Celebrity Apex

Almost everything posters say about cabins here applies to the Edge class as a whole rather than to Apex alone, and layouts transfer across Edge, Apex, Beyond and Ascent. The recurring question is what to book instead of an Infinite Veranda. A 2026 thread on the class laid out the three veranda types: the Infinite Veranda, the Porthole Veranda (described as a narrow sliver of balcony with a porthole view), and the Sunset Veranda, the only true walk-out balcony, at the aft. Replies split on whether the Sunset Verandas are better: they are a real outdoor balcony and good for sunrise and sunset, but there are few of them, they cost more for scarcity rather than size, they are a long way from most venues, and one poster's travel agent could only secure one when booking far in advance. The alternative several posters preferred was the Panoramic Ocean View, a full window wall that one couple said they love more than an Infinite Veranda; it comes in an unobstructed version and a more common obstructed version on deck 6 directly above the lifeboats, with a walkthrough video of the Apex cabin as their reference. On the Infinite Veranda itself, beyond the well-known air-conditioning cut-off, posters added that the rooms run noticeably warmer on southern or summer sailings, that it works well in cool-weather cruising such as New Zealand in March, that the sill height shelters short people from wind, and that the window mechanism is noisier in some cabins than others.

Apex-specific detail is thinner. A 2022 poster weighing an Apex Sky Suite against a Royal Caribbean Crown Loft for a family with a three-year-old was told the Celebrity Sky Suites are small for a suite and would be a tight fit with a toddler. A 2026 booking data point: through a travel agent, a concierge-class guarantee on Apex came out cheaper than a standard veranda, which the poster called the only reason to take it. A 2023 poster remembered their Edge cabin at the back stairs two decks below the pool and buffet as the easy spot for running between the room and the pool. Class-level housekeeping notes from a 2026 comparison of Edge-class with Holland America: Celebrity does not put an ice bucket in the cabin and charges for room-service breakfast, while a 2024 thread singled out the Edge-class bedding and pillows as a cut above other lines. One more thing about outdoor space, from a heavily upvoted 2025 Apex thread: the Rooftop Garden on deck 15 sits just aft of the exhaust stacks and collects enough soot to stain clothes, so it is not the substitute for a balcony an inside-cabin booker might hope for.