Infinity cancels???

[hommebronze]

This may have already been posted by someone I plonked, but just in case:

 

Celebrity Cruises is canceling the March 27 departure on Infinity

to replace the starboard thrust bearing in the ship's propulsion

system. In a release, the line said the ship must enter drydock to

replace the bearing, which will result in the cancellation of the

10-night cruise from Ensenada to Honolulu, which had been

scheduled to depart this Sunday.

 

Infinity is currently sailing a 14-night trans-Canal cruise that will

end in San Diego, Sunday, as scheduled.

 

Guests booked on the cancelled sailing will receive a full refund

and free Celebrity cruise of 10 nights or less, departing on or

before March 27, 2006, excluding holiday and Celebrity

Xpedition sailings. Travel agents will receive full commissions for

the cancelled sailing, plus a $50 rebooking fee per stateroom

when their clients reschedule their cruise.

 

The ship is expected to return to its scheduled sailings on April 6.

"I apologize to our guests who are affected by this cancellation,"

said Dan Hanrahan, president of Celebrity Cruises. "Although

the ship continues to operate safely, this is a matter that must be

addressed now. An unscheduled drydock can never happen at a

good time, and I am sorry about the disruption to our guests'

vacations. We will do everything we can to assist them."

 

Celebrity has established a special Help Desk to assist guests

and travel agents with rebooking, air transportation, and other

issues. That toll-free number is 1-888-837-5676.

 

 

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Charlie Funk