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So have you ever wondered the difference between a luxury cruise and a regular old, say, Bahamas

Cruise?

Well, Jason Leppard is the editor-in-chief of popular cruising.com, and he returned from a luxury

cruise on Crystal Cruises Crystal Serenity, and he joins us right now.

Hello, Jason.

Hello, hello.

Good to talk to you again, man.

Absolutely.

Always a pleasure. So we've got to know this this because I've never sailed a luxury cruise before. So what's the difference between a mass market cruise lines such as Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian, and a luxury cruise like you just did on Crystal Serenity? Yeah, it's a worthwhile question for sure. I mean, definitely when you look at the ship from the get-go, the major difference you're going to notice is the size of the ship. It's going to be much smaller. In the case of the Crystal Serenity, it was 1,000 passengers, and oftentimes on other luxury lands, they're even smaller than that. So that is really the biggest difference immediately boarding a ship that you'll notice. Other than that, it really comes down to the service and the inclusions. You really have nothing to worry about when you get on board. Everything is taken care of. You don't have to consider your budget once you're on board. It's just nice and ready to go. You just get to enjoy all your drinks and what have you. And the service is really just the best you can have because you always have great service on a cruise. I mean, that's always a hallmark, but on a luxury cruise, it's really

about the ratio of crew to passengers. It's much more closer to one-to-one, so you're just going

to have that dedication that you don't always have on a regular cruise. So I guess the next question,

Jason, would be what actually characterizes a luxury cruise?

Really, one of the better things about a luxury cruise is the service, particularly the ratio

of crew and crew to passengers, and that it's usually closer to one-to-one.

So you're going to have more of a dedication on that.

You know, service is always great on a cruise in general, but on a luxury cruise, particularly

on Crystal, it's just really friendly service with a higher level of dedication, which is fantastic.

What would be the difference between like a Carnival Cruise stateroom and a Crystal

State Room?

Yeah, as far as the state rooms, it's definitely a higher end on board a luxury cruise,

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