Mesmerising hyper-lapse footage shows the brand new $1billion Celebrity Apex cruise ship taking shape
- Celebrity Apex is near to completion at Chantier de l’Atlantique shipyard, France
- Hyper-lapse video gives a taster of its interiors, deck areas and rooftop garden
- It also offers a sneak peek of its spa, gym, solarium and its ‘magic carpet’ feature
A mesmerising hyper-lapse video offers a sneak peek inside – and outside – a brand new $1billion (£733million) cruise ship.
The ship, Celebrity Apex, is near to completion at the Chantier de l’Atlantique shipyard in France and is due to make its official debut in March.
Celebrity Cruises promises that the vessel will ‘take modern cruising to the next level’.
A mesmerising hyper-lapse video offers a sneak peek inside – and outside – a brand new $1billion (£733million) cruise ship – the Celebrity Apex
Celebrity Apex is near to completion at the Chantier de l’Atlantique shipyard in France. Pictured is the solarium
The exercise equipment is being moved into the ship’s gym ahead of its launch at the end of next month
A glimpse inside the ship’s spa. Celebrity Cruises promises that the vessel will ‘take modern cruising to the next level’
And the short clip gives a taster of what passengers will experience.
At the start of the video workers in hard hats can be seen putting the finishing touches to the interiors as well as the deck area, called the Retreat, and the rooftop garden.
There is also a glimpse of the ship’s spa, gym and solarium as well as its vast grand plaza and the swanky Eden bar.
The video shows several of vessel’s rooms and suites before revealing the ‘magic carpet’ – a cantilevered floating platform that glides up and down the exterior.
The video shows the ship’s ‘magic carpet’ feature – a platform that glides up and down the exterior
The magic carpet changes its function depending on the deck it’s docked at
A peek inside the ship’s Grand Plaza. Celebrity Apex will be christened on March 30 in Southampton
The swanky Eden bar on board Celebrity Apex. First on the agenda for the ship will be a mini-season of five sailings to European destinations including the Norwegian fjords and the northern coasts of Spain and Portugal
Celebrity Apex, which will be able to carry 2,910 passengers, is the second ship in Celebrity Cruises’ Edge series and will be the first Celebrity Cruises vessel to be launched in the UK in over a decade.
It will be christened on March 30 in Southampton and its godmother will be Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of international non-profit Girls Who Code and author of the international bestseller, Brave, Not Perfect.
First on the agenda for the ship will be a mini-season of five sailings to European destinations including the Norwegian fjords and the northern coasts of Spain and Portugal.
One of the staterooms on Celebrity Apex, which will be able to carry 2,910 passengers
A look inside one of the suites on Celebrity Apex. The ship will reposition to Fort Lauderdale in November for a winter season of week-long Caribbean sailings
There will also be a 10-night capital cities cruise with an itinerary that includes Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Oslo and Paris.
After Celebrity Apex’s northern Europe mini-season, the ship will spend the rest of its inaugural summer sailing seven to 12-night itineraries in the Mediterranean to the likes of Lisbon, Istanbul, Monte Carlo and Cannes.
The ship will reposition to Fort Lauderdale in November for a winter season of week-long Caribbean sailings.