Celebrity Infinity Review

Celebrity Infinity through the Panama Canal

Review for the Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Celebrity Infinity
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Nsteerage
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Apr 2011
Cabin: Ocean View 7

What a marvelous experience. The weather for the entire trip and all ports-of-call was absolutely perfect. This, being our first cruise ever, we really didn't know what to expect. The ship personnel seemed to go out of their way to make everything perfect.

Embarkation at San Diego didn't go well, but that is an issue with the port and not the cruise line. There were delays on boarding with lots of standing and waiting. The port people finally set up folding wooden chairs in a covered area between the terminal building and the ship. Debarkation at Ft. Lauderdale was a breeze in comparison.

There must be problems with communications between the shore customer services and the ship because the Amenities ordered before the cruise (flowers and birthday bash) were messed up, but the on-board staff made everything right to my satisfaction. I didn't even need to discuss the issues, once I explained the problems their first offer to resolve it was better than expected. With experiences like that, I could really enjoy the cruise without being frustrated during the cruise about something not done right.

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Ocean View 7

Cabin 07

This cabin was an Ocean View Stateroom on the lowest level. It was on the left and forward from the front bank of elevators. It was easy to get to the elevators and didn't have much traffic in the hall as there were only a few cabins in that direction before it went to crew and staff quarters. In retrospect it has to be the best cabin on the ship for a Panama Canal transit (don't tell them because they might start charging more for it). When traversing the locks in the canal we were all over the ship to see everything and get the right pictures. Exhausting. However, during one short break in our cabin we were able to watch the side of the lock go up as the ship went down. The poor people in their upper level balconies certainly can't get that unique view.

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