Celebrity Infinity Review
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We took the British Isles cruise on June 3 from Harwich. The Infinity stopped at Le Havre, Guernsey Islands, Cork, Waterfor, and Dublin, Ireland, Liverpool, England, Glasgow and Inverness, Scotland. The Infinity is a Millenium class ship that has been "Solsticized". It is smaller than the Solstice class ships, but we liked the smaller size. We had an Aqua Class stateroom. The showers and towels in Aqua Class are awesome. Our stateroom attendant Luz was outstanding. Our room was immaculate and the service was great. Because we had long excursions most days, we rarely took advantage of the free canapés in the afternoon. It was dinner time when we got back most days. Our attendant would have provided the snacks for us, but we didn't want them. On the few sea days, we requested and got shrimp cocktail in place of the standard canapés. Great service.
We took private excursions in every port except Guernsey. In Guernsey, we just rode the bus around the island and went to the castle near the harbor. Best excursion, American D-Day sites tour from Francois Gauthron in Le Havre. Absolutely fabulous tour, the man has an enclopedic knowledge of the Normany invasion. Other great tour - excursion to Cahir Castle, Swiss Cottage, Holy Cross Abbey, and Rock Of Cashel with lunch at Parker's restaurant - with Dave, from White's of Waterford. We also had a wonderful tour from Butler's Buses in Cork. The Modified Ring of Kerry Tour which included a short tour of Cork, drive to Kenmare, drive on the Ring of Kerry including Ladies View, Moll's Gap, Torc Waterfall, Muckross House gardens, Ross Castle, views of Magillicuddy's Reeks, and lunch in Killarney. We also did a private Paddywagon tour from Dublin to Glendalough and the Wicklow mountains, and a tour of Dublin with free time to explore - guide did a great job of improvising since traffic prevented us from going to Kilkenny castle, so we went to Powerscourt instead.
Not so great tours - BusyBus Tour of North Wales. Ship was late arriving in Liverpool. Despite this, tour was late leaving. We're promised an 18 seat van, instead had 39 passengers on bus. Had to change buses because first bus didn't have a child seat although it was pre-ordered by one of the passengers. Guide was obnoxious. Missed one of the tour stops due to late start and traffic. Would not recommend tour company, highly recommend North Wales - it is beautiful. Went to seaside town of Conwy and toured castle. Drove into mountains at Snowdonia. Definitely worth the trip.
Cabin Review
We had an AquaClass cabin on deck 9. The cabin was standard size. The shower and towels are great. Service was outstanding. We were just down the hall from the Internet cafe, midship. Fortunately, there were no nighttime activities on the pool deck. It would be very hard to sleep if they had activities on the pool deck, which is the floor above our room. This room is conveniently located for going to Captains Club elite activities or meals in the Oceanview cafe.