This was the second phase of a back to back. Towards the tail end of the cruise, I contacted a stomach virus from the ship. I believed it was not noro virus as there was no vomiting or other symptoms that accompany this illness. On the last night of the March 4th cruise I had blood in my stool, so I decided it would be best to go down to see the ship's medical staff in morning. The doctor ...
This was supposed to be a trip of a life time, booked over 2 years ago.
But its prove to be anything but. We were notified 5 days before departure that "due to a technical issue with the ship's propulsion system, as a precaution, we will have to reduce our maximum speed by a few knots". This meant they cancelled the stop to Puerto Madryn (penguins). We received the princely sum of £131 ...
Passengers were not allowed to use the Constellation Lounge on sea days and some port days in the daylight hours. It was reserved by Park West to sell paintings. There were no other locations on the boat to sit in front and view the cruise, unless I went to sit on the Rooftop Terrace in the full sun and get a sunburn.
The Captains Club Celebration was held in the dark on the Rooftop Terrace ...
1. Notified just a couple of days ahead of departure of propeller problems and that we would misse Port Madryn.
2. Into Ushuala Argentina extremely late 4:30pm and stayed to 2am--long after the town had closed down.
3. Missed Port Stanley. The day we should have arrived was a beautiful day and but the day we attempted to approach Port Stanley we were in purported to be "hurricane force" ...
This was to be our last continent to see - Antarctica, with stops in South America. We spent around $15,000 including airfare and excursions and a days stay in Buenos Aires before cruise. We had a balcony room in the concierge group. That was a joke to get this grouping. It afforded us to miss one long line in boarding. There were a few perks, but not nearly enough for the extra money. The ...
Chose Antarctica as the trip of a lifetime. Was a totally awful experience :
1. Ship had only one azapod so 72 hours pre-departure we were informed the itinerary was changing as the ship was unable to travel at full speed. 14 day itinerary and we lost one of only four land stops. We are due compensation of 1/14th of the cruise cost but this has not been received yet. Worth noting that the ship ...
We were looking forward to visiting some amazing ports. Unfortunately this cruise was a real disappointment as Puerto Madryn was cancelled before we left and The Falklands was cancelled due to bad weather. Spending nine days at sea was exceedingly boring.
Bad weather in this region is not unexpected yet there was no attempt to build any flexibility into the route.
This was our first cruise ...
We bought our tickets in November but most of the other passengers bought theirs far earlier than us. However Celebrity failed to let us know the ship was only sailing with one propeller which slowed down its performance so much that we arrived in Ushuaia seven hours after the scheduled time. All tours were rushed and by the time we finished the tour all shops and museums were closed for the day. ...
In my experience, Celebrity is not the Premium cruise line that their advertising claims– not by a long shot. Recently took the Antarctic cruise on the Celebrity Infinity. We were notified 1 week before departure that there was a problem with the propulsion system that would restrict the ship speed to 2/3 of the normal cruising speed. As a result, one of the 4 port destinations was deleted from ...
We were sent to Antarctica on the INFINITY – A ship unfit for the seas. Two years of planning, over $24,000.00 (not including airfare, hotels, and other costs), and a year’s worth of PTO from work have led us to two weeks of disappointment.
On January 13, 2018, about one week prior to our departure, we were notified about a propulsion issue with the ship and that they were canceling our port ...