put me on the next flight arriving into San Francisco at 11:05 AM, so I could head right to the ship.  (My friend who

I am sailing on the Crystal Symphony on June 17, 2019 as the Ensemble Travel Group host.  It is not the most exciting cruise, but sailing out of San Francisco and into Vancouver makes on an eight day cruise makes for plenty of time to feel out the recently (2017) renovated Crystal Symphony with an