Celebrity Apex: The Lost Photographs
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Apex Day 1: Fort Lauderdale
Saturday, January 21st, was an early start. We’d spent the previous week in Long Island at the “almost in-laws” place. They were in Africa whilst we stayed there but came home the same day we were leaving. This provided the perfect handover between them and us for ‘custody of the Coops’, aka looking after Cooper, our dog, whilst we were away.
The alarm went off at 3:45am. We’d packed the night before, so we just needed to put our final toiletries in the bags, let Cooper out for a very early morning commune with nature, and then get in the car. We drove to Flushing, Queens, where we left the car at the family’s parking lot and took an Uber for the final leg to JFK. As we dropped off our bags at Delta, we prayed that we wouldn’t have the same sort of pre-cruise experience that we’d had last time.
Continue readingCelebrity Apex: Cruising at its best?
After spending 14 days mooching around parts of Europe on the Celebrity Constellation last year, it was inevitable that we’d want to book another trip. Our new cruise friends had told us how amazing the Celebrity Edge was – the new Edge-class ship from the company that had launched a few years prior.
So, when we visited the ‘Future Cruises’ area onboard, we knew we wanted to be on the latest and greatest ship on offer.
We booked ourselves an 11-night cruise that included an overnight stop in Aruba and immediately tried to convince our new friends to come with us. They declined as 11 nights was too long for them (American statutory vacation allowances being what they are), but we were looking forward to it. The cruise was on the Celebrity Beyond, another of the new Edge-class ships.
A few months after booking, our friends reached out to us. They had booked a 7-night Caribbean cruise on the Celebrity Apex, sister ship to Edge and Beyond. To sweeten the deal, the cruise would take place over January 25th, the shared birthday of the two ladies of our foursome. We immediately switched plans, securing ourselves a massive discount in the process.
Fast forward to January 2023, and we’re onboard the Celebrity Apex, Celebrity’s newest-of-the-new vessels, “designed to leave the future behind”.
So, how good is it really?
An Englishman in Boston 