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MOAGC CELEBRITY INFINITY REVIEW 2/5/2006 - 2/12/2006
"Richard Whitlock" wrote in message ... Hi: We sure didn't give him an "excellent" rating and did mention in the comment section the times he came to the table we felt his motives were trolling for tips rather than offering any service. Tucker in Texas Good for you, Tucker! I hope that you were not the only one. --Jean |
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MOAGC CELEBRITY INFINITY REVIEW 2/5/2006 - 2/12/2006
"Tom K" wrote in message ... Nice review Jean, Thanks, Tom. So I take it you liked Infinity better than Zenith? Ben may be disappointed to hear that... since he doesn't care for the Millie class ships. VBG Much better...but I like the size of the Zenith better. Did you see the 2 statues of the kid, lying in bed, eating a chocolate bar, up in the buffet dining room? No, I must have missed that one..but I did see the house made of chocolate in a glass case there. --Jean --Tom |
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MOAGC CELEBRITY INFINITY REVIEW 2/5/2006 - 2/12/2006
Jean O'Boyle wrote: On the vanity, was a tubular vase of pink alstroemeria..the vase was made up of about eight tubular sections that you could shape into a semi-circle, zig-zag or just a straight line...lovely touch. . I loved the fresh flowers, but didn't know what they were called. Here is a picture of them, the ones in my cabin, not in Jeans(grin). http://community.webshots.com/photo/...14545039ZxjGyS The bathroom was enormous---about 7x 8 ft. with a shower 3' x 5' that had a hand held shower head, two wire shelves and a vinyl covered seat that you could fold down if you wished...typical of a handicapped bathroom I guess..The only downfall was that the lip around the shower stall was very low...water sloshed out whenever we took showers while ship was moving...the drain was in the wrong corner...back against the wall instead of the front where all the water ran..Some water escaped even when the ship was not moving! The other reason you had a problem with the water escaping, was that being a handicapped shower it didn't have the large lip that our shower had. That is one downside of having a handicapped cabin if you don't need it. Concierge Class passengers had lovely large peach towels and bath mats (2) alternating with mint green ones every few days..The washcloths were rolled and placed in an X position on the sink..reminding you that you were on Celebrity! These were the best towels we had on any cruise so far. I must say that the food was quite good..almost as good as on our last Conquest cruise! Seriously, we had no complaints in this area..Even found the chocolate croissants that Tom is always talking about! The coffee on this ship was very much to my liking. I agree with you about the food being "almost" as good as on the Conquest, but not quite there. All of the beef was very good, but some of it could of been a little more tender. Room service was very good..prompt and the menu choices were far more extensive than on the Opera. What I especially liked was that they phoned just before delivery to tell you it was on the way...Had scrambled eggs with fresh asparagus tips one morning... We enjoyed eating out on that huge balcony..We had a large, round, white metal table, two small round metal tables, 2 navy padded chaise lounges and two navy padded chairs.. Those scrambled eggs with asparagus were very, very good. We loved having breakfast on our aft balcony and being in CC like you were, we had a wonderful breakfast menu to choose from. The only problem with our breakfasts was that the food wasn't always hot. ...Some one mentioned that the ship was due to go into dry-dock next month...maybe that is why I did not see any painting or maintenance, even while we were in port. Yes, the Infinity is going into dry dock mid march. The begging for *Excellent* on the comment cards..This was from the assistant maitre d's on down.. The waiter told us that the cruise line did not accept anything less than excellent as suitable and it determined their chances to continue employment and promotional opportunities.. This was very uncomfortable for me to witness...Not only did the CD give his usual spiel as to how hard they worked to get that *excellent* but to have that appeal made to you by the waiters and crew that seated you in the dining room at lunch and dinner time was a bit much. Funny, but Kevin and I commented to each other that our wait-staff and Assistant Maitre'd did NOT do the normal begging. My guess is that you were in a different part of the dining room and had a different staff. The CD I never pay any attention to, so I can't say if he begged or not. The Thalassotherapy Pool: What a wonderful pool! It was all adult and soooo peaceful..How I wish the cough that I had at the time, had not prevented me from going into it...The whirlpools were wild with water tumbling vigorously ...Some nooks in the pool itself had whirlpool jets..Everyone seemed to be having a ball when we were there...I know George, Sue, Kevin, Becca sure enjoyed frolicking in it while we watched. ;-( I also wish you could of joined us in the T-pool. I loved the it, but didn't care for those metal tubes that you were supposed to lay on. I did enjoy being in the water, it reminded me of the time we spent in the ocean in Montego Bay. Just floating in the water and talking. My only problem with the whirlpools is that they were not hot enough, but this seems to be a common problem on ships these days. Jean, thanks again for a very good review! sue |
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MOAGC CELEBRITY INFINITY REVIEW 2/5/2006 - 2/12/2006
Tom K wrote: Did you at least go to the High Tea there for Captain's Club members? The problem with this is that it was sometime in the afternoon and required you to be dressed up. As I recall they wanted the guys in a jacket. As much as it would of been nice to go to, the timing/dress code was the pits. sue |
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MOAGC CELEBRITY INFINITY REVIEW 2/5/2006 - 2/12/2006
I loved having the stairs into the T-pool and wish all pools were
built that way. sue Don & Lynn wrote: We did the Southern Caribbean about 3 years ago on the Infinity and really enjoyed that swimming pool. We are about to take our 29th cruise(Island Princess to Hawaii) One of the great mysteries of life to me is: Since cruise ships are full of old folks, why is it that all but the newest ships have pools with difficult ladders? The Infinity has steps that go past the shower and into the pool. The way it should be. Smooth Sailing Don "Tom K" wrote in message ... Nice review Jean, So I take it you liked Infinity better than Zenith? Ben may be disappointed to hear that... since he doesn't care for the Millie class ships. VBG Printing your boarding passes at home has made the embarkation process go MUCH smoother. We were on Mariner OTS in about 3 minute from being dropped off by bus last December. I loved those lounge chairs in the AquaSpa too... especially on the sea days when we were sailing up to Quebec and back to NYC. The background music is kind or relaxing too... lots of Enya, and stuff like that. And the light fare breakfasts and lunches there seem to be better quality - since they are trying for healthier. I remember a fig dessert, and a fruit gnache that were wonderful. They have the chilled soups there all afternoon too (I think Monday is strawberry soup day). Too bad you didn't get to try the goat cheese soufflé at SS United States. Did you at least go to the High Tea there for Captain's Club members? As to the carpeting, I think they probably will replace carpeting with the same pattern. The Infinity has a "United States" theme (with even the fancy dining room called SS United States)... so you see lots of stars and stripes, with a predominant red, white and blue palette. Connie, on the other hand, has more purples and golds in her carpeting... more of a "congressional" type feel, at least to me. As to the begging for excellent marks... it's not something I've seen that often on Celebrity, but I'm not sure what the solution is. When you have a cruise line punishing people if they get as many as 1 mark below excellent... and that can occur by one person not seeing much difference between very good and excellent on a piece of paper... you easily end up with people trying to avoid getting punished, by begging for excellent scores. The golf pro on Zenith was telling us that they even do that to him... and often it's from someone who never even went on a golf excursion who marks a box on the form with something other than excellent. Then they bang him for it. I find it even more disturbing when lines like Royal Caribbean hold their waiters responsible for the food. They buy cheap ingredients, serve lousy food, and then punish waiters (taking away their days-off) when food scores don't come up as excellent. To me, that's REALLY not fair. Did you see the 2 statues of the kid, lying in bed, eating a chocolate bar, up in the buffet dining room? --Tom |
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MOAGC CELEBRITY INFINITY REVIEW 2/5/2006 - 2/12/2006
Richard Whitlock wrote: Hi: Hopefully I will start working on my review soon. I had other pressing matters to attend to when I got back. I agree with you, Jean, about the Assistant Maitre 'd. I believe Richard's description was "swarmy." We were tempted not to give him the envelope at all (we also did automatic tipping). Figured he would still get his tip anyway so we did. I wish you guys had our assistant maitre'd, she was very quiet but did her job. A real sweetheart!! sue |
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MOAGC CELEBRITY INFINITY REVIEW 2/5/2006 - 2/12/2006
"Sue and Kevin Mullen" wrote Did you at least go to the High Tea there for Captain's Club members? The problem with this is that it was sometime in the afternoon and required you to be dressed up. As I recall they wanted the guys in a jacket. As much as it would of been nice to go to, the timing/dress code was the pits. Yep... I passed that one up for the same reason. One thing I forgot about the cruise was the number of "invitations" I kept getting. "Past Passenger This" and "CC That" and "Officers Mid-day Reception" and "Back stage tour for selected Mahaffadons" and "Italian Cooking Demonstration by Chef Habbibe Mahout". Then there were the Faux Invitations to Wine Auctions (????), Art Auctions, Cigar Auctions, pre Auction Champagne Receptions.... They sure wasted a lot of paper on me because I didn't go to any of these. Oh wait... I did go to the CruiseCritic party which got interrupted by the discovery of the foundering yacht. Come to think of it... that was a pretty cool party too. I found one invitation 2 days after the event was held. vbg -- George Leppla http://www.countryside-travel.com Cruise Specials BLOG http://www.countryside-travel.com/3834677_6105.htm May 20, 2006, Caribbean Princess - http://cruisemaster.com/caribprin.htm October 29, 2006 - SLEAZY 4! http://cruisemaster.com/sleazy4.htm |
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MOAGC CELEBRITY INFINITY REVIEW 2/5/2006 - 2/12/2006
George Leppla wrote: One thing I forgot about the cruise was the number of "invitations" I kept getting. "Past Passenger This" and "CC That" and "Officers Mid-day Reception" and "Back stage tour for selected Mahaffadons" and "Italian Cooking Demonstration by Chef Habbibe Mahout". Oh wait... I did go to the CruiseCritic party which got interrupted by the discovery of the foundering yacht. Come to think of it... that was a pretty cool party too. There were so many invitations to different parties, Kevin and I decided we were only going to do MOAGC2 parties and ignore all the rest. After awhile when we were on our way back to our cabin, I would dread finding another invitation to something.lol Maybe those gatherings would of been of more interest to us, if we had been cruising alone. We skipped the CruiseCritic party because I wanted to get to the hot tubs.LOL sue |
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