Quick review on Apex - 12/16/23 to 12/23/23 to Eastern Carribean

[ken4556]

Just returned home from a fantastic cruise on the Celebrity Apex. Unlike some posts on this forum, the sky is not falling; our Celebrity Cruise was excellent as usual.  We stayed in a porthole veranda cabin, forward on deck 7.

 

The ship was beautiful and spotless, great mix of ages (no floating retirement home), amazing entertainment, and excellent food.  There was music all around the ship in the evenings, production shows were fantastic, and we really enjoyed the game shows in The Club.  We ate dinner in the main dining rooms five nights, the Marketplace one night, and the Rooftop Garden one night.  All meals we had were excellent and I found the portions the perfect size.  We also had the premium internet package and it worked great, with no dropped phone calls nor dropped teams calls.

 

The shipped rocked in the rough seas most of the cruise, but the ship rode very well and we did not see too many people who were seasick.  We enjoyed the ports, especially St. Marteen and St. Thomas.

 

Happy to answer any questions you may have.

 

 

[Texed]

Thanks for posting.  😊

[helen haywood]

53 minutes ago, ken4556 said:

We ate dinner in the main dining rooms five nights, the Marketplace one night, and the Rooftop Garden one night. 

You must be a Princess cruiser!   

[CruiseRQA]

Thanks for the positive review about Apex.   We will be on the Jan 20 sailing.    Did you have a drink package?  If so, did you notice a lack of options within the package?  

[ken4556]

We had the standard classic beverage package (as it came with our cruise package), but we only used it for soft drinks.

 

Here is a great reference for the what is included in each package:

 

https://www.celebritycruises.com/content/dam/celebrity/new-images/12_15_23_OB_SP_Drinks-Flyer_V4.pdf

[ken4556]

31 minutes ago, helen haywood said:

You must be a Princess cruiser!   

Nope.  Have not been on a Princess boat in 33 years.  Just curious, what made you think that based on our dinner choices?

[Crazy planning mom]

Glad to read your review.  We are sailing later this winter in a porthole cabin on deck 7.  Was your cabin forward or aft?

[Crazy planning mom]

Glad to read your review.  We are sailing later this winter in a porthole cabin on deck 7.  Was your cabin forward or aft?

[GarCat88]

Nice to see a positive review!  

[MagPie60]

Thanks for the review. Glad you had a good time. 

 

The way I read "the sky is falling posts" is that they are 90% some-level-of-elite and/or suite guests. For the rest of us hoi-polloi everything seems to be pretty good. We were on the Eclipse to Alaska in September and it was almost perfect. And contrary to what I saw someone write here - I have more than one Celebrity cruise under my belt (I think it is 7) and they were all pre-pandemic. 

[helen haywood]

3 hours ago, ken4556 said:

Nope.  Have not been on a Princess boat in 33 years.  Just curious, what made you think that based on our dinner choices?

You referred to Celebrity’s Buffett, The Oceanview Cafe, as the Marketplace, which is Princess’ name for their Buffet.  Mea culpa.

[Tina99]

Thank you for posting.  I’ll be on Apex 1/6 (so excited!!).  It’s wonderful to read your positive words. I agree with MagPie60, I believe the majority of dissatisfied Celebrity cruisers are in the higher echelons, although it’s true also that cutbacks and higher prices cover all levels, and all cruise lines, I’m sure. 

[ken4556]

3 hours ago, Crazy planning mom said:

Glad to read your review.  We are sailing later this winter in a porthole cabin on deck 7.  Was your cabin forward or aft?

We were towards the front in 7118.