Geoff&Louise

I hate to admit this, but we have the same tv table at home! It cost us £7.99 from The Range. 🤐. We have just returned from a short 5 night break on Infinity. Whilst slightly tired in places ( and refit due next year ), my wife preferred the Infinity compared to our cruise on Eclipse, especially Michael's Club.

Many thanks for your replies, much appreciated 

We are sailing from Port Everglades next Saturday (Sky Suite). Could anyone kindly let us know approximate earliest Boarding time? Thanks in advance.

Many thanks Zigster, look forward to meeting Wim and Niko is a couple of weeks.

We are lucky enough to be booked into a Sky Suite on the forthcoming 16th March 5-night cruise. Does anybody know who is the current Michael's Club Concierge on the Infinity? Many thanks.

3 hours ago, Essiesmom said:

I would suspect your chic night will be the first sea day, the 17th.  but it could also be on the 19th.  You will dock at International pier.  EM

Many thanks Essiesmom

We are sailing on a 5 night Western Caribbean departing 16 March. Please could someone kindly let us know:

1. Is there just one formal / chic night - and is this on the fourth night?

2. In Cozumel - which or the 3 piers do Celebrity dock at - International, Punta Langosta, or Puerta Maya?

Many thanks in advance.

On ‎12‎/‎29‎/‎2018 at 2:51 PM, ozark74 said:

The Infinity is chartered out 19 days in February, 19 days in March, and 18 days in April. 

Hi Ozark74, do you know if the sailing on 16 March has any large charter groups? Many thanks.

Sounds like you were on a 5 night cruise. We have a 5 night cruise in March. Please could you kindly let me know how many formal nights there are? Many thanks.

I had heard that there are some differences on the Bellissima, within the Yacht Club, and that you can access the dining room via a staircase from the Top Sail lounge, similar to the Seaside & Seaview?

We were in 18035 and only heard chairs being moved once, and it was not a problem.

I was just contacted by the shoreside concierge and Rhiannon will be our MC concierge for the 8/26 cruise.

Thank you

Got off the Infinity this morning. Captain's Club (Maria) & Michael's Club (Sheila) hostesses are unchanged.

 

Master: Captain Nikolaos Frantzis

Chief Engineer: Ioannis Nionakis

Staff Captain: Morfis Passalis

Guest Relations Manager: Eunice Teixeira

Hotel Director: Srdjan Cetkovic

Cruise Director: Shawna Hachey

Food & Beverage Director: Ante Sarlija

Executive Chief: Kenny Ramos

Pianist/Vocalist: Valentyna Tolchinina

DJ: Miguel

Dance with Lucky Band

Tea 4 Two Duo: Piano/Vocals

Lighthouse String Duo

House Band Downtown

Production: Star Factory

Production: The Modern Gentlemen

Production: Broken Strings

Production: Jeffrey Allen - a Tribute to Elton John

Production: iBroadway

 

Donald.

We are sailing in a few months, do you know if Sheila will be on the Infinity for a while?

Having sailed Yacht Club (Seaside) and Celebrity Suite (Eclipse) I agree with all comments above. YC is truly a great experience and "everything" is included, even a fully stocked mini-bar in your room, and as much gelato as you want! For us, having your own sun deck, pool and grill is a huge positive with great service and no fights for sun beds, and free entry to the spa was great. The YC lounge is much better than the ageing Michael's Club on Celebrity, and with wonderful views. For me, Celebrity has a slightly larger cabin (with better TV channels - good to watch whilst the wife is getting ready....:')) and whilst always subjective, the food, especially in Luminae is of a higher standard. Also, we did like the benefit of reserved seating in the theatre on Celebrity on their Chic nights. That said, Celebrity is much more expensive. We had already booked Celebrity Infinity for next March before we went on the Seaside in May this year, but since we have returned we have very much been drawn again to the Yacht Club experience with MSC and booked the new Bellissima for February 2020. As an overall experience, we give Celebrity 8 out of 10, but MSC Yacht Club 10 out of 10.

So, if you don’t mind me asking, what was the price difference between your X Celebrity Suite on Eclipse and the MSC Yacht Suite on Seaside?

If comparing on a like for like basis, I.e. Fully inclusive drinks package, and accepting that a Yacht Club suite is similar to a Sky Suite, and not a Celebrity Suite, so a smaller sized (but still reasonably sized) cabin, about £100 per person per night.

We sailed MSC Seaside in May in a Yacht Club suite. Last year we sailed in a Celebrity Suite on the Eclipse. So comparing them: Celebrity had the larger suite, and better food in Luminae, whilst MSC was a beautiful ship, it's Top Sail lounge was far better than Micheal's Club, and MSC had its own pool deck for suite guests (with its own pool, hot tubs, full service bar and grill for breakfast and lunch if you wanted to eat outside rather than the restaurant), oh and every room has a fully stocked mini bar. From a price perspective, MSC is great value compared to Celebrity. This all said, we are sailing next year on the Celebrity Infinity in a Sky Suite, and have just booked MSC's new Bellissima for 2020, in a Yacht Club Suite.

We had a bad experience in Tuscan on the Eclipse 18 months ago, which they could have resolved easily but dropped the ball and did not quickly respond to the complaint which left a bad taste in the mouth (sorry for the pun). We were offered to try again at no cost a couple of days late reply, but like the OP we felt the moment had passed. That said, we have booked Celebrity again next year on the Infinity to try Celebrity again. That said, we have recently sailed on the MSC Seaside, and found it to be extremely good value and a beautiful ship.

Sailed Yacht Club 19 May. Best cruise so far. Value for money can’t be beaten. No complaints whatsoever, and I am very critical. Would not hesitate to recommend MSC Yacht Club.

Many thanks for everyone's great and helpful comments. A taxi it is! Was thinking about the ferry, but certainly not now.

Hi there. I haven't been to Nassau in a couple of years, but the last time I was there I went to Atlantis. It's a very short walk from port, or you can easily find a cab for just a couple of dollars. You'll be able to walk around the grounds and the casino, and you'll be able to see the pool and water park. You just won't be able to access the latter two without purchasing a day pass. When I was there the beach was free to access, but I'm not sure if that has changed. You should be able to see enough to determine whether or not you'd like to come back for a land-based visit. You could also try phoning Atlantis ahead of time to let them know you'll be there, tell them you're interested in staying, and ask for a tour. (I'm not sure if they do that sort of thing, but it couldn't hurt.) Perhaps they even have a "future bookings" consultant onsite, sort of like they have on cruises.

Many thanks Ashley

We are on the MSC Seaside in a couple of weeks and docking in Nassau on 25th May. My wife and I would very much like to have a wander around the Atlantic Hotel to see if we want to stay there for a few days in the future. We are not interested in the water park or beaches on this occasion. Any guidance on how best to achieve this would be gratefully appreciated. Many thanks.

Thanks for the review and tips - always welcome

For us, Luminae was the highlight of our cruise on the Eclipse last year, and the reason we have booked a Sky Suite again for our next Celebrity cruise.

Hi, all.

 

We would like some recomendation for La Coruna apart from Ship excursions.

 

Thank you for your help

We used "tours4cruisers.com" last September, and the tour was very good, a two and a half hour very informative tour around La Coruna stopping at all key points of interest for only €15 (think it has gone up to €17 now). Tour guide was very good and coaches new and clean, and just outside dock gates. We paid a €1 advance deposit, and the balance on the day. As we had booked in advance, you got "reserved seats" at the front of the coach. We highly recommend it, and also suggest that you look at their reviews on Trip Adviser to see what other people thought.

When sailing on the Eclipse last year we ate in both Murano and Tuscan Grill.

Murano was excellent and the food very good, especially the table side cooking for the lobster.

Whilst we didn't have a great experience in Tuscan, this does seem to be the exception to the rule and perhaps we just caught them on an off night.