Don't forget you are paying that $300 a meal for what you find is good chain restaurant food on Crystal. Nope, it is not that great at all for the money.

I am just a practical sort so it is fun to sort out what you actually are paying for with Crystal that is truly "over and above" when you count the actual hours you spend experiencing whatever the heck the Crystal difference is.

You don't feel it when you are asleep. You don't get it while you are in port. You don't get it when you are in your small cabin. You don't get it when you slosh around with the less than glamorous bodies on the Lido deck. You don't get it when you are waiting for your food and putting okay food into your mouth.

I wonder exactly how many minutes or hours one actually experiences the "Crystal Difference" when you subtract all those meaningless hours that could be spend on any similar ship. How many minutes and hours does one actually spend in settings where there is some alleged Crystal Difference. An interesting exercise.

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