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Do they let people get their drink in the retreat lounge and take it out to the retreat sun deck, or do they make you finish it there?

Updated: Just got accepted and upgraded this morning to SS! Very excited!

Update: Just got upgraded this morning to SS! Screen was frozen for 11 days despite sending emails to MoveUp address. But in the end it worked! Very excited!

Sorry to tag onto this topic after almost a year, but since there's a Casino crowd here, for those who have played craps on APEX, what have you witnessed as a typical start time for the craps table? Our first cruise on Celebrity was the Solstice in January, and they had 1/2 of the craps table open with only 768 on board, so I'm hoping that things have improved and recent cruises have had better table game staffing ....

Apex and SS.

Per an email from celebritymoveup@celebrity.com, "bids can be confirmed up to 48 hours to sailing".

I've actually had a moveup bid "frozen" at pending for over 96 hours now with no CC charge...we're still over 30 days from sailing...

Update: Status went to Pending and locked on 2/14, with no ability to add/modify/cancel any more bids. Exchanged emails with celebritymoveup@celebrity.com, and they said they don't have access to where we are in the bidding pool, only can tell if bid is accepted or rejected and it's still pending, so not out of it yet at least. Also said bids can be confirmed up to 48 hours before sailing.

Ship: Apex Length of Cruise: 7 days Cruise Sail Date: March 25 2023 Date email offer received: 2/9/23 Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Select Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Direct Current Cabin: Oceanview Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: place winning category, if accepted (all category offers, can be mentioned in comments) Sky Suite Bid Offer: 850 Notification Date: TBD Accepted / Rejected TBD General Comments (offer details, etc.) Minimum Bids Sky Suite $800 Aqua Class $300 Concierge Class $100 Edge Stateroom w/IV: $200 (why this is more than Concierge I have no idea...) Sunset Veranda $150 Deluxe Porthole Veranda $100

I can verify that this is correct as I was on that cruise - CD said 768 passengers. He called it "your own private yacht"! Not great for Celebrity, but very enjoyable as a passenger:)

We’re going on Apex for first time in March 2023 - thanks, will look forward to your updates!

CaroleSS, we did a Solstice tour in January and they did requires masks and security screening before going in the engine control room and the bridge. It was to protect the officers as if one of them gets sick, they don’t have that many skilled replacements:). They had extra masks for people that didn’t bring one. Very good tour, willing to answer any questions and actually went 30 minutes longer than planned!

Yes, went on ship tour on Solstice Mexican Riviera in Jan and they mentioned food waste as a bigger emphasis for sustainability and economics. (Our ship was 25% full - 700+ people. They called it our “private yacht”😊

Just went on Solstice for first X cruise in January. Didn’t go to OV at night but lunch had carving station and pasta station every day, and the best pizza! We thought overall food was excellent in MDR - agree that bread basket and flavored butter choices every night was exceptional! Lobster was smaller but never went away hungry:)

Thanks to all for your input! We ended up booking a Prime concierge stateroom on Deck 11 that was close to an elevator so we’re excited to see what concierge is like, not to mention 11 days on Beyond and the Panama Canal next January!!