Hi Steven! Thank you. Apex is a great ship. I wish it had Le Voyage on it. I wonder if that could be added during the dry dock. Edge and Apex are missing this restaurant, as well as those little side pools near the Rooftop Garden.
The Apex was my first celebrity cruise back in March. Loved the experience! We had a deluxe porthole veranda and loved it. We booked an “all included” fare before they announced gratuities would no longer be a part of it. I feel like the “all included” fare is no longer worth it without it including the gratuities. That being said I would sail Celebrity again. Thinking about an ABC cruise on the Reflection in April.
I agree with you in terms of the all included rate not being worth it anymore. I actually have a video scheduled next week that will cover this in detail. ABC cruise is amazing. One of my favorite places to go. I haven't been on the Reflection yet. Let me know how it is if you go.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I had a lot of fun making it. We had no issues at all. No engine or power problems. She sailed like a champ. I asked a few crew members if they found out the cause of the power outage. It seems like it was a generator issue. It was fixed. You should be good to go!
Hi Denise! I am glad you liked the video. I actually made an entire deepdive into all of the veranda rooms on Celebrity Cruises. Including Porthole Verandas. Here it is: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dOnndQ5lJk4.htmlsi=Qy7rxcqoe6lX_z5w
How does food compare on the Viking and Seaborne to mainstream cruises? One of these days, I'll sail on one of them to find out. I would love to hear your take on this.
We just did a 22 day back to back Celebrity Ascent. A 13 day transatlantic back to a 9 day Spain, Italy and Nice. We were celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary so we went all out. We did the transatlantic at the retreat, magic carpet sky suite and the 9 day at the Aqua class. It was our first transatlantic cruise and although the ship is absolutely beautiful, we will not do a transatlantic cruise again, way too long at sea for us. The shows were great but we had to watch them back to back. Food was good not great with the exception of Eden, which for us was great. Loved Capt. Tasos who is funny, engaging and very good looking ☺️. My worse score goes to celebrity excursions. Limited, expensive and not worth it. We did an excursion at every port except in Nice, since there was nothing we wanted to do available, 5 months prior to sailing. The excursions are time crunching with very little time at the main stops and time added for shopping. TripAdvisor has much better options. All in all we had a great time but was it worth the cost 💲 in my opinion NO.
Thank you for sharing. This is really great feedback for everyone in our community. I appreciate you. Cpt Tasos is my favorite out of all Celebrity Captains. Excursions are always a hit or miss with cruise companies. I feel like there are a lot of great choices available. Some people skip them because they fear being left behind.
