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Celebrity Apex Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe
12 Night Portugal Spain & France (Amsterdam Roundtrip)
Sail date: September 11, 2022
Ship: Celebrity Apex
Cabin type: Inside
Cabin number: 8117
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 1 year ago
Review summary
We really enjoyed the cruise. I have never had a bad cruise in the 20 that I have taken. Saying that, for the cost I had higher expectations of the food. We were expecting to have the same experience that we had on the Edge prior to covid. The magic we felt on the Edge did not translate back to the Apex. Everything was totally fine but when you are paying a lot more to be on Celebrity you don't expect to have Carnival level food. We love both Carnival and Celebrity but if both seem to have the same quality, why pay that much more. Our group was much younger than the average age of passengers on board. We are below 50 and felt the cruise overall on board was dry. We loved the fact that there were almost no kids, and we didn't have to worry about people having too many drinks. We like the livelier feel on Carnival and Royal where you have the music playing around the pool that's more current then was constantly being played. One thing we would do different is we would have done more excursions. When you are walking around old town after old town you really need to have guide to explain the importance of what you are looking at. Since we had not been to most of these ports, we thought we would do our research ahead of time and go from there.Embarkation
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
Raw on Five
The food was fresh and enjoyable. The cost of the actual food is very high but you are paying for the experience. The one odd thing we felt with the rolls were, they put a solid carrot down the middle of the rolls. When you are eating something that is meant to be soft and you have a hard crunchy item in the middle, it really didn't make sense. We eat a lot of sushi, and I don't ever recall having that in any of the ones I've ever ordered.
Craft Social Bar
We ordered wings and fries. They were good but very very small portion.
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