Great ship and activities, poor food and dining room service!

Anthem of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Concreteman

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 48

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

12 Night Western Caribbean (Cape Liberty Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 25, 2016

Ship: Anthem of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 11276

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

To begin with age 60 couple, with 30 plus cruises every cruise line,diamond level on rcl , elite celebrity, up there on ncl and princess. Love Bayonne as cruise port coming from Massachusetts it's an easy 3 plus hours trip early morning, arrived at port by 8:30 am into lounge area by 9:30 on ship by 11:30 am, used parking garage right there indoor parking reasonable aroun $200 plus for 11 nights cruise.

Anthem is a great ship with excellent venues for dancing, we went to music hall every night then to boleros, great bands Katrina and Latin band, plus 2 nights of dancing to a Beatles tribute band and a journeys band, could not have been better plus ballroom dancing. Wife did Zumba 5 times, belly dancing 3 times not to mention skydiving, circus trapeze, quest game show, dance parties etc.

food was never good I hope rcl fixes this, because I would love to go again but the dining rooms scare me.

I am healthy not over weight, do yoga daily, exercise, and from day 2 on my legs swelled from salty oily food, I spent an hour every night with legs up wall yoga poses to drain fluid from my legs. Beware if you have health issues, I recommend you contact rcl prior to cruising.

that being said ship activities and activities staff by far best ever, food and staff by far worse ever.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Worse ever!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Deck 11 inside with virtual balcony, great location, great room with real sight and sound balcony, so cool. Brilliant idea.

Ship tip

Pre book ifly for first day, then you can go again 7 days later, get to port early leave early, avoids traffic. Dance and smile from moment one and you will enjoy ship! We pre booked every thing, read cruise critic for info, and beyond ships.com you will have more information before boarding, many t

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Ports of call

Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey

5 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5

Traveler Photos

6 Comments

krev22 8 years ago

This scares me about the service and food. I I've been on at least 10 cruises but most of them were Princess I happen to love princess and had a cruise booked but unfortunately we had to fly to Florida and it became too expensive so we booked anthem of the Seas to leave out of Bayonne I will admit I've been on one RCL Cruise and it was the Explorer Of The Seas the ship itself is beautiful and the food was not bad but I do agree with you about the service I am traveling with two young children ages 3 and 5 I am hoping this will be a good experience thank you for the info regarding the service and food I have to watch my salt intake so I will definitely call ahead

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Jack486658 8 years ago

Even the costal kitchen food

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joefive 8 years ago

Sorry have been on Voyager freedom and Quantum class but not Oasis..but have heard wonderful things about the allure from friends and family.

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tfleming675 8 years ago

Thank you. Can you compare Anthem to Oasis class?

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joefive 8 years ago

Yes you got that all correct....why is RCL having such difficulties with food and wait staff on this ship? I did hear from more than one crew member that after one contract on the Anthem, most crew ask for transfer, if possible...so there are always many new crew members on this ship.

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fedex29 8 years ago

Wow. Thanks for the info.

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