Celebrity Infinity Review

The ride of the valkeries with an experienced captain!

Review for South America Cruise on Celebrity Infinity

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Sail Date: Jan 2010

We joined the ship after 3 days/nights in Buenos Aires. We had seen most of what the city had to ofer, albeit briefly, and had experienced the Argentinian tango at first hand in Cafe Tortoni, the oldest in the city; if ever the term erotic can be used in dancing this is where!! After paying our dues at the grave of Evita, we walked - very slowly, in the highest temperatures the city had experienced for many years - up to the Japanese and botanical gardens to relax with a necessary ice cream.

Buenos Aires is still third world in many parts and taxi drivers delight in ripping off their passengers - even when there is a meter! Public transport is cheap and plentiful and the subway seemed safe enough to us. You have to ignore the many beggars as it is not your city and so you can never tell which are genuine. The main shopping streets are pedestrianised and the malls are worth a visit; however, do not expect bargains - even at sale prices!

We joined the Infinity by taxi from our very good hotel, the Marriot Plaza, situated conveniently for access to all areas and not far from the port - our taxi driver however, had no idea what to charge us and flagged down another taxi to ask!! We did better than our table companions who were (they believe delibrately) dropped at the wrong terminal and were threatened with violence if they did not pay extra! Fortunately, an Americam passenger who was passing in another taxi stopped and provided them with additional funds to reach their destination - they were Australian and unfortunately they had not allowed for additional pesos. I know they paid the good samaritan back after some detective work by Celebrity Infinity's Guest Relations. Perhaps the sourest note on the whole cruise experience was the embarkation as it was handled by very inept locals who required passengers to carry their own baggage into the terminal whilst rain drenched the line - Infinity's excellent Hotel Director was ashamed and angry at the way we had been treated but could only apologise as it was Argentina's port staff not the ship's who created the problem. This was not an excuse but genuine remorse and she vowed to make it known to their home office in the strongest possible terms.

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Quiet, well serviced by excellent steward, Robin and his assistant Antonio although the wretched shower curtains should be a thing of the past on cruise ships!! The TV needs replacing with flat-front and more programmes of music frrom which to select.

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