Celebrity Infinity Review

South America and Maybe Antarctica

Review for South America Cruise on Celebrity Infinity
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2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Feb 2011

We booked this cruise nine months in advance because we were so excited to see Antarctica (and had heard it might be our last chance to do so) so it was disappointing for that part of the trip to be cut so short. However, I am getting ahead of myself. "We" consists of Mom, Dad and myself. This was the fourth cruise for Mom and me, and just the second cruise for Dad. It is also the largest cruise ship we have been on and I think we all enjoy the smaller ships a bit more.

We booked our air and hotel independently and flew to Buenos Aires two days early to have a chance to explore the city (and to make sure we didn't miss the boat). We arrived at 9:00 am and after getting through customs took a taxi, which we probably paid too much for, to our hotel. We were to the Apart Hotel & Spa Congresso by around 11:30 and were in luck as a room was available for us. The staff at the hotel was unfailingly polite and helpful throughout our stay both before and after the trip. They also provided a very good breakfast. After checking in and a short nap we set off to explore the city. We got around mostly on foot making use of the Subte (BA subway system) for the longer trips.

On Sunday, the day of embarkation, we started with a little sightseeing while the hotel held our bags and in the early afternoon we had the hotel call a taxi to get us to the cruise terminal. We arrived around 1:00 pm and, although there were a lot of people there, the process went very smoothly. We had done our paperwork online and had only carry-on bags so we were basically given a number and directed to wait in the chairs there were plenty of chairs so no one had to stand around. When the number was called we were taken upstairs and waited in a very short line for the check-in process and another short line for Passport control then after the obligatory boarding photo we were taken by bus to the ship. Once on board we were able to proceed directly to our stateroom where we dropped our bags before heading up to the Lido deck for lunch.

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