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Oops, was supposed to be 1500. my bad, lol.

One more I forgot. The Internet. It was embarrassing. I realize they are making bank with the costs they charge you to "upgrade" to the stream internet, but the basic should at least work for loading images from web pages. You could probably some small amount better internet to make it fully usable for those who don't want to pay for the stream, but I have also read that the stream doesn't work well. That should not be the case in 2022, and Celebrity certainly could do better by it's customers.

Rather than post another thread since I would be a terrible reviewer, I figured I would just post in my own previous thread. We are back now from the Infinity October 1-8 cruise. I won't compare to Princess but in one place, but will comment some based upon my previous experience which is with Princess. The ship: The Infinity is very nice overall. I would agree with folks that it needs refurb, but really only found a couple of things that needed immediate addressing. One was the drains around the pool and at the top of the pool stairs area all need to be redone, the rubber or whatever material is it, has shrunk over the years, and they all look to be ill fitting and a trip hazard. The rubber material on the track was the same, had some cracking and tears in a couple of spots. You could tell it had been patched many times, which was fine. Our room was fine, but the wood panels do need to either be replaced or wrapped with something to update the decor. If they made the showers 3 inches wider, they would be wonderful. I was not expecting saltwater pools, didn't like that all that much, but they had showers to use close by. Was told we had about 1500 passengers on this sailing, so 2/3 full. The food: This one surprised me. I had read a lot on here about Celebrity being superior to Princess, but it seemed very much the same to me. In fact, I'm not sure Princess might be a bit better, particularly the buffet area. Options were limited there, and we saw the same desserts across multiple days. There was always plenty to eat all the way around, but I was expecting it to be better than it was. One thing that bothered me was the Mast Grill hours ending at 5:30pm. I would often get a burger sometime in the evenings, but could not on Celebrity. I don't understand that at all. The service: Our room Steward Douglas was fantastic. We got to know him, we spoke often when in the hallways and he was really great. Most of the employees would greet you when you walked by and I really appreciated that. Service was overall great. I did want to mention one other thing. There seems to be some confusion from some of the threads I have read around the Book Now or Book Later options for FCC's. There is no difference between the two from what we were told, other than the Book Now allowed you to book the current promotion, which you can do with Book Later based upon it's expiration date. Any OBC would be be the same for both. I was under the impression from some things I read that you got something additional for Book Now, but that doesn't appear to be the case from what I was told. We do plan to do another on Celebrity, and plan to do one of the newer ships, although it doesn't look like even the newer ships have more pool options than the Infinity, but I have to look closer at deck plans. I'm unsure if the Covid issues and/or lack of staffing is why some of the venues had odd or shorter hours or if that is the norm with Celebrity.

Perks will never again be added, only removed.

Our last cruise at spring break, the ship was late getting back to Port Everglades. We had a 9:30 flight (was originally 10:15) and got chainged). We walked off the ship at 8:20, got to FLL and in line at 8:45. Long like, but Delta employee asked if anyone was on the 9:30 and about 5 of us raised our hands. She checked our bags and we got thru security and to the gate as they were boarding. Whew...

Also, see how many ships in port the day you go to the airport. If not many, wait times will be less

Oh, but if flying internationally, I would be at FLL by 8:30 for sure.

Easily. Our flight is at 11:25, and we are planning to leave the ship between 8:30-9, or basically as late as we can.

Perfect, thank you!

I meant in terms of which packages you could get them? I was under the impression that the classic alcohol package included all drinks under $9, and I would assume non alcoholic frozen drinks are under $9. Can someone clarify? I would want to change it if that isn't true. I was under the impressing that the classic alcohol package included soft drinks (fountain or can), bottled regular water, and non alcoholic frozen drinks.

So, like a frozen strawberry non alcoholic daiquari would not be included in the classic alcohol package? Or a Pina Colada?

What is the difference between non alcoholic frozen drinks and mocktails?

is this a separate phone number?

I thought coke zero, water, etc, and specialty coffees were included in the classic package. I've seen it mentioned in several threads. Is that wrong? Also, mocktails. I guess I'm asking is there something in the premium non alcoholic package not covered in the classic alcohol package? Like the OP, we don't really drink ,but I was under the impression it included everything except the sparkling waters?

I'm curious as well. Do they do food/lunch on the island, or only stuff you have to pay separately for?

My experience on Princess, is I have been able to stream most days/nights with little issues related to buffering. Not sure why Celebrity doesn't have the same available. And as far as I can remember, Princess doesn't segregate speeds, just one option.

Like most businesses, "sales" are not really sales, just a changing of the way the customer might view it. For example, Kohls gives you a 30% off coupon, but the prices of said items are often higher, so the savings is less. And now a days, they exclude many items from those discounts. I haven't done this with Celebrity, but I have with Princess. The names of promotions change, the percents change, but the price really doesn't. Not much anyway. It's marketing.

I wasn't trying to convey that, just responding that the quality and quantity has changed since I've been cruising.

Well yeah, but that's probably a $75-100 buffet, so you could probably have that if you wanted to pay more for the cruise overall.

If I wanted to upgrade one wifi plan from surf to stream, am I best to do that prior to boarding or after? I have read what seems like a discount to upgrade once onboard, but wasn't sure if that was true or not. Also, on disembarkation from FLL, with Princess, we have always done express walk off, take our own bags and leave the ship, does Celebrity do that as well? Our flight isn't till 11:30am, so we were thinking to just stay on the ship till 8:30 or 9 and then walk off. Is that do-able?

It seems to me that on the Sky a couple of years ago, they had outlets built into the lamp by the bed which you could use, but it seemed to me on ships older than that you had no outlet near the bed? Is that true? Royal/Regal Crown/Emerald/Ruby Caribbean