Celebrity Cruises will “swap ships” for its 2006
sailings in South America to avoid disruption of guests’ vacations
and keep its vessels on track for scheduled drydock periods.
Celebrity’s Millennium will replace sister ship Infinity in South
America, while Infinity will sail in the Caribbean. The move was
necessitated after drydock availability for Infinity changed. The
ship is now scheduled for drydock in the Caribbean March 20-April
6.
Millennium and Infinity are virtually identical, so
guests should feel equally at home on either ship. Guests currently
booked on either Infinity or Millennium in the first quarter of
2006 are being informed that they will retain the same
accommodations they have now. All guest data, such as booking and
stateroom numbers, will be automatically transferred to the
appropriate ship.
All itineraries in both regions remain exactly as
scheduled. Those itineraries for 2005 include a 15-night South
America voyage on Millennium, from Fort Lauderdale to Valparaiso,
Chile. The ship then will depart on alternating 14-night South
America cruises from Valparaiso or Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan. 8
and 22 and Feb. 5. On Feb. 19, Millennium will offer Celebrity’s
wildly popular 14-night Rio Carnaval cruise roundtrip from Buenos
Aires. The ship’s South America season will be capped with a
14-night cruise from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso on March 5, and a
14-night Panama Canal cruise departing Valparaiso on March 19,
followed by the resumption of Millennium’s Caribbean season
beginning April 2, with a seven-night cruise roundtrip from Fort
Lauderdale.
Infinity will sail a nine-night Eastern Caribbean
holiday cruise roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale on Dec. 24. On Jan.
2, Infinity will set sail on a special six-night Eastern Caribbean
cruise from Fort Lauderdale, and every Sunday through March 19 will
offer a seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruise roundtrip from Fort
Lauderdale. Following scheduled drydock March 19-April 2, Infinity
will cap the season with a 15-night Panama Canal cruise departing
Fort Lauderdale April 2, ending in San Francisco.
To compensate for Infinity’s two-week dry-dock
period in March and to meet guest demand for additional Caribbean
cruises this winter, Celebrity also is offering four new
seven-night cruises on Century. The ship will sail roundtrip from
Fort Lauderdale on March 19 and 26, and April 2 and 9, calling on
Ocho Rios, Jamaica; Georgetown, Grand Cayman; Cozumel, Mexico; and
Key West, Fla.
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