Crystal has raised its prices on land tours and excursions (according to those posting on Cruise Critic about this) in order to eat up the free cruise credits it gives passengers when they book at the new sky high prices for the cruises.

Crystal has now priced itself out of the upper end of the main stream market for people in North America. Even with all the 'As you Wish' cruise credits, the costs are so far out of reasonable for us, that as far as I'm concerned Crystal is no longer an option for this family.

It doesn't matter what Crystal offers or does, we are no longer considering this company for future bookings. We will travel with other companies both by sea and at land resorts.