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Anthem of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Anthem of the Seas

14 Night Italian Mediterranean (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 18, 2015

Ship: Anthem of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 10204

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

There is definitrely a lot to do on the Anthem of the Seas but there are also a lot of people on the ship. The common areas are beautiful and the food is good (we mostly ate at the specialty restaurants that have an additional charge). Staff was rather cold and the itinerary was not great. We stayed in a junior family suite and were not impressed (in retrospect, we should have gotten two balcony rooms for about the same price). Our teenage children stayed in an interior room with a virtual balcony which was as they said, "cool". 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Nothing special.

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

1 out of 5

Gibraltar (U.K.)

5 out of 5

Cartagena, Spain

1 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

La Spezia, Italy

5 out of 5

Marseille (Provence), France

5 out of 5

Cadiz (Seville), Spain

3 out of 5

Lisbon, Portugal

3 out of 5

Vigo, Spain

1 out of 5
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4 Comments

JulesWilks    9 years ago

The staff were very cold and not smiling. 10% were excellent!

WeCruiseToo    9 years ago

Thanks for the review Joan!  We’ll be sailing Anthem of the Seas later this year and are really looking forward to it!

cstanton    9 years ago

Glad you are enjoying the ship. My family will be traveling on her next year. I opted for a balcony room however, how do you find the interior with virtual view? Does the room feel very enclosed or does the virtual window help?

Sauspud    9 years ago

was on same cruise and didn't find the staff cold at all. But then I spoke to them than rather shout orders or demand things.

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