![]() ![]() Mr Shulman and his wife are still confused and angry that the Crystal Serenity was allowed to leave the Port of Miami in the first place. ![]() It was past midnight and they were getting yelled at for being in the wrong place.” They wound up at the Intercontinental but had rooms at the Hilton. “A lot of people didn’t check ahead of time. “But nobody had a manifest,” said Mr Shulman. It wasn’t until midnight that passengers could board buses that would take them to Miami, almost an hour away. It was a shameful sight,” Mrs Shulman, a former attorney wrote on Facebook. “We get off the ferry only to find all luggage dumped everywhere, colours and numbers not together, luggage falling down, no porters and no Crystal reps. Then there were no carts, no porters … People couldn’t find their bags. “We got to the terminal and there were, initially, two customs guys. Once arriving, Mr Shulman said they had to stay on the boat for another hour before letting passengers off all at once. The ship was rerouted to Bimini in the Bahamas and passengers were told they were to board a two-hour ferry ride to Fort Lauderdale in Florida. Other people thought it was because Aruba didn’t want to get involved in the lawsuit or the taking of the boat.” Raja at work “There was a lot of stress and a million rumours. “It reported that Aruba won’t take us,” said Mr Shulman, adding that no specific reason was given. The situation intensified overnight, with passengers receiving a slip of paper under their doors. We’re talking about senior citizens, on a boat, who didn’t know what was going on…this was disturbing.” “A lot of people were panicking some were crying. It was the end of everything,” Mr Shulman told the New York Post. “The captain got on the intercom to say it was the end of the cruise. The Shulmans had booked a four-month cruise sailing from Miami to the Caribbean before stopping in Barcelona, Athens, St Tropez, and onward.īut trouble began after just three days onboard the luxury cruise ship when crew members announced the cruise line was going broke and they would be dropped off in Aruba.Īccording to The Post, the Crystal Serenity was seized from Bahamian waters by US Marshals over an unpaid $4.6 million fuel bill. Crystal Endeavour’s submersible in the icy waters of Antarctica Barry Shulman and his wife Allyn were supposed to have the trip of a lifetime after spending six figures for their top-end cabin on the Crystal Serenity. Both vessels have disembarked all passengers, however, there are still crew members on both ships who are waiting for the promise of their wages and repatriation flights.Ĭrystal also has five riverboats that are currently in Europe and are expected to be sold.Ĭrystal Cruises was founded in the 80s and has long been a favourite with Australian cruisers. Reportedly, the secured creditor of Crystal Cruises, a series of banks with mortgages over the ships, made a move to take control of the ships and protect their interests.Ĭrystal Endeavour, the line’s expedition ship, is set to dock in Uruguay on February 10 and it is currently unclear what will happen.Ĭrystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity have both been seized for unpaid expenses. Unfortunately, this is the end of Crystal Cruises. V.Ships will take over as Management Company of the ships. “The ships are for sale … I know you probably have a lot of questions, but I unfortunately don’t have any answers right now.”Ĭrystal Cruises office in the US is closing down. “Unfortunately, this is the end of Crystal Cruises, and we don’t know what’s going to happen in the future. It appears that the cruise line’s assets will be sold individually and not as a whole, meaning the end of the company.Īn announcement to crew on Crystal Symphony stated: “I have been informed that the entire Crystal Cruises office in the US is closing down. It all started to unravel when the German government insisted that payments for loans were made, and a Singapore fuel company demanded $2.5 million in bills be repaid.Ĭrystal’s American offices closed this week. It has building ships that would be among the world’s biggest with 9,500 passengers. But it was now part of a complex conglomerate that included Star Cruises, Dream Cruises and a German shipbuilding yard. The company had plans to expand the operation from ocean cruises to private jet charters, residences at sea, expedition and river cruising.ĭespite the pandemic, Crystal launched a discovery yacht with helicopters and submarines. It was purchased by Genting Hong Kong, an offshoot of a Malaysian casino company, in a 2016 transaction valued at US$550 million. It’s the highest profile – and most luxurious – casualty of the pandemic: Crystal Cruises, a luxury line owned by Genting Hong Kong has officially shut down.Ĭrystal was the most awarded luxury line on the seas.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |