Antarctica was one of our must see places and is pretty much only able to be seen from a few cruise liners a couple of times a year. We chose the Celebrity Infinity to deliver our cruise needs as we are Select cruisers with Celebrity and have cruised on the Infinity previously. The Cruise itinerary was round-trip from Buenos Aires (2-16 February 2014), featuring ports in Ushuaia and Puerto Madryn, Argentina; Port Stanley, Falkland Islands; and Montevideo, Uruguay and also included cruising around Cape Horn, Chile. And in Antarctica with Paradise Bay, Gerlache Strait and the Schollart channel. We also cruised around Deception Island (instead of Elephant Island due to bad weather).

We took a taxi from the hotel (Sheraton Libertador in BA) to the check-in terminal building (50 pesos) at about noon. The Embarkation Process was a bit disorganised and consisted of a very long line outside to check-in our bags, this took around ¾ of an hour, once inside the building we went through security straight away as we had priority boarding (Concierge cabin). We then had to queue again for the cruise check-in (around another 20 mins). We then needed a shuttle bus to take us to the ship which was docked several piers away, the drive through the container terminals was very interesting (like in a shoot-out movie set). Finally, we were on the ship at around 1.30pm and our room was ready, our bags arrived around 4pm.

We had Concierge cabin number 8158, and it is our first time in Concierge (we obtained an upgrade when the prices dropped just after final payment was due). The cabin itself is nothing different than a standard balcony room. In my opinion, the service and extras that concierge provide extra to the balcony room are all pretty much not worth the added expense, I don’t think I would pay for it. Read more