Crystal Serenity Review

Serenity NYC to Quebec City

Review for Canada & New England Cruise on Crystal Serenity
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Sail Date: Oct 2014

This was my first Crystal Cruise and I may never go back to any other cruise line. Their single supplement is the most generous by far and enables me to cruise alone or even have my own stateroom when cruising with friends. The entertainment was wonderful every night, even the ventriloquist that I was reluctant to go see. He was hilarious. I loved the stateroom, more luxurious than most of the ships I have been on. It was by far my most pleasant cruise experience. We never had to wait. No lines to get on, just walked onboard and up to the check-in desk (again, no line). It took two minutes and then we were taken into the dining room for lunch. It was such a pleasure not to be continually harassed to buy a wine or soda package or get the bottled water before going on shore. There were no gold chains by the yard or tee shirts for sale in the lobby each evening and no announcements in the stateroom. I didn't try any of the specialty dining rooms on this cruise but I will on the next as I hear they are wonderful. The food was excellent but no quite up to Regent's Alaska cruise where they had fresh shrimp, crab and seafood aplenty. Still, the food was great and there was a place to eat open during all waking hours.

I can't say too much about the ports as I didn't go for the ports but for the cruise itself. It was cold and rainy and I didn't even get off the ship in several places. Quebec City was beautiful and easy to get around.

Thank you Crystal, I will be back.

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Cabin A

The room was spacious with all the storage you could possibly use. There is a great makeup mirror that I asked to buy but couldn't. They call it a "queen" but it is bigger than the bed I have at home; plenty of pillows. The couch was leather which I'm not crazy about but I understand why. There is a night light under the full length mirror which I never had before and really appreciated when I got out of bed at night. Subtle color scheme.

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