Crystal Serenity Review

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Crystal Serenity - Northern Europe

Review for the Baltic Sea Cruise on Crystal Serenity
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JunaluskaLady
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Aug 2006

Having read a recent review of the same cruise, Stockholm to Dover, I felt the need to provide another perspective. We also were sailing with Crystal for the second time. However, we had a far more positive cruise than our fellow traveler with 2 children.

Embarkation was a breeze as always. We presented documents and had our pictures taken and were onboard within a matter of minutes. We were greeted by a male crew member who took our hand luggage and accompanied us as we went straight to get reservations at Prego and Silk Road. Having accomplished that task, we went to our stateroom on Deck 9, found it roomy and pleasant, and unpacked. My husband is a large man, and we find the A staterooms very pleasant and sufficiently spacious. The bathrooms, especially the shower in the tub, are generous, and the 2 sink granite vanity was lovely. The fridge was stocked with bottled water and soft drinks. A couple of days into the cruise, we requested cranberry juice and orange juice. Small pitchers of juices were thereafter supplied in our fridge. We found the storage space very generous. We did not find the closet to be a problem with respect to location. It is large and well supplied with a variety of hangers. I enjoyed the deep drawers at one end of the closet. The Frette robes were luxurious.

Days at sea were a delight. There were so many activities that we had difficulty choosing. We attended lectures by Marc Ginsburg, former Ambassador, on the MidEast as well as Wall Street lectures and another on Baltic Amber. Some lectures were recorded and repeated on ship television at later times for those of us who could not attend. I do agree with the other reviewer that the lectures on skin diseases seemed out of place on this cruise. Cultural presentations would have been preferable. My husband and I enjoyed language, keyboard, and computer classes. We both felt that the computer classes could have been more challenging. They were a bit "basic" for our competency, and we aren't terribly proficient.

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