Celebrity Infinity Review

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Celebrity Infinity

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surog8
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Feb 2007

This was our first cruise with Celebrity. We have cruised Princess a couple of times and Holland America once in addition to three river cruises in Europe. We got an inside cabin on deck two and a senior citizen discount. (This could well be our choice when it comes to assisted living.) We got a really good fare on American from Chicago ($909 each) to Buenos Aires with a return from Santiago, and arrived in BA two days early so we could tour the city. We arranged with friends (ha! Our friend arranged) the tour guide to pick us up at the airport, we checked into our hotel (the Marriott at Plaza San Martin) and had breakfast, then took off on the tour with a special viewing of Evita's Mausoleum, the Boca district where a tango dancer got her picture taken with me while she patted me down trying to find my wallet, a tour of the suburbs, a rail trip and a boat trip on the Rio Plata. We returned for a rest and did some shopping on Calle Florida, especially at the leather shop. My wife bought a very inexpensive full length leather coat and I looked at heavy coats for Chicago winters. They were all too narrow in the shoulders (I'm an old fat white guy.) That evening we went to Taconeando for a superb tango experience. The food was adequate, but the dancing was out of sight. We were the only Americans there and everyone else sang along with the singers. Way double plus cool! No one spoke much English, but I got our group by on my surprisingly fluent 40 year old high school Spanish. And I speak food in any language. The next day we took a taxi to some of the outdoor markets and bought a few trinkets, had lunch at the hotel, and took taxis with our mongo baggage to the ship.

Boarding the Infinity was not a great experience because of the bedlam at the pier. All baggage had to go through customs and screening, but it wasn't well organized. Because we had made internet reservations, we never received baggage tags and had to find someone who could help us with that.

Once aboard, the steward who took us to our stateroom wandered around the deck looking for it until he finally found it, while we trailed him. Our cheap inside room on deck 2 was clean and reasonably sized. The bathroom was larger than on some ships where I could sit on the toilet, shave and shower at the same time. Our room steward was very pleasant and attentive. Our travel buddies had the stateroom next to us, and that worked out great. On the diagram when we chose the room there was a stairway, but it turned out to be the staff stairs, and we were right in the middle between elevators. We were fine with the room, especially since its price allows us to take more trips.

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