Celebrity Infinity - Buenos Aires- Valparaiso - January 3-17,2010

My wife and I have traveled extensively but this was our first cruise and we were apprehensive - unfortunately some of our concerns proved correct! Our flights - arranged through Celebrity had us flying from Toronto- Washington(Dulles)- Buenos Aires. There was just over an hour between connections and as most travelers know,these days with security etc.- that is not enough time. We tried to change the departure to an earlier flight ( there were seats available)but neither Celebrity nor the airline (United) would agree. So as anticipated we missed our connection in Dulles. We had to re-book our flight to Buenos Aires for the following night and so wasted a whole day at a Dulles Airport hotel. We phoned Celebrity and were assured that a representative would meet us on arrival at Buenos Aires - but no such representative showed up ( Celebrity even gave us the wrong terminal to meet and we spent a lot of time running back and forth between both). We finally took a taxi - had to wait half an hour for an'official' taxi. There was no Celebrity representative at the dock so we had to haul our luggage through a shed ( my wife had a nasty fall) - on to a bus and finally get to the ship. We were not expected so security had to call up for someone to come down and get us - more hassle. ON BOARD: Cabin was comfortable- we had a veranda. Cabin stewards and all of the staff were cheerful, friendly and efficient.

FOOD: Good, with a number of eating areas. Fixed seating at dinner was disappointing ( we should have requested a change) Read more