Celebrity Infinity Review
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This was our first cruise on Celebrity having previously cruised on HAL, NCL, Princess and Cunard. Overall, we thought Celebrity to be a very good experience for the money. We booked a cabin in Aqua Class and were not disappointed. I would not be surprised if, once Aqua Class builds a larger following, prices will increase as it is an excellent product, well-worth the slight additional cost currently charged by Celebrity. The best feature of Aqua Class and Celebrity in our opinion was the dining experience in Blu. It is a first-class restaurant with outstanding service and excellent food. Since the subject of Blu seems to be an important topic on this forum, I will provide more detail on that than the other aspects of our cruise (other than to say, the Panama Canal which was the highlight of our 15 day cruise on the Celebrity Infinity is itself worth the trip as Michelin famously says).
We had read the complaints about the tables for two in Blu being too close for some tastes, but we found that we actually liked the ability to talk with people without having to share a table with them for an entire meal. The usual routine is that we would be seated alongside someone already into their meal with whom we would have a chance to talk and then they would leave and we would be partly through our meal when another couple would come with yet another opportunity to meet someone else (sort of like all the choices on the menu, giving plenty of opportunities to try different things).
Other than two couples who clearly did not like the proximity of the tables and pretended we did not exist, of the 30 or so meals we had in Blu, we had wonderful experiences meeting people. Some we never got to the stage of asking their names or giving ours, others became fast friends. Lest you think Aqua Class is only for the 'rich and famous' wannabes willing to pay more for fancy dining and some extra cabin amenities, our experience was just the opposite; our table mates included a retired Washington State couple who lived in a RV in Arizona and a couple from Germany about the age of our kids on holiday from their jobs as a truck driver and a secretary (they are the ones who we became dear friends with!). I assume the real 'rich and famous' would choose a suite (and then they cannot even use Blu anyway!).