We chose this cruise mostly because we were interested in the state-of-the-art EDGE series. Despite salivating at the YouTube and Celebrity videos describing the ship ahead of time, the Apex met or exceeded every expectation.

Preparing for embarkation was a little tedious, entirely due to COVID, but paying attention to the emails and doing the work ahead of time made for a smooth overall process. So long as you are sure you are negative, have your vax documents scanned, and can fill out the PLF, you are good to go. We took a car from hotel to the port and we had no problems. Our express passes were scanned, they took our temperature, checked our vax docs, confirmed our rapid test appointments, swabbed us, and cleared us in about 25 minutes. We walked onto the ship and were up to our rooms in minutes where our luggage was waiting and we met Lucy, our delightful attendance. Cleared the mandatory safety protocol in minutes as well

The ship is just fantastic. We're kind of drunks, so we pretty quickly hit the martini bar to introduce ourselves to the bartenders and make some friends. It is in a great location in the center of the ship, while seating at the bar is limited, there are plenty of tables and places to hang out adjacent to the bar. The FutureCruise consultant said the next apex ship will move the bar to the center of the lounge to allow more seating, that would be key for full-capacity sailing. Unfortunately, like many of the other reviews of this cruise, we were way under capacity. So seeing performers play and sing in front of sparse or non-existent crowds was kind of a downer. Read more