Celebrity-Infinity

The 'Celebrity Infinity' suffered an electrical fire, which led to a total blackout onboard, leaving the ship unable to proceed to Mykonos. After being stuck in Kuşadası for two days, the remainder of the ports on the 7-night cruise have been unexpectedly canceled. The ship was expected to sail around 8:00 p.m. LT on July 9. However, the ongoing technical issues couldn't be resolved in time. The 'Celebrity Infinity' will remain docked in Kuşadası through July 11 at 3:00P p.m. and then return to Athens,, for debarkation as originally planned on July 11. The original itinerary had them sailing from Turkey to Mykonos; Kavala, and Thessaloniki,. Although Kavala had been removed from the itinerary due to the lengthened stay in Kuşadası, guests were still hopeful that they'd call at Mykonos and Thessaloniki. To make up for the shortened experience, Celebrity Cruises offered compensation across two forms. All guests received a refundable onboard credit worth 50% of their cruise fare. Any unused portion will be returned to the original form of payment after the cruise. In addition, a Future Cruise Credit (FCC) equal to 50% of the fare paid will be issued for use on any Celebrity Cruises sailing departing within the next 12 months. Shore excursions booked for Mykonos and Thessaloniki were automatically cancelled and fully refunded. Celebrity offered alternatives while the ship remained docked, such as curated tours for July 10, going beyond Kusadasi and Ephesus. The 'Celebrity Infinity' was due to return to Athens as scheduled on July 12, indicating that the ship remained operational and seaworthy, even if some comfort-related issues persisted such as problems with air conditioning, power outages in some staterooms, and meal service delays.

On Jan 15, 2025, the crew of the SAR boat 'Guardamar Concepción Arenal' (IMO: 9541655) medevaced a passenger with health problems from the 'Celebrity Infinity', en route from Barcelona to Arrecife, off Garrucha. The CCS Almeria of Salvamento Marítimo coordinated the operation. The affected person and his companion were transferred to the port of Garrucha, where the patient was further attended by medical services. Report with photo: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1879522140917039180

On July 18, 2023, while the 'Celebrity Infinity' was docked at Port Kerkyra, Corfu Island, a 48-year-old male refrigerant assistant, who was performing maintenance on equipment, accidentally hurt a right-hand finger. Upon receiving the information, the Corfu Port Authority activated standard safety protocols, and the injured man was swiftly taken to a local private clinic for the medical treatment. At the time of the incident, 'Celebrity Infinity' was in the midst of a 7-night "Greece & Croatia" voyage. After the necessary medical assistance, the ship continued with the planned itinerary. The Greek authorities have started a preliminary investigation into the incident, led by the Corfu Port Authority.

The 'Celebrity Infinity' with around 1450 stranded Goan seafarers arrived at the MPT cruise terminal in Mumbai on June 18. Swab samples of the seafarerswere taken and tested for COVID and based on the outcome of the results further action will be initiated as per the SOP. The seafarers who arrived today were stranded in Mumbai for some days. Prior to the arrival at Mumbai the ship had visited Greece and Cyprus. The Directorate of Health team and medical experts visited the cruise ship.I was hoped to complete the collection of swab samples in the evening or on June 19. Due to rough weather conditions and heavy rainfall not much could be done in the first half of the day, besides the ship was delayed by almost two hours. After the collection of samples is done the seafarers will go back on the ship and will stay there until the swab test results are declared. If the test results are COVID positive then action will be initiated as per the SOP and if results are negative then they will be sent home.