It is No More than an Oversized Cattle Truck/too much cost cutting
Anthem of the Seas Cruise Review to Transatlantic
8 Night Voyage Across The Pond (Southampton To Cape Liberty)
Sail date: October 27, 2015
Ship: Anthem of the Seas
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 7268
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 9 years ago
Review summary
We have been on Royal Caribbean many times but this Anthem of the Seas ship was a bad experience.
They had so many people piled into the ship that it was very hard for example it was hard to find a table in the Windjammer Buffet Restaurant at any time. Very few wait staff are there to clear away the dirty dishes. Also the loungers on the indoor decks by the pool all had blue towels on them for the whole day (being saved) SO we never managed to get one. Long lines for restaurants, mediocre food, but the staff were always smiley and pleasant and the ship clean and really beautifully built. The Schooner Bar is half the size of Schooner bars on other RC ships so when you go for Trivia you cannot get a seat, even if you go 30 minutes early -- also there are very few wait staff in the bars. Our balcony cabin was lovely and we spent most of the time in it rather than battle huge crowds in all the public rooms and public areas. The arrival in Bayonne NJ was a complete disaster.
None of the few number of staff in Customs and Immigration had any idea what was going on. There were NO taxis at the dock, only shuttles etc. RC should get its act together for this ship. We will NOT be using Royal Caribbean again.
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Ship tip
Library is ridiculously small... Internet is very costly. $25 a day.... or package for 8 days was $100 with sometimes patchy connection. Less people, more staff and more seating in the Windjammer and in the Schooner Bar.
Ports of call
Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey
15 Comments
jonbywater1927 9 years ago
susancaraccio 9 years ago
enitna 9 years ago
People, stop killing the messenger - I have paid my money too and will be leaving in a couple of weeks for my trip on Anthem, but if the ship has problems, then that's RC's fault - not the person leaving the review. If you are worried about what you might read then don't read it. That being said, I have had nothing but problems with the cruise planner. The reservations made have disappeared and they told me IT can't fix it until the week before the cruise. Thank Goodness I printed the confirmation email sent to me when everything was booked showing that the reservations were made! I have contacted RC multiple times to get the reservations booked properly and even when they book them they are disappearing. I have already spent over 5 hours on this issue and will be extremely unhappy if I have to wait, planner email confirmation in hand, in a very long line when I get on the ship. If you haven't printed your planner, please do so!
debbiej 9 years ago