Infinity Cabins

[laverendrye]

We're planning a cruise on Infinity from BA to Valparaiso in January 2010 and are looking for some advice on choice of cabins. Currently we're looking at Concierge Class.

 

I understand that for this particular itinerary that Starboard side is preferable, but how much difference does it make? As well, with the possibility of rough seas around the Horn, does it make sense to choose a lower deck and a cabin mid-ship, or is that a major factor. It seems that there are some attractive CC cabins at the stern. Are these preferable to others?

 

I'm posting this on the South America Board as well.

 

I'm sure we'll have many more questions as our plans evolve

 

Thanks

[shipshape sam]

We're planning a cruise on Infinity from BA to Valparaiso in January 2010 and are looking for some advice on choice of cabins. Currently we're looking at Concierge Class.

 

I understand that for this particular itinerary that Starboard side is preferable, but how much difference does it make? As well, with the possibility of rough seas around the Horn, does it make sense to choose a lower deck and a cabin mid-ship, or is that a major factor. It seems that there are some attractive CC cabins at the stern. Are these preferable to others?

 

I'm posting this on the South America Board as well.

 

I'm sure we'll have many more questions as our plans evolve

 

Thanks

 

I will give you my perspective. If you are sailing from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile, technically the 'coast' would be on the starboard side and thus if you hope to see land that would be the side to be on.

 

In reality, you will most likely be sailing and stopping in Montevideo the first day. If so, you are sailing on a river and there is land on both sides. Then if your next stop is Stanley in the Falklands, it is pretty much open sea. From there you are sailing around the horn and the the Chiliean Fjords and there is land on both sides. It is only, I think, the last two days that you are sailing up the coast of Chile and you would see some of the coast 'off in the distance' Most ships want to sail in International waters to allow for International law and gambling at the casino during a sea day.

 

Thus, I am not sure there is a distinct advantage to Starboard over Port. I would try to get a cabin, depending on your personal health. Do you want to do extra walking or not? Do you want to be close to an elevator? Most eating facilities are aft, the gym and the shows are forward. The casino in mid-ship along with shops.

 

We sailed in 2008 and had a Starboard side cabin based on the premise of your original question and did not see any distinct advantage. We were mid-ship close to an elevator. In the Fjords and around the Horn, we wanted to be out up top as much as possible to get the 360 degree view. We did get to see the Glaciers as we sailed by from our Starboard cabin while in the Fjords. That was more due to the timing as we were about 2 hours behind and just before dinner on our particular cruise, so we were in our cabin dressing for dinner vs being out on top to view glaciers.

[kitty9]

Drake's Passage can be insanely rough (one cruise there were 40 ft seas and force 10 winds on the Beaufort Scale), so don't worry about what you'll see, as you'll be too far out to see any coastline, but be more concerned about booking a cabin in the middle of the ship for the least movement. I would also not book too low unless you don't worry about seeing lots of green water covering your windows. Deck 6 or 7 midship would be perfect.

[laverendrye]

Thanks for your helpful advice. It came down to a choice between aft cabins on deck 9 and 6143, and in the end we chose 6143 for its size and location. It seems that we were lucky as I understand that 6143 is one of the prime CC cabins on the Millennium class ships.