Welcome aboard Celebrity Infinity with her new sense
of style and excitement. Now we're sharing some award-winning
Solstice Class favorite features through a $140M investment to
revitalize our four Millennium Class ships. Our Millenium Class
Celebrity Infinity has been infused with modern luxury and favorite
Solstice Class amenities. So now you can enjoy her familiar charms
along with sophisticated new surroundings and even more onboard
experiences to enjoy.
On
Celebrity Infinity, we have introduced 107 spa-inspired AquaClass
staterooms featuring indulgent amenities to help you feel relaxed
and restored. Enjoy exclusive access to dining in our delicious
Mediterranean focused "clean cuisine" Blu restaurant. An AquaClass
Spa Concierge will help you arrange all your spa appointments. Melt
any stress away as you unwind in heated tile loungers. Make the
most of your complimentary access to Persian Garden.
Go on
a culinary journey at the innovative Qsine specialty restaurant.
Get ready to have a uniquely unordinary dinner where food and art
merge into dishes guaranteed to surprise and delight. Enjoy sweet
or savory crepes at Bistro on Five. Finish with a chilled Peartini
at the ice-topped Martini Bar.
Keep
in touch at the hip Celebrity iLounge, where you can participate in
the iLearn enrichment series or pick up the latest high-tech wonder
from the first Apple Reseller at Sea.
These
are just a few of the new enhancements to our Millennium Class
ships. Celebrity Infinity will make the most of your
precious vacation days. Ready to be impressed?
Fantastic.
A FEW CELEBRITY INFINITY
FEATURES
Canyon Ranch SpaClub
Relax
and rejuvenate in our serene spa at sea. Experience the unique
services of Canyon Ranch in a breathtaking setting—aboard
Celebrity's modern luxury ships. Enhance your vacation with a
complete wellness and lifestyle program that increases resilience,
restores serenity, and helps you feel rejuvenated.
Innovations Store
Your
one-stop-spot at sea to find all the latest high-tech electronics
including iPad and iPod mobile digital devices, MacBook computers,
a variety of laptops, digital accessories, and cool electronic
toys. Best of all, whatever you purchase at the Innovations Store
is duty-free.
AquaClass Staterooms
Spa-inspired staterooms featuring indulgent
amenities like a Hansgrohe shower tower and custom blended
bath products to help you feel restored and renewed. An
AquaClass Spa Concierge to help you arrange all your spa
appointments. Complimentary access to our relaxing Persian
Garden. Plus, exclusive access to the Blu restaurant serving
breakfast and dinner.
Blu Restaurant
A
refreshingly indulgent menu of "clean cuisine" provides an
exclusive dining sanctuary exclusively for AquaClass guests. A
lighter take on your favorites, Blu features inventive dishes with
fresh, crisp flavors in a sophisticated atmosphere. Open for
breakfast and dinner.
Qsine
Qsine,
our one-of-a-kind specialty restaurant, features a uniquely
unordinary approach to dining. At Qsine, we strive to awaken your
palate through a modern and whimsical approach to familiar dishes
from around the world. Food is artfully presented, without
traditional courses, and intended to be shared. And, to make it
even more playful, the menu and wine list are creatively presented
on an iPad. Let your Culinary Tour Guide take you on an
unforgettable journey.
Celebrity iLounge
Keep
in touch 24 hours a day in the Celebrity iLounge, our one-of-a-kind
hip Internet lounge that is the first Authorized Apple Reseller at
Sea. Celebrity iLounge also offers various iLearn classes to help
you master the latest photography, video and audio
skills.
Café al Bacio &
Gelateria
The
warm atmosphere, comfortable furniture and the sweet scent of the
Gelateria's freshly baked waffle cones create an instant emotional
connection. Café al Bacio is a great place to relax, any time of
day. Many like to stop by in the evening for one of the specialty
dessert cocktails, and chat about a great meal that they had or a
wonderful show they just enjoyed. There's always something to talk
about at Café al Bacio.
CELEBRITY INFINITY SHIP
TOUR
The
90,940-ton, 2,170-passenger Celebrity Infinity debuted in 2001 as
the second ship in Celebrity Cruises' four-vessel Millennium-class
series. Infinity debuted with a bevy of novel features, including a
retro ocean liner-themed alternative restaurant and a lovely bank
of glass elevators that offer sea views.
Celebrity
has invested heavily in refurbishing the Millennium-class series.
Following a November 2011 dry-dock in the Bahamas, Celebrity
Infinity emerged with a slew of Solstice-class dining venues, a new
iLounge computer lab, and new balconies, as well as more than 100
new or redesigned spa cabins.
Much
has changed for the ship in the form of decor and onboard features,
but Infinity's most visible alterations focus on the Decks 4 and 5
social hub, which forms a two-floor, shiplong link between the main
dining room (aft) and theater (forward). The focus is on casual
food and drink options.
Despite significant alterations, the ship still
retains much of what has made it a fan favorite, stylistically, for
more than a decade. The whimsical art, use of natural woods and
lots of glass, especially in the stunning Solarium, have always
lent Celebrity Infinity and its sisters an elegant, contemporary
air. Those touches remain. So too does the high passenger-to-crew
ratio, which has earned the line high marks for service. It is a
ship for people who like to linger over dinner, sip a drink in a
comfy lounge while listening to music (or doing a bit of ballroom
dancing), take in a show or lounge by a pool; high-octane partying
and crazy outdoor activities (waterslides, surfing, ropes courses)
are not Infinity's hallmarks.
Celebrity Infinity Dress
Code
The
two levels of dress on Infinity are smart-casual and formal. Four-
to six-night cruises have one formal night; seven- to 11-night
cruises have two; and 12- to 15-night cruises feature three.
Infinity's passengers typically dress for the occasion, which means
you'll see a fair share of suits and tuxedos on men, and cocktail
dresses and gowns on women. On smart-casual nights, men will wear
nice slacks and button-down or collared shirts. Women opt for
sundresses, skirts and blouses, or dress pants and cute tops.
T-shirts, swimsuits, robes, bare feet, tank tops, baseball caps and
poolwear are not allowed in the main restaurant or specialty
restaurants at any time. Shorts and flip-flops are not allowed in
the evening hours (which didn't stop many women from pairing
glittery flip-flops with formal attire).
Celebrity Infinity
Gratuity
Tips
aren't included in the cruise fare, but suggested gratuities are
automatically added to your onboard account at a rate of $12 per
person/per day, if you're in a standard cabin; $12.50 per
person/per day, if you're in a Concierge Class or AquaClass; and
$15.50 per person/per day, for passengers in suites. If you would
like to adjust the gratuities, you can do so through the Guest
Relations desk. A 15 percent charge is added automatically to all
beverage and minibar purchases as well as spa and salon purchases.
You can't remove these gratuities but can add to them.
Our Conference Center
The
Celebrity Infinity comfortable and spacious conference center
features state-of-the-art presentation equipment. All of our
meeting rooms for our NEWLIFE Cruise and Seminar-at-Sea will be located in this
conference center, on Deck 3 Aft.
Celebrity Infinity
Dining
The
striking Trellis Restaurant, Celebrity Infinity's main dining room,
offers formal breakfast, lunch (select days only) and dinner. It
also offers brunch on one of the sea days. The highlight of the
two-tiered restaurant is a huge, paned showcase window that extends
from floor to ceiling. Tables are set for combinations of six,
eight and 10. (Two-tops and four-tops are available in limited
quantities.) There are two options for dinner in the Trellis
Restaurant. Passengers can go with traditional, set seating (at 6
p.m. and 8:30 p.m.) or opt for the more flexible Celebrity Select
dining option. With Celebrity Select, passengers have the option to
dine any time between 5:45 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and to decide whether
they want to eat with their own party or at a mixed table with
other cruisers. They can also make specific dinner reservations for
each day of their cruise online in advance, make reservations
onboard or simply show up when ready to eat.
Cuisine at The Trellis is generally well received;
the menu features a mix of traditional and imaginative fare with
vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free, no-sugar-added and SPE
(healthy yet tasty, as validated by SPE Certified consultants)
items noted on the menu. Anytime menu items include escargot and
shrimp cocktail starters, French onion soup and Caesar salad,
broiled salmon and New York sirloin entrees, sides of roast
potatoes and steamed vegetables, and chocolate cake, apple pie and
cheesecake for dessert.
The
Oceanview Cafe is the ship's buffet restaurant, located aft on the
pool deck. Coffee, tea and juices are available 24/7, and food is
served from 6:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. The buffet is set up in one long U,
but three stations are hidden way at the back, separate from the
main buffet and easy to miss; these sections have different
offerings from the regular buffet.
At the
Oceanview Cafe, breakfast, served from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. (with
early and late options on either side), features made-to-order
omelets, American and English hot breakfasts, fruit, yogurt, bread,
cheese and cereal, as well as stations for Asian specialties, a
poached egg bar and a waffle/pancake station in the
back.
The
main lunch service runs from noon to 2:30 p.m. with half the
stations remaining open well into the afternoon and evening. You'll
find hot fare, a salad bar, a pasta bar and a carving station, with
pizza, Asian and Panini/fish and chips in the back.
Tea
sandwiches and scones are served from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the
Oceanview Cafe. Dinner, 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., offers more hot fare
and a carving station, plus a curry station, made-to-order
stir-fry, sushi and miso soup and more pasta, pizza and
salad.
Don't
miss Celebrity's homemade ice cream near the entrance to the
Oceanview Cafe; it's available until 10 p.m. and quite
tasty.
The
Pool Grille, just forward of the buffet, offers hamburgers, hot
dogs and veggie burgers with fries from noon to 6 p.m.
In the
Solarium, the AquaSpa Cafe is a small buffet, serving light meals
by the thalassotherapy pool. Breakfast (7 a.m. to 10 a.m.) includes
healthy muffins, fruit and oatmeal for free and smoothies, fresh
juices and yogurt parfaits for an extra fee. Lunch, from noon to 2
p.m., centers on veggies and salads.
The SS
United States, Celebrity Infinity's $45-per-head alternative
restaurant on Deck 3, excels in appetizers and desserts, but main
courses can be hit or miss. For a sure win, choose the lobster,
prepared (and set afire) tableside. Pace yourself, as you'll be
offered a cheese course, dessert and complimentary truffles to
finish off your meal. In addition to the regular menu, you can opt
instead for the Five Senses menu, which presents six courses paired
with wines, for a higher surcharge of $89 per person. The setting
is delightful, with large porthole windows, white tables and walls
with blue and red accents. A special wine room can also host a
large private group for a special dinner.
Celebrity's Champagne High Tea, which takes place
once or twice a cruise, is also offered in the SS United States.
While a string quartet plays, premium tea and coffee, savory
sandwiches and desserts are served on fine china for a
$25-per-person charge. It was not well advertised on our cruise, so
look out for it if you're keen.
Qsine
(pronounce "cuisine") is Infinity's for-fee "creative comfort food"
venue, at which patrons order whimsically presented dishes off of
iPads. Instead of waiters, you get culinary tour guides, and
presentation -- think sushi lollipops or spring rolls served in
actual springs -- is the focus. It's $45 per person to eat there.
The food is more fun than gourmet, and the best way to dine there
is to get together a large group and sample a variety of items.
Duos will quickly fill up and are likely to leave disappointed.
Excellent choices include M's Favorites, a selection of
Mediterranean mezze, and Painter's Mignon, filet mignon with an
array of accompaniments. For dessert, the decorate-your-own
cupcakes and the trio of gelatos are scrumptious. Qsine, on Deck
11, can be hard to find; take the central glass elevators or the
stairs by the entrance of the Oceanview
Cafe.
Carved
out of a portion of the main dining room on Deck 5 is Blu,
Celebrity's spa dining venue, exclusively for AquaClass passengers.
Those booked in Royal and Penthouse suites are allowed to dine
there, space permitting, for $5 per person. Fee-free for AquaClass
residents, the restaurant is open for breakfast (7:30 a.m. to 9
a.m.), serving light meals like smoothies and muesli. Dinner (6
p.m. to 9:30 p.m.) offers a changing menu of clean and simple
cuisine, such as a roasted chicken breast or blackened ahi tuna.
The venue is gorgeous, done in white with bright blue accents and a
row of large porthole windows along one side. Note that Blu is
intended to be AquaClass passengers' main dining venue for
breakfast and dinner (though they can opt for Select dining
whenever they wish), and no guests are allowed. So if you're booked
in AquaClass and wish to eat with friends in other cabin
categories, you must go to another venue.
A
for-fee yet casual venue is Bistro on Five, hidden in an
easy-to-miss area behind the Cellar Masters bar on Deck 5. Bistro's
main fare is crepes, including breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert
crepes. It also features panini sandwiches (steak, chicken or
vegetable), soups and salads. Popular choices include the sweet
banana, nutella and pistachio crepes and the savory Cowboy crepe,
featuring marinated flank steak. Bistro on Five is open from 8 a.m.
until 12:30 a.m. and requires no reservations, though there is a
$7-per-person service charge (which covers as many crepes and
paninis as you can eat). Bistro on Five is the busiest during lunch
and early afternoon; it's very quiet at breakfast and dinner. Tapas
and antipasti are served next door at Cellar Masters from 5 p.m. to
midnight.
Also
on Deck 5, Cafe al Bacio serves free breakfast pastries and
desserts from morning 'til night, but the specialty coffee and tea
drinks cost extra. Across the atrium, the gelateria offers several
flavors of gelato from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., and it's definitely
worth the extra fee.
Many
passengers partake in Celebrity's drink packages. You can choose
Premium or Classic beverage, wine, soda and bottled water packages
and purchase them pre-cruise or onboard.
Room
service is available 24/7. Breakfast door cards allow you to check
off both cold (cereal, fruit) and hot (eggs, pancakes) choices and
choose a window for delivery times. Throughout the day, passengers
can order from a menu of soups, salads, burgers and sandwiches,
pizza and dessert, with additional hot items like vegetable
lasagna, New York strip steak and avocado-tomato quesadillas. Order
via the phone or the interactive TV. Tipping for room service is
customary and greatly appreciated.
Celebrity Infinity
Entertainment
Celebrity Life is Celebrity's enrichment and
activities program for day and evening fun onboard. Activities
mostly follow cruise ship standards (art auctions, bad hair day
seminars, cooking demos, wine tastings, bingo and ballroom dance
lessons). Some of the more unique (and entertaining) options are
interactive events with officers and passengers, including
Ping-Pong or water volleyball tournaments, silly game shows and an
uproarious Dancing with the Officers "dance" (or is that physical
comedy?) contest.
Celebrity's nightly theatrical performances, ranging
from Broadway compilations to piano concertos, take place in the
lovely three-deck Celebrity Theater and are generally well
regarded. Shows include typical Vegas-style song-and-dance revues,
alongside performances given by visiting comedians and
musicians.
Constellation, the forward-facing lounge at the top
of the ship, is surrounded with floor-to-ceiling windows on three
sides. It's used during the day as an observation station and for
various activities. At night, it's turned into a dance club. Across
the hall, an arcade is available to gamers young and
old.
Deck 4
is also something of an entertainment hub. The Rendezvous Lounge,
lined with windows opening onto the promenade, features dancing and
art auctions. The Martini Bar and Crush, complete with ice-topped
bar and juggling bartenders, make great pre-dinner cocktail
spots.
Fortunes Casino, located midship, has an Egyptian
theme. You can possibly win at slots, poker, blackjack, craps,
Texas Hold'em and roulette.
Michael's Club is stocked with more than 60 generic,
international and craft beers, along with high-end Scotch and
whiskey. It serves as the VIP lounge during the day and opens at 7
p.m., often with a jazz trio or other small musical group
performing.
Up one
deck is Cellar Masters, a wine bar and tasting venue with Enomatic
vino-dispensing machines, a long table for wine education events
and comfy chairs for killing time until your dinner table is ready.
Taste wine on your own at any time or during a scheduled wine
tasting led by a sommelier; unlike most other bars on the ship,
this one carries nothing but wine (no soda, cocktails or
beer).
Celebrity Infinity Public
Rooms
The
Grand Foyer, a three-deck atrium, lies at the center of Celebrity
Infinity; its highlight is a dramatic staircase and
ceiling-to-floor drapes. At the bottom of the atrium, on Deck 3, is
the main "cruise business" area -- including the shore excursion
boutique, an ATM, the Captain's Club office, Future Cruise Sails,
and passenger relations.
The
photo gallery is located on Deck 4, across from Michael's
Club.
Forward of Cafe al Bacio is Infinity's enormous
shopping venue, the 14,000-square-foot Emporium. Along with the
usual logo shops and duty-free items, there are several jewelry,
clothing and watch shops, as well as Celebrity Innovations, an
Apple product retailer. Instead of cluttering the aisles with
specials as on most ships, there is a circular central kiosk area
for the daily discount offerings. A small presentation center with
chairs and a video screen is used for everything from shore
excursions talks to presentations by the boutiques and acupuncture
sales pitches.
The
Celebrity iLounge is found on Deck 9 midship. There Mac computers
are available for Web browsing, or you can sign up for a Wi-Fi
account, as wireless Internet access is available shipwide. Prices
start at 75 cents a minute, or you can purchase a package: 38
minutes for $25, 90 minutes for $50, 208 minutes for $100, 555
minutes for $200, or 1,666 minutes for $400. Computer and
technology classes, mostly focusing on Apple products, are held in
the Emporium and are complimentary.
The
ship's library is just below on Deck 8 and features glass walls,
deep armchairs, and a selection of travel guides, fiction and
non-fiction books, and board games. The main concierge keeps hours
there, as well.
Meeting rooms are located on Deck 3, and a medical
facility is on Deck 1.
There
are no self-service launderettes.
Celebrity Infinity Spa &
Fitness
Infinity's main pool area, located on Deck 10
midship, features cushioned loungers, day-beds and wooden accents.
The saltwater pool itself is divided into a shallow end for dipping
and a deeper end for swimming; a circular lounge area sits on a
raised platform in the middle. Anyone who wants to swim laps can do
so early in the morning before the pools get busy. There are four
hot tubs, a bar and table tennis on the port side. Additional
lounge seating can be found one deck up, circling the pool
area.
Continuing forward, the Solarium is an adults-only
venue with a thalassotherapy pool, two additional hot tubs, padded
wood loungers, and some table seating for AquaSpa Cafe diners. The
area is open to children for an hour in the morning and an hour in
the late afternoon, though we saw kids in the pool later in the
evening, as well. The Solarium is enclosed with a glass roof so it
can be used in inclement weather.
Canyon
Ranch took over all spa and salon services, as well as fitness
classes, in 2014. The SpaClub features a generous enough workout
room with floor space for fitness classes. It also encompasses spa
service and treatment areas, the Persian Garden thermal suite, an
acupuncture studio, and a beauty salon.
Spa
and beauty services include facials, massages, wraps and scrubs,
hair styling, mani-pedis and barbering for men. Specials are
offered on port days and for buying multiple services at once. In
addition to a trained acupuncturist, Infinity also has licensed
doctors onboard and offers Restylane and Perlane treatments, as
well as Botox.
Passes
to the Persian Garden thermal suite are free to AquaClass
passengers and cost $179 per couple or $99 per person for a
cruiselong pass.
The
fitness area offers the usual cardio machines (treadmills,
elliptical trainers and bikes), as well as weight machines and free
weights. In the aerobics space, abs workouts and stretching
sessions are free, but classes in Pilates, spinning and yoga are
offered with an additional fee of $12 per person (plus 15 percent
gratuity). However, some of the best workouts onboard are to be
found in the ballroom and line dance classes, which are offered
free of charge.
A
jogging track and shuffleboard can be found one deck up on Deck 11,
along with a basketball court on Deck 12 at the top of the
ship.
Celebrity Infinity
Family
Infinity's kids' club is located at the forward end
of Deck 11, by the Constellation Lounge, and it has programs for
kids ages 3 to 17. Participation in the kids' program is
complimentary (with some exceptions) and is organized into
compatible age groups. The Fun Factory is one complex split into
three rooms, with sections for Shipmates (3- to 5-year-olds),
Cadets (6 to 8) and Ensigns (9 to 11), and the X Club is the
two-story teen (12 to 17) hangout. Potty-trained children are
welcomed from age 3; non-potty-trained toddlers can play in the Fun
Factory with their parents at designated times. (Infants who sail
must be at least 6 months old as of the first day of the cruise.
However, for transatlantic, transpacific, select South America and
other select cruises, infants must be at least 12 months
old.)
Age-appropriate activities are available for each
group, and trained counselors are in attendance. The Fun Factory is
outfitted with Xbox Kinect gaming stations, TVs for movie watching
and an array of props for games, crafts and fun-yet-educational
activities. Such activities include hands-on cooking classes, games
like Apples to Apples and UNO, making sand art and suncatchers, and
treasure hunts, as well as whole-family activities like bingo,
trivia and a family disco party. Complimentary activities run from
9 a.m. to 10 p.m. with breaks from noon to 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m.
to 7 p.m.
Complimentary teen activities run until 1 a.m. The X
Club teen lounge offers a lounge area, foosball and
Xbox.
To
participate in the "Lunch Party" from noon to 2 p.m. or the "Dinner
Party" from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on port days (no fee on sea days), the
fee is $6 per hour, per child (ages 3 to 11). You must sign up your
kids in advance.
After
hours, the nighttime Slumber Party from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. daily
also costs $6 per hour, per child. In-cabin baby-sitting is
available for $19 per hour for up to three children (12 months
minimum) within the same family, depending on staff availability,
as two crewmembers are required. Book at least 24 hours in advance
at the passenger relations desk.
Parents can also purchase VIP Passes for their kids.
The VIP Pass offers discounts on Lunch, Dinner and Slumber Party
costs; goodie bags for the kids to keep; and exclusive events, such
as a bridge tour and backstage tour.