The Most Fabulous Cruise Experience

I chose this cruise because I've never been on a river cruise and I've never cruised with crystal. The itinerary interested me very much and I was not disappointed.

My cabin was wonderful. I was in cabin 215, a deluxe suite. the butler was incredible. he was friendly, professional and seemed to anticipate my every need. i was well taken care of.

the entire crew is trained perfectly. they all called me by my name the first night of dinner. how they learned it so fast is beyond me. the entire crew is friendly, professional, eager to please and very thoughtful of my preferences. even the bartender remembered what i liked to drink! tour managers were terrific and all the tours were handled very professionally and the tour guides were spectacular. they made the tours personal with lots of their own family stories about the places we were visiting. the coach drivers were friendly and drove very safely.

i guess i've left off the most important thing: the fooooooooood. wow! what a fabulous dining experience every meal but the dinners were especially incredible. if there is such a thing as 10 star michelin, then crystal has managed to have it on the ship.

and when i was driven to the airport in amsterdam, a crystal rep met me at the coach and walked me to british airways and made sure i was checked in for the flight properly. then they walked me to security and made sure i got through ok. of course, they could not go through security with me, i thought this service was really wonderful and very unexpected.

i guess that's why i booked a danube christmas market cruise on the mahler for dec. 2020 which i'm looking forward to very much. Crystal is really special and they are my cruise line of choice from now on.