The Infinity is definitely a half-step below Celebrity's other Millennium class ships.  Maybe 'slipping toward mediocrity' is more descriptive.  Had this been a Carnival or NCL cruise I would be pleasantly surprised with the experience.  Had this been a Royal Caribbean or Holland America ship, it would have lived up to my expectation.  However, it wasn't the Celebrity experience we've come to expect.  We just hope this was more about the Infinity than a trend toward mediocrity with Celebrity.If I had to describe the Celebrity Infinity in one word, it would be 'tired'. At lease, that was how my family experienced the Infinity on our recent holiday cruise.

This was our 6th cruise on a Celebrity ship, my 15th overall. After sampling about every cruise line, my family feels that Celebrity sets the high bar of the big cruise lines. Typically, their sailing experience is a cut above Holland America and Royal Caribbean and a couple of cuts above Carnival and NCL. And if food is your passion, we've found Celebrity to be on par with Cunard's mega ships.

That's why our recent experience on the Infinity was a tad disappointing when measured against Celebrity's high standard. There was a systemic attention to detail on the Infinity, unlike our experiences on the Century and the Millennium. Read more