Celebrity Apex

Anchors Away: A Fabulous First Cruise

February

Pros: Food selections, Theatre Productions, shore excursions, hospitality

Cons: High end stores no variety, having to come home

Recommended: Yes

We had the most incredible time on our very first cruise, and it was an experience we’ll never forget! From the breathtaking ocean views to the endless activities and delicious dining options, every moment felt like a new adventure. We learned so much about what makes cruising so special—the excitement of waking up in a new port, the luxury of being pampered onboard, and the joy of discovering new places while enjoying all the comforts of home. It's safe to say we’ve been completely bitten by the cruise bug, and we’re already dreaming about our next voyage! We can't wait to explore more destinations and create even more unforgettable memories at sea.

Celebrity Apex Eastern Caribbean Cruise

February

Pros: Beautiful newer ship. Multiple dining and cocktail lounges to choose from. Entertainment and cabins were good.

Cons: Too many people competing for food, drinks, deck chairs and theater seats. The excursion to the Virgin Gorda baths had over 80 people and was a disaster.

Recommended: Yes

Overall loved the Celebrity Apex ship with its beauty and design. Service was excellent, but sensed that some of the staff were burned out. Food was excellent overall in all the restaurants we experienced. Wine options in basic package could be improved. Too many people competing for basics which took away from the relaxing element. We went on three excursions which varied in quality and content. Preference is for more intelligent cultural depth content and experience versus crowds and souvenir shops.

Celebrity Apex cruise

January

Pros: Outstanding modern and upscaled ship with outstanding service. The Infinity stateroom that we had was the best stateroom out of all our past cruises because of the style and size of it.

Cons: No.

Recommended: No

This being our first Celebrity cruise after 35+ cruises on Royal Caribbean, it maybe hard to go back to Royal Caribbean. The reason being is the upscale of the ship with the classiness and design, as well as the outstanding service from the entire staff. The shows were some of the best we have seen. All the food venues that we used were some of the best of all our cruises, which reminded us of how the food used to be when cruising.

Celebrity Apex

January

Pros: Excellent crew. They make the cruise experience great.

Cons: Limited quantity of true balcony state rooms

Recommended: Yes

We just returned from a 7 night eastern Caribbean cruise and had a great time. The ship is beautiful and provided amazing views from our aft balcony stateroom. The crew is exceptional. Each crew member we encountered was professional, polite and performed above our expectations. Many of them frequently greeted us by name and helped us enjoy a spectacular vacation.

Celebrity Cruise - Apex

January

Pros: Amazing ship and outstanding crew

Cons: None

Recommended: Yes

The crew was 5-star across the board

sailing on Apex

December

Pros: wonderful staff in all areas of the ship.Food varied with the restaraunts. My favorite was Le Petite Chef, Both program and food were wonderful. Found food at prime cut inedible

Cons: I didnot get into signing up several months after my friend. The travel said I was not eligable for on board ship credit,which i thought was not right. my friend paid #5,000 for her room and I payed 10,000 for the eaxct floor and room and was very far from the elevator

Recommended: Yes

Thought the advent was far more beautifully decorated. The staff were terrific was the fancy ding room to the upstairs cafeteria. Staff were always available to help. My cabin was 7281 and the cabin boy was terrific.

Celebrity Apex never disappoints!

July

Pros: Beautiful ship; outstanding crew; excellent and diverse menus.

Cons: Can think of nothing!

Recommended: Yes

Celebrity Apex is a ship filled with beautiful art and sculptures that many people overlook or simply don't see because they're so involved in excursions and activities. Often people do the "Behind the Scenes" tour on the ship that takes them to the galley and the bridge for example. But very few people do the Art and Architecture tour the ship provides. They are really missing out! You'll see the ship through new eyes! We highly recommend it!

Excellent cruise

June

Pros: Ship was beautiful, well equipped and great cruise team!

Cons: Had one on shore excursion that was not organized and we missed it!

Recommended: Yes

Destination Highlight: Iceland's Landscapes by Horseback. The people on the dock did not know which van should be taking us. I asked all the buses I saw and everyone I saw and no one could get us to the correct transportation. Immediately, I came back to excursions desks and reported but they did not refund our tickets. This was the one excursion my granddaughter had asked to do.

fire and ice cruise 24

July

Pros: great food, service and wonderful people

Cons:

Recommended: Yes

I would have like a better descriptions of the excursions. The were a little vague.

Celebrity Apex - Life Changing Experience

May

Pros: 100% guest focused and perfection on every detail.

Cons: none

Recommended: Yes

This was my first cruise with a bonus of “quilting” on board. I was so impressed with the staff and crews’ professionalism. It is clear to me Celebrity makes it a priority to train their staff/crew to a high level of exceptional service for their guests. Amazing food and offerings on board.

Beautiful ship

May

Pros: Clean, responsive and friendly staff, quiet sleeping with comfortable beds, excellent food and beverage choices.

Cons: Cosmopolitan food service. Excursions nothing to get excited about.

Recommended: Yes

Server table assignments needs improvement. Many servers requesting the same drink or meal orders at once.Then there was nobody to follows up on menu requests like coffee service. Overall excursions disappointing. Excursion descriptions use words like woolen mill when in fact it was just a store not an experience. Or, interactive linen making. Not only did the demonstrator not know how to make linen, her talk was 5 minutes and threw a couple of threads around. Again misrepresenting the activity. Our tour guide was informative. Again, a lot of money to take us on a walk. We could have explored the ports better on our own with just transportation to get you out of the port.

Celebrity Apex Review

April

Pros: Excellent evening shows Very nice veranda stateroom

Cons: Not happy with TV shows. Very limited viewing

Recommended: Yes

Very happy with the service from our stateroom attendant Ian. Overall our trip on the Apex was very good. One negative I have Is music too loud in pool area during mid afternoon.

Fantastic Ship

April

Pros: Food Service Decor Activities Crew Cleanliness Entertainment

Cons:

Recommended: Yes

We love the Apex and as well we love the Edge Class of Ships.

Solo Travelers

March

Pros: The solo cabins are real nice.

Cons: Cost of being a SoloTraveler

Recommended: Yes

I have traveled many times on Celebrity. The cost for a solo traveler when a solo cabin is not available is so expensive( charge double occupancy). They need to charge less than double. Celebrity needs to have more meetup/meeting than on the day of disembarkation. While on the first day, the Celebrity staff person said you can all meet again, but there will not be a staff person here. They need to have more activities for the just the solo traveler. These comment are not to reflect that there are issues with this agency. I think the agency is great and I will always use Debbie Stack. She is the best.

Sky Suite and the Retreat lounge are good, the rest only okay

January

Pros: Spacious Sky Suite cabin; comfortable Retreat lounge; excellent Internet connection

Cons: Ship is crowded; food quality varies; crew service is average

Recommended: Yes

Thank goodness for the Retreat Lounge. It was a comfortable refuge from the crowds of this big ship. The concierge staff in the lounge were also very helpful in handling questions and requests. The Sky Suite cabin is the best I have enjoyed among this tier of cruise lines without getting into the pricey penthouse suites. It was spacious and comfortable. I really liked the “window” in the bathroom that allowed natural light in and made the bathroom feel even more spacious. My only gripe is that the room safe is really tiny. The food on the ship, unfortunately, is less than stellar. The buffet is abysmal. The food quality in the restaurants was hit and miss. I had some really excellent dishes, but also some real disappointments. The Luminae restaurant is exclusive for the Retreat class, but often had an uninspired menu and service was mediocre. I preferred the Blu restaurant, which had a better menu and better service. The waiters in Blu were also willing to let me order dishes from the main dining menus in addition to the Blu menu. This is not a cruise ship for families, which is fine by me. I saw only a handful of kids on the entire ship. Overall, I did enjoy the cruise. I would only cruise again in the Retreat class, though.

Wonders on the high seas

January

Pros: New ship, excellent food, helpful staff, great service, amazing spa/gym-overall a great vacation

Cons: Not much at all due to weather issues excursions were canceled

Recommended: Yes

Celebrity apex was a wonderful experience with great food and so much to do Stateroom was well appointed and much bigger than I thought. Dining in Blu was overall great and the staff was so accommodating and friendly. There was so much to do or just relax by the pool 7 days on the high seas was a perfect vacation getaway

Sailing away with Celebrity

January

Pros: The Apex was absolutely beautiful, The food was amazing, Entertainment was wonderful, Drinks were so tasty, our cabin steward was so attentive to our needs, and the hospitality overall was simply amazing. We seriously felt like royalty

Cons: Too many kids on this cruise ship and no infinity pools on the Deck 15

Recommended: Yes

This was our 2nd cruise with Celebrity. We are already planning our next! Celebrity is amazing as a whole. The ship was kept clean, most of the staff was super friendly and attentive. The decor of the ship was stunning.

Another fabulous Celebrity cruise

December

Pros: Perfection

Cons: None!!!

Recommended: Yes

Loved this so much that I have the same SV booked for next December.

Apex Review

March

Pros: Great Service. Clean. Beautiful and comfortable staterooms. Great on board activities. Great entertainment and shopping. Great shore excursions. Great meal options.

Cons: Shoe excursions too short of time on beaches.

Recommended: Yes

I would recommend this trip.

Cruise to San Juan, Tortola and St. Kitts

March

Pros: Clean, beautiful ship, great food and entertainment, nice room (and bathroom), fun activities

Cons: None

Recommended: Yes

Great experience - first time on Celebrity. Apex is a beautiful new ship. Mobile App gives you lots of information and a daily planner. Easy on-off procedures. Friendly, helpful crew. Great food options. Spring break week, but the kids weren't a problem at all! We had a blast...

All Great but One Thing

February

Pros: A Gorgeous ship

Cons: The Martini Bar in the center of the ship.

Recommended: Yes

The Martini Bar located in the middle of the ship had entertainment so loud that it ruined my experience being on such an amazing vessel. It not only ruined the Martini Bar but was too loud upstairs in the Steakhouse, in Le Petit Chef, two stories above and in the coffee house.

Cruising

January

Pros: Beautiful newer ship

Cons: Shore excursions are deceitful and not worth the monies

Recommended: Yes

Room Attendant Roshan was fabulous, The Dining Staff Gilbert and Amit where very attentive and wonderful, The shows where excellent, The Bar staff where also very good.

On a Sea of Glass, Smiles All Around

December

Pros: Smooth Sailing, Easy Smiles

Cons: So high up, we were more in the clouds than on the sea

Recommended: Yes

Wow! What a cruise! Smiles from everyone and everyone eager to help. Except for when in the Oceanview Buffet and looking for the waiter with your drinks.

Great cruise on Apex

October

Pros:

Cons:

Recommended: Yes

Cyprus was a poor choice for a port of call. All the other ports of call were great.

Mediterreannan Cruise with tour of Rome

September

Pros: Great Guides

Cons: had to come home

Recommended: Yes

Great Cruise

May

Pros: Excellent Staff

Cons: Excursion issues

Recommended: Yes

Our ports and excursions were changed a few times and there was little help on the ship at the excursion counter. Extremely disappointed that we were unable to visit Normandy as the excursion sold out extremely fast and then by the time we knew that there would not be any other Normandy excursions added, it was too late to find a local one.

Celebrity Apex Transatlantic Cruise

May

Pros: 4 separate dining rooms instead of one main dining, Great Entertainment

Cons: No balcony veranda staterooms beside Sunset Verandas

Recommended: Yes

Beautiful ship! But we are not a fan of the Infinite Veranda Balcony rooms. They are floor to ceiling glass with a upper window that can be lowered. We prefer full balconies which you can only get with a Sunset Veranda or Suite.

Cruising in style

May

Pros: 4 dining rooms and 4 specialty restaurants so you are never with a herd of people

Cons: not much to buy on the ship unless you want to spend big money mostly watches and jewelry

Recommended: Yes

Great Ship

April

Pros: The staff was great, the ship was very clean, service was exceptional

Cons: Not enough availability for the Eden Show, the premium wifi was slow for the price

Recommended: Yes

They lived up to the service as described as it relates to sanitizing everything . All food was served to guest at the buffet. The waiters in main dining were nice and attentive

Fun times

April

Pros: Everything basically on 3 levels easy to find restaurants, shops

Cons: No “fun shopping” pop ups like on Royal Caribbean

Recommended: Yes

Ship was clean, staff was very nice & professional, food was excellent and shows were good. It was not at full capacity which made it nice too. No problems getting into restaurants. Disappointed our first stop was supposed to be Key West & that’s why I booked this cruise then it was changed to Bahamas — not happy.

Luxurious Ship- wonderful crew!

January

Pros: Everything about the ship was gorgeous! Stateroom was fantastic! Food was very good- especially at Fine Cutes! Le Petite Chef was a entertaining dining experience. Loved the coffee shop!

Cons: Sad that the martini bar was not on ice and that there was not as much fun interaction with the bar staff there.

Recommended: Yes

We loved the ship! Our concierge stateroom and service was top notch. We enjoyed our infinite veranda. Loved the solarium and Magic Carpet! We missed the martini bar that the Equinox has - ice covered and the shows the bar staff put on there. Theater productions were great as was the performances in Eden.

February 2022 Cruise

February

Pros: The Apex crew is wonderful!

Cons:

Recommended: Yes

The crew is friendly & amazing! The 4 main dining rooms were wonderful and the specialty dining and animation at Le Petit Chef was a highlight. Wie felt very safe with the covid protocols they had in place. It’s a beautiful ship!

Celebrity Apex Jan 22 2022

January

Pros: Food & Drink were excellent in Blu ... All staff went out of their way to accomodate. Beautiful new ship.

Cons: Minor ship design flaws which could be corrected hopefully.

Recommended: Yes

All in all an excellent 7 day cruise. We stayed on ship and enjoyed being pampered while we relaxed. Masking in indoor places became a norm and since all on-board were vaccinated we felt safe at all times. Ship had approximately 1100 on-board or 1/3 capacity allowing for plenty of space.

Year-End Caribbean Cruise

December

Pros: Excellent Food - including the Buffet

Cons: Shore Excursions

Recommended: Yes

Great cruise

July

Pros: Everything was perfect. Beautiful new ship with excellent service.

Cons: Absolutely none!!

Recommended: Yes

A perfect cruise. Not only a beautiful new ship with new venues & great food but excellent service every single time. The employees were happy & glad to be back to work. Very good entertainment also. La Petite Chef was fun with animation on the table. Staterooms are sophisticated & classy with inside/outside balconies. We love Blu restaurant & Aqua class. Was nice that alcohol, tips & wifi was included! Great ports too. With connecting flights we stayed in Paris & Greece before the cruise but close to many major cities.

Incredible Greek Isles Cruise

July

Pros: amazing!

Cons: none

Recommended: Yes

We had an incredible week on Celebrity Apex. Because of Covid or travel restrictions there were only about 400 travelers on the ship and 900 staff which made us feel so pampered. The ship is so beautiful! We were told it cost 1.2 billion dollars to construct and we were on its third sailing. Food and entertainment was wonderful as well. Each port we stopped at was great. Our family had an incredible experience and we will definitely be choosing celebrity again in the future.