What I would actually book
As Edge’s near-twin, my logic here doesn’t change: I’d default to an Infinite Veranda cabin — it’s the largest category on the ship — but it’s a motorized glass wall, not a true open-air balcony. If that distinction matters to you, price the smaller standard Veranda category instead.
Infinite Veranda
The largest single category on the ship — understand the glass-wall trade-off before you book.
Sunset Veranda / standard Veranda
94 cabins — a genuine step-out balcony.
Sky Suite
146 cabins — where I’d start if full Retreat access matters to you.
1,467 total
Consistent across CruiseMapper, cruisedeckplans.com and Cruise Critic — one of the few numbers on this page nobody argues about.
25 total
Corroborated by both CruiseMapper and cruisedeckplans.com, though the itemized sub-counts don’t cleanly reconcile to exactly 25.
Cabins near/above the theater and near the Magic Carpet transit path
Corroborated across two independent cabin-selection guides — more on that below.
Four questions, then a starting point
You don’t need to memorize Apex’s whole category ladder. You need two or three categories that fit your actual trip, and then you need the prices. Answer these and I’ll tell you where I’d start.
What would actually improve your room?
Four questions. Then I narrow the field instead of letting the booking engine walk you upward one category at a time.
The category ladder, bottom to top — with real source disagreement
Apex runs the same category structure as Edge, but I found third-party trackers diverging more on this ship’s mid-tier and suite counts than they do on Edge’s.
| Family | Category | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Interior | Inside | 131 cabins |
| Oceanview | Ocean View (incl. Panoramic) | 120 (CruiseMapper/cruisedeckplans core figure) plus a separate 28-cabin Panoramic line — reconciles to 148 total |
| Veranda | Deluxe Veranda / Sunset Veranda | 94 cabins — a true step-out balcony |
| Infinite Veranda | Edge Infinite Veranda (incl. solo) | 528 (CruiseMapper, incl. 16 solo) — a genuinely different split than cruisedeckplans’ 494 + 32 solo |
| Concierge Class | Concierge Class | 276–284, two CruiseMapper pages disagree with each other; cruisedeckplans.com says 276 |
| AquaClass | AquaClass | 104–116 — CruiseMapper’s own pages disagree; cruisedeckplans.com says 116 |
| Retreat suite | Sky Suite | 146 cabins — confirmed by CruiseMapper, sub-splits sum cleanly |
| Retreat suite | Celebrity Suite | 16 cabins |
| Retreat suite | Royal Suite | 4 cabins — both CruiseMapper and cruisedeckplans.com currently converge here (see accuracy section) |
| Retreat suite | Edge Villa | 6 cabins |
| Retreat suite | Penthouse Suite | 2 cabins |
| Retreat suite | Iconic Suite | 2 cabins, ~1,890 sq. ft. interior plus up to 2,590 sq. ft. total with veranda — the largest suite on the ship |
Unlike several sub-category counts, the ship’s total (1,467) and its suite-tier subtotal (176 suites) are consistently corroborated across CruiseMapper and cruisedeckplans.com. The disagreements above are specifically in how each source splits the Concierge Class, AquaClass, Oceanview and Edge Veranda mid-tier categories — not in the ship’s overall size, so I wouldn’t let them shake your confidence in the total.
The entry-level tiers, and the trade-off that matters most
Interior (131 cabins) is the windowless value baseline — nothing complicated there. Oceanview (roughly 148 cabins combined with the Panoramic subcategory) adds a window with no balcony. Below is the trade-off I actually want you to think about before you book.
Like Edge, Apex’s signature Infinite Veranda category uses a motorized glass wall rather than a true balcony rail. If open air matters more to you than square footage, the standard Veranda category is the honest alternative — I’d rather tell you that now than have you find out on embarkation day.
Standard Veranda
- A genuine separate exterior space — 94 cabins on this ship carry it
- Someone can sit outside while someone else stays inside
- The larger, aft-facing Sunset Veranda subcategory lives inside this same 94-cabin count
- The familiar cruise-balcony experience
Infinite Veranda
- More usable interior living space
- A motorized glass wall brings the outside in when you want it
- CruiseMapper counts 528 cabins here, the largest category on the ship; cruisedeckplans.com splits the same total as 494 plus 32 solo studios
- Not a permanently separate exterior room — the AC shuts off when it’s open
Perk-forward tiers, with real count disagreement
Both categories exist on this ship with the standard fleet-wide perks (priority embarkation and Blu dining access for AquaClass), but I’d flag that their exact cabin counts are among the least reconciled figures I found for any Celebrity ship in this whole project — see the inventory table above.
Same six-tier structure as Edge
Luminae, The Retreat Lounge, and The Retreat Sundeck are all confirmed present on Apex — standard Edge-class components. The suite ladder runs Sky Suite through Celebrity Suite, Royal Suite, Edge Villa, Penthouse Suite, and the Iconic Suite — celebritycruises.com itself calls the Iconic Suite this ship’s “largest accommodation option.” The Magic Carpet is present and standard here too, same as on Edge.
Sky Suite
This is where I’d start — the entry point into full Retreat access at the lowest suite-tier price.
Edge Villa
Two-story, a private plunge pool, direct access to the Retreat Sundeck — just 6 exist on this ship, so I wouldn’t wait to book if this is the goal.
Both CruiseMapper and cruisedeckplans.com now converge on 4 Royal Suite cabins. An earlier CruiseMapper reading of 43 looks to me like a parsing artifact that’s since been corrected — I haven’t independently verified it against Celebrity’s own site, but it’s no longer a live disagreement between trackers.
Fleet-standard figure, not fully itemized
25 wheelchair-accessible cabins fleet-wide, and cruisedeckplans.com and CruiseMapper’s detailed cabins page both corroborate the total. CruiseMapper’s own itemized breakdown (2 Sky Suite, 2 AquaClass, 6 Concierge, 8 Edge Veranda, 4 Oceanview, 3 Interior) sums to 25, so I trust this figure more than several others on this page.
I’d confirm the exact accessible cabin number, category and door width directly with Celebrity or a travel advisor well ahead of your sailing.
Standard Edge-class lineup — no confirmed Apex-only venue
Tuscan, Cyprus, Cosmopolitan and Normandie make up the four-main-dining-room concept this ship shares with the rest of the class. For specialty dining I’d look at Eden Restaurant, Fine Cut Steakhouse, Rooftop Garden Grill, Raw on 5, Le Grand Bistro, Le Petit Chef, and the Magic Carpet doubling as a restaurant. Luminae (Retreat-exclusive) and Blu (AquaClass-exclusive) round out the suite and wellness tiers.
My research didn’t surface a restaurant or bar that exists on Apex but not on its sister ships. The class’s real venue differentiation runs along hull size — Edge and Apex share the shorter original hull and smaller venue footprints; Beyond, Ascent and Xcel are larger with expanded spaces (including Le Voyage by Daniel Boulud, not present on Apex).
What I’d trust, and what’s one blogger’s opinion
Two independent cabin-selection guides broadly agree on where the noise complaints cluster on this ship, and I’d rather show you exactly how confident I am in each piece of advice than present it all with the same authority.
Start central and earn your reason to move.
For a first Apex sailing I’d start closer to midship — it keeps both ends of the ship equally usable. Move toward a specific zone once you know it’ll pull you back several times a day.
Specific cabin-number ranges (6101–6127, 12123–12182) trace to one blog only. A claim about Deck 7 aft cabins above Eden causing show-noise, and several deck-plan-specific notes about forward Verandah cabins and Sky Suite/Sunset Verandah combinations, also trace to a single source each — I didn’t independently cross-verify any of it.
What does the next dollar actually buy you?
A window, no balcony — worth it if natural light matters to you at all.
This is the real fork in the road: decide first whether you want a true open balcony (standard Veranda) or the larger, glass-walled Infinite Veranda. I wouldn’t let the price decide it for you.
Priority perks (Concierge) or wellness extras and Blu dining (AquaClass) — similar footprint either way, different reasons to pay more.
This is where full Retreat access actually starts — Luminae, the Retreat Lounge, the Retreat Sundeck, all at once.
The top of this ship’s ladder — a private plunge pool (Edge Villa) or the largest suite on the ship (Iconic Suite). Both are a handful of cabins — book early or don’t bother comparing prices, there won’t be any left to compare.
Make the upgrade prove itself
Use the Celebrity Add-On Value Evaluator alongside this guide — the cabin library above gives you the facts, and the evaluator tells you whether the price gap between two categories is actually worth paying.
Celebrity Add-On Value Evaluator
Open the Celebrity value tool and apply it to the cabin premium you are actually deciding on.
Compare the ship, not just the class
Celebrity Apex cabin questions
When did Celebrity Apex actually enter service?
She was delivered March 27, 2020, but COVID-19 halted cruising before she carried passengers — her actual first revenue voyage was June 19, 2021, from Athens. Both dates are accurate; I just think of them as measuring different things.
What is the best cabin on Celebrity Apex?
I’d default to an Infinite Veranda cabin — it’s the largest category on the ship. If a true open-air balcony matters more to you than the extra space, price the standard Veranda category instead.
Does Celebrity Apex have Edge Villas and an Iconic Suite?
Yes — 6 Edge Villas and 2 Iconic Suites, the same as sister ship Edge. Celebrity’s own site calls the Iconic Suite this ship’s “largest accommodation option.”
How many staterooms does Celebrity Apex have?
1,467 total, consistent across CruiseMapper, cruisedeckplans.com and Cruise Critic — though how those trackers split the mid-tier Concierge Class and AquaClass categories disagrees meaningfully, and I’m not going to pretend otherwise.
How many wheelchair-accessible cabins does Celebrity Apex have?
25 total, itemized as 2 Sky Suite, 2 AquaClass, 6 Concierge, 8 Edge Veranda, 4 Oceanview and 3 Interior — a rare case on this page where the sub-counts actually add up.
Where can I find the official Celebrity Apex deck plan?
Celebrity publishes the current deck plan for this ship at celebritycruises.com/cruise-ships/celebrity-apex/deck-plans — I’d use it to confirm the exact cabin number, deck and any obstruction before booking.
My own research — verify specifics before you book
This page is my own research into Celebrity’s published stateroom data, cross-checked against third-party cruise sources current as of August 2026 — Apex surfaced more mid-tier and suite-count disagreements between trackers than its twin Edge did, and I’m flagging that explicitly below rather than smoothing it over.
Gross tonnage: 130,818 (Celebrity’s own site, Wikipedia) vs. 129,500 (CruiseMapper, cruisedeckplans.com) — unresolved.
Total crew: three different figures found (1,320 / 1,407 / 1,536) across three sources — not reconciled.
Royal Suite count: both CruiseMapper and cruisedeckplans.com now converge on 4 cabins, resolving an earlier, since-corrected 43-cabin CruiseMapper figure.
Concierge Class and AquaClass counts vary by source and weren’t resolved.
Exact maiden-voyage date: June 19, 2021 is the best-corroborated figure; single-source variants (June 23, "July 2021") also appear in some coverage.
The Edge Villa (6) and Iconic Suite (2) counts, the Retreat program’s components, and the Magic Carpet’s presence are each confirmed on Celebrity’s own current site.
The 1,467 total stateroom figure is independently corroborated by three sources: CruiseMapper, cruisedeckplans.com, and Cruise Critic.
The Infinite-Veranda-vs-true-balcony trade-off, and what each rung of the upgrade ladder is actually purchasing, are my own conclusions from the research above — not a number I found written down somewhere.