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Crystal Grace vs Crystal Symphony

The verdict

Which should you choose?

Crystal Grace sails for Crystal. Crystal Symphony is a small Crystal ship carrying 606 passengers, in service since 1995. Crystal Grace has no Bliss scores or specs yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold.

Choose Crystal Symphony if you want a lower starting fare or more cruises to choose from: its cruises start from $3,200 (vs $5,000) and it has 122 cruises on sale (vs 37).

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Specifications

marks the better figure where more, or less, is plainly better.

Crystal GraceCrystal Symphony
Cruise line Crystal Crystal
Ship size — Small
Maiden voyagenewer highlighted — 1995
Last refurbishedmore recent highlighted — 2023
Gross tonnage — 51,044
Passengers — 606
Crew — 530
Passengers per crew memberfewer is better — 1.1
Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier — 84.2
Decks — 12
Length — 781 ft
Beam — 99 ft
Cruiseable ratingout of 10 — 10 / 10
Cruises on sale 37 122
Upcoming sailings 44 122
Cruise lengths 7 to 71 nights 5 to 150 nights
Fares fromlower highlighted $5,000 $3,200 (better)

Bliss scores

How they rate, out of 10

Cruiseable rates ships out of 10 on ten parts of a cruise holiday.

Crystal Grace has no Bliss scores yet.

  • Active Crystal Symphony: 6.0
  • Adventure & nature Crystal Symphony: 4.0
  • Cultural Crystal Symphony: 10.0
  • Dining Crystal Symphony: 10.0
  • Entertainment Crystal Symphony: 8.0
  • Family friendly Crystal Symphony: 4.0
  • Party Crystal Symphony: 6.0
  • Romantic Crystal Symphony: 9.0
  • Spa & fitness Crystal Symphony: 10.0
  • Staterooms Crystal Symphony: 10.0

Crystal

Crystal Symphony

Embrace your passion for discovery on Crystal Symphony, which is one of the most spacious and luxurious cruise ships at sea. Once on board it's easy to see why Travel + Leisure readers have voted Crystal the "World's Best" Large-Ship Cruise Line year after year.

Highlights

  • Crystal’s hotel and dining staff are schooled in the fine art of European service.
  • Cuisine by renowned chefs Nobu Matsuhisa and Piero Selvaggio, included at no extra charge.
  • Recenly emerged from a two-week, $20 million-plus dry dock redesign
  • All-inclusive cruissing that includes specialty restaurants, all beverages and pre-paid gratuities

Sailing now

122 cruises on sale, from $3,200.

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