Celebrity wants you to believe that you will have the same experience on the Infinity as on the Solstice. Did not happen for us. We cruised on Solstice this past May in Europe, then on the Infinity this fall, so the differences were readily apparent.

First and foremost: The food - We have cruised on a half dozen lines. After being on the Solstice, we decided that Celebrity had the best cuisine (excluding true luxury ships like Oceania). The specialty restaurants were great, but even the main dining room was really awesome night after night. We're truly picky because my wife cooks practically gourmet at home, so the bar is pretty high for us when we dine out. Solstice did not let us down. BUT - Infinity was significantly below the bar night after night. I often ordered two entrees and end up eating maybe half of each. Dry fish, undercooked lamb, steaks that were tough. The menu choices were not enticing like on the Solstice, and we ended up eating at the buffet for dinner several nights (which was really good by the way - sushi, stir-fry, Indian food, pasta bar). I don't think we ever missed a night in the dining room on Solstice (12 night cruise).

Royal Caribbean was our favorite before this because of the perks that suite quests receive (concierge lounge, pool seating, etc) plus the food was good. We had a suite on Solstice, but found out that Celebrity has few such perks, so we decided not to spend the extra and settled for Aqua class this time, figuring we could eat regularly at "BLU" specialty restaurant included. Blu made us blue. After the second night we stopped going there too. Uninteresting menu, not real great tastes. Boring. Not sure if it was better on Solstice because we did not try it there. Won't pay extra again for Aqua class, Blu is not really work the extra money. Aqua gets a few small bottle of water daily and a few small extra perks, but not all worth the extra in my opinion. Read more