RV travels around the USA
We have been back to our winter home for a few days now. Enough time to rest up a bit and reflect on our experiences on this cruise. In today’s blog, I have included several photos from onboard the Symphony. So this will be a tour of the ship and some of my thoughts regarding the cruise line.
Pat and I made it safely home yesterday, 1/24, after a very long day the day before. It was an adventure that we would rather not repeat. Although, I love the travelling and you have to take it that occasionally things do not go as planned. Thank goodness with time, we tend to remember the better parts. Here is a quick summary of the disembarkation from Crystal’s Symphony in Bimini and travel home.
While we are on the “bonus day” Saturday of our cancelled cruise, I will attempt to provide an update from one of our favorite islands so far. The island of Tortola, one of the British Virgin Islands has the best mountain views that we have seen while on this cruise. Here is a quick update and a few photos.
Perhaps a couple of red flags have gone up as warning signs. First it was the shutdown of the Crystal cruise operations after our ship returned to the port in Miami on Saturday morning. Today, Friday 1/21, the captain made an announcement that due to “non-technical operational issues” our ship would not be ending the cruise at the Miami port. What’s up now?
Continue reading “Crystal Symphony – Arrest Warrant Issued!!”
On Wednesday of this week we received a letter in the mail slot outside our stateroom door. I grabbed it on the way to our dinner at Prego, the premium dining option. More on Prego later. I was a bit shocked when I opened and read the letter from the cruise line.
It is now day 10 of our 21 day anniversary cruise. Halfway done already. The stop today is at St Kitts, a volcanic island named after St. Christopher. It is a beautiful tropical island that has a rich history where sugar cane was once the primary economic product until the soil gave out.
The US territory of Puerto Rico marks the 8th day of our 21 day cruise. I still wonder at what we were thinking during a spike in the pandemic. But, I have to tell you, except for a couple of schedule adjustments, everything has been great. The Crystal cruise line has lived up to its reputation as a high end ultra luxury adventure. And I still feel safe. On Sunday, we took a walkabout tour of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
So far, so good! In fact, the luxury cruise of a lifetime has been great. How often does one have a 50th anniversary? All around, the vessel, the staff, entertainment, and obviously the chow have been great. And on top of that I feel very safe aboard. Actually, as a guy said yesterday, we feel safer here than going to a local Walmart. More on that later. St. John USVI was our first stop.
We made it through some more hurdles finally getting aboard the Crystal Cruise line’s ship the Symphony. Actually, it was a little more stressful than planned but it all worked out. We made it! All aboard!