Mrs_Tiki

Ship: Apex Length of Cruise: 7 days Cruise Sail Date: November 12, 2022 Date email offer received: no email - used link in "Manage Reservation" in early September Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Elite Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: TA Current Cabin: AQ Bid? Yes/No: yes If YES - Bidding Details: Min/Max Bids: Edge Villa: $5,000-8,750 Royal Suite: $2,500-6,250 Celebrity Suite: $2,000-5,000 Sky Suite: $500-1,250 Cabin Category: Sky Suite Bid Offer: initial bid = $750, subsequently raised to $900 3 days pre-cruise, indicated "Strong" bid Notification Date: November 10, 2022 Accepted / Rejected: Rejected General Comments: when I made my initial bid, there were over a dozen suites available, and there were still 2 Sky Suites available 2 days pre-cruise when it was rejected - someone must have out-bid me

Just to circle back with a data point for others - just received an email that our bid was not accepted. And there are still two SS showing available for our cruise. Go figure! Good news is that we are looking forward to dining in Blu and experiencing our first cruise with an infinite balcony.

What a perfect outfit for a Gatsby party! Have so much fun!

Thank you, someguyfl, for your positive and helpful reply. We were not as excited about the Thermal Suite as dining in Blu. We actually prefer Blu to Luminae and debated about making a MoveUp offer if it would mean giving it up. (I know that suite guests can dine there on an as available basis, but it appears that AQ is fully booked as well.) Whether we score the SS or not, we will be happy to be onboard in a few days!

Now I am in the same boat, so to speak! I placed a MoveUp offer (from AQ to SS) in early September for our Apex sailing this Saturday (November 12). It was categorized as a "Strong" bid, and I felt good about my chances, as there were about a dozen Sky Suites available. As of last week, all the SSs were booked, but yesterday two popped up as available. This, combined with the Nicole-related cancellation of a planned pre-cruise stay at the Ritz on Amelia Island, inspired me to up my bid a bit today. We are just under 72 hours out from the cruise, and my bid is still showing Pending, but can't be modified or cancelled. Should I feel optimistic since it isn't showing Expired? BTW, if we end up in one of the cabins showing available as of yesterday, Tiki_Man is going to owe me a drink in the Retreat Lounge. He has been making fun of my admittedly obsessive tracking of available cabins and MoveUp-related threads here on CC!

Tiki_Man and I will be on the Apex with Carolina Yankee on Saturday, but our travel has already taken a turn. I had a work conference on Amelia Island that was to have started right about now. We live in the north Georgia mountains and set out early this morning for Amelia. Got within 20 miles and received the notification that there is to be a mandatory evacuation, the Ritz was closing at 2:00, and the meeting was cancelled. We knew that we were taking a calculated risk setting out this morning, but I am still glad that we won’t be driving as the storm heads north into Georgia. So instead of the Ritz, we will be spending the next few days at a Hampton Inn in central Florida! (Now I really am hoping to win my bid for a suite!) Safe travels to all!

Ha, great minds think alike!

Here’s a link to a map of the port. I believe that the Palm deck is between Terminal 19 and 21, so it looks like it may be closer to 19 than 25. https://assets.simpleviewinc.com/simpleview/image/upload/v1/clients/porteverglades/FINAL_REVISED_July_27_2021_Facilities_Guide_Map_PEG799_Port_Facilties_MAP_11x17_02_8d630dbd-4022-4da1-ad1a-cb5ceef4f230.pdf

Agree that Aqua is the better deal!

Thank you. In years gone by, I think I remembered seeing Rotary/Lions/Kiwanis meetings posted on the daily bulletin along with Friends f Bill W. And Friends of Dorothy. But we have been away for a bit since the pandemic.

Can anyone who has been on Apex lately advise if there are service club meetings on board, specifically Rotary?

Strange, I always use my Amex for payment, but my TA has never mentioned this to me. I will ask him about it!

How do you get Amex benefit applied if you don’t book through Amex Travel?

Hooray, my TA requested an updated booking confirmation, and it now shows “booked.” And is showing all the perks. She had no idea why it was being weird before!

Thank you for sharing. I have asked my TA why ours is different.

Thank you for making me think to look there. I was referring to the Booking Status on the Guest Confirmation that X sent to my TA. On previous cruises, it changed from "Offer" to "Booked" as soon as we made a deposit, but that is not the case this time. Just found it curious....

I am a worry-wart, so I thought about the possibility of X cancelling, too. Should I be concerned that the guest confirmation showing payment of my deposit still shows "offer" rather than "Booking"?

Just started a Roll Call for this sailing, hope to see you there!

Add the Tikis to the Roll Call! We scored an S1 at this amazing price, too. It will not bother me at all to treat this like a "cruise to nowhere" with all the suite perks plus almost $800 in OBC to burn. ($600 from X and $195 from our TA.) A million thanks to mac_tlc for alerting us all!

Just sent an email to our TA to get us booked. Thanks for the heads up!

Yes, keep checking. My Nov 12 Apex cruise Moveup opened in early September. Not sure what the rhyme or reason is on the timing. Good luck!

Congrats and happy birthday! Do you remember what the minimum bid was?

For which category was your bid accepted?

We were in Royal Suite on the Edge in March. This is not a great photo of the balcony, but it is the only one I have. Hopefully you can see large furniture jammed on a small balcony. It would have to be removed to make room to add a lounger, which would likely take up most of the space on the balcony. It is really small! You might want to ask the Shoreside Concierge, but I am not sure it it is feasible.

Yes, and suggest that you contact the Captains Club number to make the request for shorter wait times.