She looked so relaxed, that I could imagine what it felt like to lie there myself. It's too bad my parents didn't let her play football with the boys and I used to tease her relentlessly and pull her pigtails whenever I got the chance. It is done in enamel. If she could kick the ball they way she liked to kick me in the knee, I'd.....

Crystal Cruise Lines, most commonly seen as Crystal Cruises, is a luxury cruise ship line founded in 1988 and notable for its two medium-sized, high-end ships, Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity, which each hold about 1,000 guests. The line is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the large Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The Crystal passenger mix is about 70% North American, with about half of those from California. The line has its headquarters in Century City, Los Angeles.

Readers of Condé Nast Traveler have voted the line Best Large-Ship Cruise Line for 16 years. Readers of Travel + Leisure have voted Crystal Cruises World's Best for 14 consecutive years. Guidebooks usually score the three ships among the top 20 of all cruise ships afloat.

Both ships travel the world and visit destinations. The line offers Mediterranean cruises, Northern European cruises, Australia & New Zealand cruises, New England & Canada cruises, Panama Canal cruises, Caribbean cruises and Mexico cruises. The luxury cruise line also offers a World Cruise on the Crystal Serenity each year of about 110 days in length.

Ships

Crystal Cruises operates two vessels:

  • Crystal Symphony (built 1995)
  • Crystal Serenity (built 2003)

The Crystal Symphony is the smaller of the two, holding 940 passengers. The Crystal Serenity can hold 1,050 passengers and about 650 crew. The line's original vessel, Crystal Harmony, was retired from the Crystal fleet in 2005. The vessel was transferred to the parent company, underwent some renovations, renamed the Asuka II, and now caters to the Japanese cruise market as part of Asuka Cruises. Each Crystal ship features two complimentary (though tip encouraged) specialty restaurants including the Italian restaurant Prego (overseen by Piero Selvaggio of Valentino restaurants) and Silk Road and the Sushi Bar (overseen by famous Japanese restauranteur Nobu Matsuhisa). Daytime activities include pools, lectures, a movie theater, lessons by Yamaha keyboard instructors, instruction by Berlitz language teachers.

Headquarters

Crystal Cruises has its headquarters in the Century City area of Los Angeles. On September 8, 1998, Crystal Cruises relocated its headquarters from one building in Century City to another; it received a larger amount of space in the new headquarters than it had in its previous headquarters, and its new headquarters has two floors connected by one stairwell.

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.crystalcruises.com/ExperienceShips.aspx?ID=2
  2. ^ http://www.concierge.com/tools/travelawards/cruisepoll/
  3. ^ http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2009/
  4. ^ http://www.crystalcruises.com/VoyageCategory.aspx?RK=MED
  5. ^ http://www.crystalcruises.com/VoyageCategory.aspx?RK=NE
  6. ^ http://www.crystalcruises.com/VoyageCategory.aspx?RK=ANZ
  7. ^ http://www.crystalcruises.com/VoyageCategory.aspx?RK=NEC
  8. ^ http://www.crystalcruises.com/VoyageCategory.aspx?RK=PC
  9. ^ http://www.crystalcruises.com/VoyageCategory.aspx?RK=CAR
  10. ^ http://www.crystalcruises.com/VoyageCategory.aspx?RK=MXR
  11. ^ http://www.crystalcruises.com/VoyageCategory.aspx?RK=WC
  12. ^ a b Cudahy, Brian J. (2001). The Cruise Ship Phenomenon in North America, p. 269; Haworth, R.B. Miramar Ship Index: Crystal Symphony, ID#9066667.
  13. ^ Miramar Ship Index: Crystal Serentiy, ID#9243667.
  14. ^ Miramar Ship Index: Crystal Harmony, ID#8806204.
  15. ^ http://www.valentinorestaurant.com/valentinohouston/selvaggio.asp
  16. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/travel/cruises/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=44498316.blog
  17. ^ http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/PressReleaseDetailPF.html?CNTID=29147&CTID=551577
  18. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2006/may/28/travel/tr-insider28
  19. ^ "Contact Us." Crystal Cruises. Retrieved on January 20, 2010.
  20. ^ "Article: Los Angeles-Based Crystal Cruises Moves to Nearby Location." PR Newswire. August 19, 1998. Retrieved on January 20, 2010.

References

  • Cudahy, Brian J. (2001). The Cruise Ship Phenomenon in North America. New York: Cornell Maritime Press. 10-ISBN 0-870-33529-4; 13-ISBN 978-0-870-33529-7; OCLC 45388623

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