Uniworld Boutique River Cruises will charter two former Crystal Cruises’ ultra-luxury river vessels from their new owner, Seaside Collection, which acquired the fleet of five ships for Riverside Collection.Under a three-year bareboat charter deal, Uniworld will add two new Super Ships, S.S. Victoria and S.S. Elisabeth in Europe at the start of 2024 and 2025 respectively. The ships previously operated as Crystal Bach and Crystal Mahler.

Expanding its itineraries to include the Rhine, Rhône, and Saône for 2023, Riverside Luxury Cruises welcomes the MS Bach, MS Ravel, MS Mahler and MS Debussy to their fleet of luxury river ships.

Crystal River Cruises resumed its European river cruise operations on Sunday [29 August 2021] as Crystal Ravel sailed from Vilshofen on a seven-night Danube itinerary. It was Crystal’s first river departure in nearly 18 months. The voyage was followed on Monday with the return of Crystal Debussy on a week-long sailing from Basel.

Crystal has launched its 2022 River Atlas, a comprehensive 184-page digital guide detailing the award-winning line’s 2022 season of all-inclusive European river cruises for all-balcony Rhine Class ships Crystal Bach, Crystal Debussy, Crystal Mahler, and Crystal Ravel, as well as Crystal Mozart. The guide details day-by-day itineraries for destination-rich river cruises on the Danube, Rhine, Moselle and Main.

Crystal River Cruises has continued to consolidate its planned 2021 resumption, with additional sailings in Europe departing between September and December now cancelled.

Crystal has cancelled numerous launch season departures for its expedition ship, Crystal Endeavor, as well as upcoming European river cruise voyages due to “ongoing challenges” related to COVID-19.

Crystal is planning to recommence European river cruising from late August 2021, with all four Rhine-Class ships.

Bookings open on 18 May 2021 for Crystal River Cruises’ 2023 deployment featuring 190 voyages exploring the Danube, Rhine, and Moselle rivers along with the waterways of the Netherlands and Belgium.

Crystal has released an enticing new Easy Book program that includes reduced deposits and waived administrative fees for all new bookings through 30 June 2020. The new program applies to all Crystal experiences – Crystal Cruises, Crystal River Cruises, Crystal Yacht Cruises and Crystal Expedition Cruises – in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Crystal River Cruises has rolled out an enticing collection of 2021 voyages aboard its award-winning sister ships Crystal Bach, Debussy, Mahler and Ravel.

The award-winning fleet of Crystal River Cruises will take guests on journeys of cultural and historical discovery in 2022, exploring storybook villages, cosmopolitan international hubs, and towns hosting rare events and decked in seasonal delights.

Crystal River Cruises has slashed the the cost of its initial deposit to AU$715 on more than 50 voyages in Europe departing between May and August 2020. The reduced deposit applies across Crystal River Cruises’ all-suite, butler-serviced sister ships – Crystal Bach, Crystal Debussy, Crystal Mahler and Crystal Ravel – which can be combined with Crystal’s Book Now Savings.