We chose Celebrity to sail the Panama Canal with 6 other couples. Leaving Fort Lauderdale and ending in San Diego. We stayed pre cruise at the Ramada and the reviews here and elsewhere about the Ramada in Fort Lauderdale were correct. Ended up taking a cab to the Ramada as they never answered the phone for airport pick-up. The transportation to the port the next day worked out though. All in all had a good cruise, I even won the blackjack tournament . We tried the specialty restaurant, SS United States. The service and presentation was excellent, but not the kind of food I like.
Embarkation: We arrived at the port about 12:30 where about 1500 people were lined up in the parking lot waiting to check in. Turns out The Infinity was getting a health and safety inspection which delayed boarding. It was about 1:30 before the boarding process even started. This resulted in the ship leaving the port about 2 hours late.
First stop was the Grand Caymans. Not only did they not make up the two hour late stop, but something happened to one of the ships engines the night before and we didn't arrive until almost 11:00 AM. We not able to tender at Georgetown but were able to get to the secondary tender spot. There were 3 Carnival ships there as well and the tender location had several thousand people getting off and on and trying to find tours and transportation in an area the size of a football field. We used the ships tour to see the stingrays and a stop at seven mile beach. Because of the late start both stops were cut short, but at least we got to go ashore.