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Ship 02 — the corrected prototype

Celebrity Apex

2020 · 130,818 GT2,910 GUESTS · 1,320 CREWGODMOTHER — RESHMA SAUJANI

Apex is not a new design. She is Edge's hull and Edge's tonnage with roughly two dozen small corrections applied after Celebrity watched two years of real guests using the prototype. Anyone who tells you Apex is significantly different from Edge is wrong; anyone who says they are identical is also wrong. She was also handed over by "virtual delivery" in March 2020 — signed for remotely because of the pandemic, the only ship in the class delivered that way, and her maiden voyage slipped fifteen months to Athens in June 2021.

The change list, deck by deck

WHAT APEX FIXED
  • Deck 15the Rooftop Garden gains canopies and windscreens — the direct fix for Edge's wind problem, and the single most practically useful change on the ship
  • Deck 5Eden's menu was rebuilt around flavour and regional sourcing rather than the original's more conceptual approach, and the production shows changed to culturally themed pieces that vary nightly
  • Deck 4Edge's Casino Bar becomes Craft Social, rebuilt around craft beer and comfort food
  • Deck 3the Shore Excursions desk becomes an iLounge; the under-used Grand Plaza Café is deleted for more atrium seating
  • Art swaps"Body of Knowledge" replaces Edge's horse in the Rooftop Garden; a hands-forming-a-heart piece replaces the butterfly "Dream Machine" on the pool deck; "Green Girl" appears outside Eden

Why this guide sailed her

THE NORWAY SHIP
  • Cold-water specialistApex summers in Southampton, and the Infinite Veranda and thermal suite matter far more in a fjord than in the tropics
  • ShowsCrystalize · Tree of Life · Rockumentary
  • Same 176 suites as Edge146 Sky, 16 Celebrity, 4 Royal, 6 Edge Villa, 2 Penthouse, 2 Iconic
A SPEC THAT IS NOT HERS — some pages credit Apex with a 110-foot, seventeen-million-pixel curved LED theatre wall. That belongs to Xcel. It appears on Apex pages only because Celebrity's boilerplate bleeds between ship listings. Apex has the Edge projection system, and everything wrong with Edge's Retreat is still wrong here: windowless lounge on 5, restaurant on 3, sundeck on 16.

Everything on board

The full list.

Dining

17 VENUES
  • Included in your fare
  • CyprusGreek and Mediterranean accents
  • Tuscansouthern Italian
  • Normandiecontemporary French
  • CosmopolitanNew American
  • Oceanview Caféthe buffet — about 70 dishes
  • Eden Cafébreakfast and light bites in the glass house
  • Mast Grillpoolside grill
  • Spa Café & Juice Barin the Solarium
  • Room service24 hours
  • BluAquaClass only
  • Luminaesuites only
  • Surcharge, by reservation
  • Fine Cut Steakhousefrom $65
  • Eden Restaurant$60–65 · menu rebuilt for Apex around regional sourcing
  • Raw on 5à la carte, ~$50pp
  • Le Petit Chef$54–60
  • Rooftop Garden Grill$36–45
  • Dinner on the Edge$109–129
  • Chef's Table$135–169
  • Le Voyagenot on Apex — Beyond onward

Bars & nightlife

DECK BY DECK
  • Martini BarDeck 3 — ice-topped, flair bartending under the chandelier
  • Café al BacioDeck 4 — coffee over the Grand Plaza
  • Craft SocialDeck 4 — Apex's rebuild of Edge's Casino Bar, around craft beer and comfort food
  • Eden BarDeck 5 — nightly performance and live music
  • The ClubDecks 4–5 — trivia and dance classes by day, karaoke and silent disco by night, DJ after midnight
  • Sunset BarDeck 15 aft — single storey, with splash-back modifications Edge did not get
  • Magic CarpetDecks 2–16 — the cantilevered cocktail platform
  • iLoungeDeck 3 — Apex only: Apple products and app help where Edge has a shore-excursion desk
  • Retreat LoungeDeck 5, suites only — interior, no sea view
  • World Class Barnot on Apex — Beyond onward

Shows & entertainment

THREE SIGNATURE PRODUCTIONS
  • In the Theatre
  • Crystalizelasers, light projection and aerial acrobatics led by a world-class electric violinist
  • Tree of Lifelife's milestones projected onto a 20-foot tree carrying 3,000 LED leaves, to a pop-rock score
  • Rockumentarythe history of rock staged as a live concert
  • Guest headlinersrotating comedians, vocalists and instrumentalists
  • Elsewhere on board
  • Eden after darkApex replaced Edge's single production with culturally themed performances that change nightly — aerialists, contortionists and live sets in the round
  • Rooftop Gardenfilms under the stars and live music, now with canopies and windscreens Edge lacks
  • Captain's Club eventsthe loyalty programme runs an Eden meet-the-performers event on Apex, plus officer parties and a wine-and-painting session
  • Sea-day programmetrivia, wine tastings, Mixology 101, art auctions, destination lectures

Pools, spa & the rest

WATER · WELLNESS · FACILITIES
  • Pools and whirlpools
  • The count3 pools, 5 whirlpools — one more tub than Edge
  • Resort Deck poolDeck 14 midship — 23 m lap pool with in-pool loungers, flanked by the two two-deck-high martini-glass whirlpools
  • Solarium poolDeck 14 forward, adults only, glass-domed — two whirlpools here, where Edge has one. That extra tub is the single water-feature difference between the sisters, and it matters more than it sounds on a cold Norway sea day
  • Retreat Sundeck poolDeck 16, suites only — one pool, one whirlpool, single level
  • Kids' pool / waterslidenone, as on every Edge Class ship
  • The Spa
  • SEA Thermal Suitethe same eight rooms as Edge — hammam, salt room, steam, infrared sauna, Crystalarium, float room, rainfall therapy, heated tile loungers. ~$219–299 a week, free with AquaClass
  • Treatmentsmassage from $179/50 min, facials $199–249, medi-spa and salon
  • Fitness & the rest
  • The gymforward on Deck 14 — Technogym floor, Peloton bikes, and studios for yoga, spin and TRX; classes about $20 each
  • Jogging track400 m, climbing between Decks 14 and 15 rather than looping flat — about four laps to the mile
  • Casino, shops, gallerycasino Deck 4; boutiques Decks 4–5 — Edge's Tiffany became Montblanc on Apex; Park West gallery
  • Camp at Seafour age bands — Shipmates 3–5, Cadets 6–9, Captains 10–12 and a separate teen space for 13–17. Free sessions run 09:00–12:00, 14:00–17:00 and 19:00–22:00 on both sea and port days; late-night care 22:00–01:00 costs about $6 an hour per child
  • Under 3sno nursery, no drop-off and no in-cabin babysitting anywhere in the fleet — children must be three and fully potty-trained to join

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A visual note from the voyage

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