Crystal Symphony Statistics & Itineraries
Statistics
Shipyard: Kvaerner Masa Yards Turku, Finland
Entered service: 1995
Refurbished in 2004 and 2006
Gross tonnage: 51,044 gross
Length: 781 ft. length (238.1 m)
Width: 99 ft. width (30.2 m)
Draft: 24.9 ft. draft (7.6 m)
Speed: 20.knots cruising speed; 21 knots maximum speed
Operating system: Fin type roll stabilizers; two bow and one stern transversal thrusters
Propulsion: Two diesel-electric motors, which are powered by six Wartsila-Sulzer diesel generator engines generating 33,880 kw horsepower
Registry: The Bahamas
USPH Rating: 98 (3/9/2009)
Crew: 545 International (Norwegian Captain, European-trained hotel/dining staff)
Decks: 12 (8 public decks)
Staterooms: 461
Four staterooms for guests with disabilities: 2 Category D, 2 Category PH
Eight connecting staterooms and 89 staterooms with third-berth available for families
Guest capacity: 922
Library: Yes
Spa/Fitness Center Yes
Sports deck Yes with a golf driving range and putting greens featuring TaylorMade, PGA golf instructors and clinics on most sailings. Full-size paddle tennis court
Pools: 2
Whirlpools: 2
Children: Fantasia children's center and Waves teen center
Bridge Lounge Yes
Casino: Yes
Instruction: Computer University@Sea® center with a lab for classroom instruction and separate 24-hour Internet and e-mail access room
Medical Facility: Yes
Launderettes: Three (Personalized service also available)
Electricity: 110/220 voltage
Smoking: Designated public areas only. No smoking in staterooms, suites or verandahs.
Gratuities: Not included in the cruise fares. Suggested guidelines for stateroom and dining-service gratuities are as follows: stewardess, $5 per guest, per day (single travelers, $6 per day); senior waiter, $5 per guest, per day; waiter, $3 per guest, per day; butler (Penthouse decks), $4 per guest, per day. Tips for the maître d', headwaiter, assistant stewardess and night Room Service personnel are at passenger’s discretion. Gratuities may be prepaid or charged to your shipboard account. For specialty restaurants Prego, Silk Road and The Sushi Bar, $7 per guest, per dinner, is suggested. A 15% gratuity for all bar drinks and wines is added automatically to the bar check. A 15% gratuity for Crystal Spa & Salon services is also suggested.
About Crystal Cruises
Crystal Cruises is owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), one of the largest and most successful shipping companies in the world. Headquartered in Tokyo, the firm operates over 800 ships and has offices around the globe.
Founded in 1988, Crystal Cruises introduced its first ship, the Crystal Harmony* in 1990. Today, the Los Angeles-based cruise line operates two ships—Crystal Symphony (1995) and Crystal Serenity (2003). The cruise line is headed by President Gregg Michel, who has been with Crystal since its inception in 1988 and who was appointed president in July 2001.
*(In 2006 Crystal Harmony was transferred from Crystal’s fleet of Crystal Cruises to parent company NYK and now sails as the MS Asuka II for the Japanese trade)
Crystal Symphony operates cruises around the world, offering interesting itineraries of different lengths. This summer to mid-fall 2009, Symphony is operating cruises in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe. She then repositions to Miami for several cruises in the Caribbean before beginning her 108-day Miami-to-London World Voyage on January 11, 2010 that visits seven continents. At the conclusion of her World Voyage (available in segments for those with less than 108 days to spare) in April, she again will offer a spring/summer season of Mediterranean, Western and Northern Europe cruises. In September 2010, she redeploys from Lisbon to New York for a series of New England/Canadian Maritime cruises. In December, the ship transits the Panama Canal to offer several roundtrip cruises out of Los Angeles.