Poor planning by Royal

Anthem of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Anthem of the Seas

Sail date: December 27, 2015

Ship: Anthem of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10182

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The ship and staff were excellent, unfortunately because of poor planning by Royal, we couldn't enjoy any excursions, arriving late in Florida, Magic Kingdom closing, arriving late (2pm)in the Bahamas, couldn't take advantage of any of the excursions, like the hotel and beaches, Atlantis. The stores on the island closed at 6pm, so couldn't get off the ship to shop after dinner. The show on board was cancelled, because the director quit. The ship was very nice, but the food was below par in the restaurants. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The cabin was very clean, modern and additional space. The stateroom worker for our room was very accomodating.

Ship tip

Make sure you check your time of arrival in ports and excursions, or you maybe extremely disappointed. Make sure you make reservations prior to getting on the ship. Food in the restaurants were below average, as was the paid restaurants. Staff was very helpful. Best food was in the Windjammer.

Ports of call

Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey

5 out of 5
Very quick at getting you on the ship, go on line and pre-register.

Port Canaveral, Florida

1 out of 5
Arrived late into port, so check excursions

Nassau, Bahamas

1 out of 5
Arrived at 2pm, excursions were available for maybe an hour, not worth it. Ship stayed in port till 12 midnight, but nothing to do in port, everything closed at 5:30-6pm. Local beach was horrible.

Cococay (Cruise Line's Private Island)

5 out of 5
Best place we stopped.
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4 Comments

my3sonsnj    8 years ago

Wondering why anyone chooses a cruise to the Bahamas if they want good "port" experiences? http://cruiseradio.net/6-ports-people-stay-ship/

Samantha37    8 years ago

that was the anthem? didn't think they were doing that tour

littletaipei    8 years ago

Gee that's too bad!!!

pking    8 years ago

Wow dosent sound too good

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