NCL Sun vs Celebrity Infinity - Around the Horn

[ticktock01]

We're at the beginning stages of planning our Buenos Aires around the Horn to Valparaiso cruise for late 2015. We are trying to decide whether to go on the NCL Sun or Celebrity Infinity. We have traveled on both lines before but on neither of the specific ships. I know that Celebrity offers better entertainment and overall better food. However, the ports for the cruises are a little different. The port list for the Celebrity cruise mentions The Straits of Magellan and the Chilean Fjords, but doesn't mention the Beagle Channel or Glacier Alley. NCLs itinerary does mention the Beagle Channel. Not seeing Glacier Alley is a deal breaker for us.

 

Can someone shed some light on this? All opinions are welcome and appreciated.

[Keith1010]

Could you list out the entire itinerary for both ships. It really would be a big help to give you advice.

 

Keith

[KirkNC]

You might also post this on the individual cruise line forums.

[4774Papa]

We're at the beginning stages of planning our Buenos Aires around the Horn to Valparaiso cruise for late 2015. We are trying to decide whether to go on the NCL Sun or Celebrity Infinity. We have traveled on both lines before but on neither of the specific ships. I know that Celebrity offers better entertainment and overall better food. However, the ports for the cruises are a little different. The port list for the Celebrity cruise mentions The Straits of Magellan and the Chilean Fjords, but doesn't mention the Beagle Channel or Glacier Alley. NCLs itinerary does mention the Beagle Channel. Not seeing Glacier Alley is a deal breaker for us.

 

Can someone shed some light on this? All opinions are welcome and appreciated.

We did Infinity around the Horn from BA to Valpo Jan 2014, it was one of our favorite cruises.

 

Infinity does go through Beagle Channel (just before arriving at Ushuaia. Also, you see the wonderful Glaciers after leaving Ushuaia.

 

We are fans of Celebrity and NCL, but prefer Celebrity.

 

Here is my review of the cruise.

 

http://www.cruisecritic.com/memberreviews/memberreview.cfm?EntryID=248878

[Fattony]

Don't the Web site include maps of the routes? If not, look at sites like *************. Don't know how the ship would avoid the Beagle Channel unless it went all the way down to Drake's Passage, which would seem strange. Some larger ships can't get into some of the Chilean fjords. We ran into this with the Star Princess. A smaller NCL ship leaving Buenos Aires at the same time as the SP could, and had a longer itinerary. Some people prefer larger, newer ships on trips through potentially rough seas.

 

Have you contacted the cruise lines?

Edited December 19, 2014 by Fattony