Christmas Markets / Presidents Cruise

This is a review of our cruise aboard the Crystal Mozart for it's first Christmas Market cruise, which fell over Thanksgiving and was also announced after we booked to be the President's cruise. In a nutshell, we loved it, although there were some major flaws. Crystal clearly knows cruising, luxury, fine dining and great service. They've got some learning to do on River cruising.

First, a bit of background about us. I find it essential to know who is giving the review to know if this is a like minded individual. We are in our mid forties, have done about 10 cruises, all ocean, predominately luxury, never on Crystal before. We do cruise, but are active and also enjoy do it yourself land trips involving planes, trains and automobiles. We normally do not do ship excursions and are not really "tour" people. We have cruised Regent most often, but their inclusion of tours in the cost makes them less attractive since that is something we won't utilize. That is why we are looking for a cruise line that might be a better fit, though we aren't looking to be loyal to any one line. Read more