Celebrity Infinity Review
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First of all, let me say my wife is in a wheelchair and we had a handicapped cabin with a veranda so some of our perspectives will have a handicapped view. At San Francisco there was a lot of chaos, not all of Celebrity's doing. The previous cruise that ended in SF came through the Panama Canal and customs was very slow in clearing the ship. When we arrived at 11:30 (we live 15 miles south of SF) there were still lots of people from the last cruise in line waiting for taxis. But once inside the lines were fairly lengthy, not helped by the fact Celebrity's computers were down and some things had to be done manually. The "special assistance" line was not that long and they offered wheelchairs to anybody in line that needed them for the wait or there were chairs around also if someone needed to sit. We were Captain's Club members but that didn't seem to make any difference in waiting.
After checking in and getting our cruise cards, we were escorted to our room, 6105 on the Penthouse deck. Our cabin had a roll-in shower and twin beds with lots of storage space not only for luggage but a power chair if you have one. The only drawback was the balcony. It had a large lip that a wheelchair person would be unable to get over by themselves. With me to help, it was no problem to get my wife out on the balcony which we used throughout the trip.
By 1 pm we were eating at the buffet on deck 10. After the mandatory lifeboat drill, we met our cruise critic friends on deck 11 at the Mast Bar. The wind proved to be too much and we went inside at the Constellation Lounge for a lengthy chat before dinner. We met many wonderful people there, including Jeff and Cathy from St. Louis. Jeff had made door signs for each one of us, along with cruise bookmarks, noting our tops and what was on each of the floors onboard. Lo and behold when we went to dinner Jeff and Cathy were at our table. Our table couldn't have been better with Dick and Brenda from Maine and Sharon and Marty from San Diego. Our waiter Henry and his assistant Faustino were both from Honduras and couldn't have been nicer.