Crystal Symphony

Crystal Symphony
At 781 feet long, the Symphony is the smallest of Crystal Cruises’ three ships. She entered service in March 1995 and cost $250 million to build. Symphony takes 940 passengers and carries 545 crew members. She has eight guest decks, and nearly 60 percent of her cabins are veranda staterooms.

Her lowest-level cabins, called deluxe staterooms, are 202 square feet with picture windows that offer limited views. There are nearly as many of these aboard as there are deluxe staterooms with verandas, which are 246 square feet apiece. The Symphony also carries two Crystal Penthouses with verandas, each about 982 square feet with a living room, dining area, Jacuzzi bathtub, and more.

Public spaces aboard the Symphony include a children’s center, separate teen center, library, shopping arcade, casino, showroom with hydraulic stage, computer center, Hollywood-style theater,

several swimming pools, golf driving range and putting green, fitness center and spa with beauty salon, and multiple restaurants and bars.

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Celebrity Infinity

Celebrity Infinity
The Infinity is one of Celebrity’s newer ships, launched in March 2001. She is 965 feet long and 105 feet wide, able to carry 1,950 passengers as well as 999 crew members-putting her on the borderline between mid-range and ocean liner-size ships.

As a relatively recent launch, the Infinity was built with modern passenger tastes in mind. She has a total of 1,059 staterooms, 853 of which (or about 80 percent) have ocean views. There are four different kinds of suites aboard, the smallest ranging from 254 to 362 square feet. The finest rooms aboard this ship are the two penthouse suites, each 1,690 square feet with a marble mosaic foyer floor, grand piano, private exercise equipment, marble master bath, whirlpool tub, private veranda with pool, and more.

Also in keeping with modern tastes, the Infinity devotes a full 25,000 square feet to its AquaSpa and fitness center. That area is in addition to other public spaces such as a theater, champagne bar, teen club, cinema conference center, library, separate music library, Internet caf, casino, and multiple restaurants and bars.

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