Celebrity Apex
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Celebrity Apex
The Celebrity Apex is a Celebrity Cruises Edge-class ship launched in 2021 and designed to deliver a modern premium cruising experience for up to 2,910 guests at double occupancy. The ship features innovative architecture including the Magic Carpet, a cantilevered platform that moves between decks, and Infinite Veranda staterooms that blend indoor and outdoor living space. On board, the Celebrity Apex includes The Retreat, Eden multi-level entertainment space, and the Rooftop Garden overlooking the sea. Dining venues include Eden Restaurant, Fine Cut Steakhouse, Raw on 5, Le Grand Bistro, and Cosmopolitan, Cyprus, and Normandie restaurants. The Resort Deck offers expansive outdoor spaces and a pool area designed for relaxation. The Celebrity Apex is part of the Edge-class fleet alongside Celebrity Edge and Celebrity Beyond. The Celebrity Apex is best suited for adult travelers and couples seeking a contemporary, design-focused cruise with upscale dining and immersive social spaces.
Itineraries of the Celebrity Apex
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decks plans
Deck - 16
Sun deck, Hot Tub, Jogging track
Deck - 15
Fitness Center, Retreat Lounge, Rooftop Garden, Cabins
Deck - 14
Spa, Pool, Solarium
Deck - 12
Cabins
Deck - 11
Cabins
Deck - 10
Cabins
Deck - 9
Cabins
Deck - 8
Cabins
Deck - 7
Cabins
Deck - 6
Cabins
Deck - 5
Art gallery, Magic Carpet, Shop, Eden Café, Eden Bar
Deck - 4
The Celebrity Shops, Casino, Club, Café, Restaurants
Deck - 3
Cabins, Theater, Martini Bar, Restaurants
Deck - 2
Medical Facility
Ship's attributes
Specific needs
- Wheelchair accessible staterooms
Technical specifications
- Classe: Edge class
- Tonnage: 130818
- Speed: 21.8 knots
- Passengers: 2910
- Decks: 16
- Length: 306 m
- Width: 39 m
History
- 2020: Année de construction
- 5 avril 2020: Date d'inauguration
Frequently Asked Questions
She measures 130,818 gross tons and 306 metres by 39, with 16 decks and 1,467 staterooms. She carries 2,910 guests at double occupancy, up to 3,521 with every berth filled, and 1,320 crew. Her hull and stateroom count match Celebrity Edge exactly, yet eight guests separate the two official double-occupancy figures.
Both ships have exactly 1,467 staterooms and the same hull, but the interior configuration differs by a few units, which leaves Apex eight berths short at double occupancy. Several websites copy the Edge figure onto the Apex page, which is where the 2,918 in circulation comes from. The distinction that actually matters is elsewhere: maximum capacity reaches 3,521 with every berth filled, 611 more people than at double occupancy. That number determines how the ship feels during school holidays and summer.
She was delivered in 2020 with two additions Celebrity Edge lacks: the Craft Social Bar, a craft beer counter, and the Le Petit Chef projection dinner inside Le Grand Bistro. She is also one of the four ships in the class offering Premium Wi-Fi over Starlink. Against the stretched ships she gives up the extra 21 metres, the extra deck and Le Voyage by Daniel Boulud. Her April 2025 dry dock refreshed staterooms without changing her configuration.
She left Port Canaveral on 25 April 2026 for a transatlantic crossing to Southampton, from where she runs 8- to 15-night voyages to the Norwegian fjords, the Baltic and the Mediterranean through October. She departs Southampton on 18 October 2026 on a 14-night crossing back to Port Canaveral. She then resumes 7- and 8-night Caribbean sailings for the winter.
From January to April 2027 she runs Caribbean round trips from Port Canaveral, then returns to Southampton for summer 2027, her fourth consecutive UK season, with voyages to the Arctic Circle and the Norwegian fjords. The flight changes with the season: for Southampton, an overnight flight from Montreal to London and about 90 minutes by train or coach from Heathrow. For Port Canaveral, the airport to book is Orlando, roughly an hour from the pier, and definitely not Fort Lauderdale or Miami. A client who books the wrong Florida airport faces more than three hours on the road.
For Norway and the Baltic the Infinite Veranda works well: you drop the glass for a fjord and raise it again, which nobody does with a conventional balcony at 10 °C. In the Caribbean the same stateroom becomes a warm enclosed sunroom, and an aft Sunset Veranda with an open balcony is the better call. AquaClass opens the Blu restaurant and the thermal suite; The Retreat opens Luminae, the Retreat Lounge and the private sundeck with butler service. Staterooms on decks 3 and 6 near the Martini Bar and The Club are noisy in the evening.
Four main dining rooms are included, Normandie, Tuscan, Cosmopolitan and Cyprus, with the Oceanview Café, Mast Grill, Eden Café, Spa Café and Café al Bacio. Paid venues are Eden Restaurant, Fine Cut Steakhouse, Raw on 5, the Rooftop Garden Grill, Magic Carpet on 5 and Le Grand Bistro, home of the Le Petit Chef dinner. Luminae at The Retreat is reserved for suites and Blu for AquaClass. Bars include the Martini Bar, Craft Social, Eden Bar, Sunset Bar, The Club, Pool Bar and Retreat Lounge.
The Infinite Veranda draws the same criticism as across the rest of the class, especially in the Caribbean where the stateroom heats up and the air conditioning cuts out the moment the glass drops. The ship targets adults and is short on children's facilities: no waterslide, no rock wall, one main pool. Background music plays continuously through the Grand Plaza and bothers guests looking for quiet. And the absence of Le Voyage frustrates those who have seen photos of the stretched ships.
The four main dining rooms, the Oceanview Café buffet, Mast Grill, Eden Café, the shows, the pool and the gym are included. The All Included fare adds drinks, Wi-Fi and gratuities; on this ship the Premium Wi-Fi tier is available, unlike on Celebrity Edge. Eden Restaurant, Fine Cut Steakhouse, Raw on 5 and Le Grand Bistro remain payable. Shore excursions from both Southampton and Port Canaveral, the spa and overnight room service are extra.
Daily service charges post to your onboard account at a level that varies by stateroom category, from standard to Retreat suite. All Included fares cover them, as do AquaClass and Retreat bookings made on or after 14 July 2022. A gratuity is added automatically to drinks at Craft Social and the Martini Bar and to paid meals at Fine Cut. On a 14-night crossing like the one on 18 October 2026, those charges accumulate over two full weeks and are worth budgeting in advance.
On Southampton itineraries to the Norwegian fjords, which include several sea days, the package pays off faster than on a Caribbean week broken up by port calls. Craft Social, unique to this ship, is covered for craft beers under the per-item price ceiling. The Martini Bar and Café al Bacio are covered too. The 14-night transatlantic is where the arithmetic leans most clearly toward buying it.
Celebrity Apex is one of the four ships in the class offering Premium Wi-Fi over Starlink, which allows video calls, streaming and large file transfers. The Basic tier stays available for light browsing and email. In Norway, deep in the fjords, the signal can weaken despite Starlink. This is a concrete reason to choose this ship over Celebrity Edge when a guest has to work at sea.
Camp at Sea takes ages 3 to 5, 6 to 9, 10 to 12 and teens 13 to 17 at no charge during regular hours, but there is no nursery and no care for children under 3, and a child must be toilet trained. The ship has no waterslide and no rock wall. The 7- and 8-night cruises from Port Canaveral suit families better than 15-night voyages out of Southampton. For a family with young children, a Royal Caribbean ship from that same Port Canaveral offers far more facilities.
Tiers run from Preview to Zenith, with Classic, Select, Elite and Elite Plus in between, and Double Zenith and Triple Zenith milestones added in June 2026. The daily Elite gathering, with drinks from 5 to 7 p.m., is held in a ship lounge and comes on top of Craft Social and the Martini Bar. Internet discounts apply to the Premium tier available here, which makes them more useful than on Celebrity Edge. Points accrue per night and by category, so the 14 nights of the October crossing earn heavily.
The North Sea and the Baltic can be lively in spring and autumn, and the October crossing takes the North Atlantic in depression season. Book a midship stateroom on decks 8 to 10, where motion is least noticeable. In the Caribbean out of Port Canaveral, seas are generally calm from December to April. At 306 metres with stabilisers she absorbs most of the roll, though pitching is felt more forward.
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