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Anthem of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
Anthem of the Seas

7 Night Bahamas (Cape Liberty Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 26, 2017

Ship: Anthem of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11538

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Didn't care for most of the shows. Walked out on 2 of them. Need more variety in the main dining room. Food was alot of the times better in the Windjammer  Buffet then it was in the main dining room. I have been on 2 different Royal Carribean cruise ships in the past 3 months and the food was the same for both ships. I booked my next cruise in July with Carnival just so i could have a different food experience. I bought with me on the cruise my 2 grandchildren who were 12 and 13 years old. For the 1st 2 days we got a agenda schedule for 6-8 years olds included with our compass. I didn't know there was a seperate one for teenagers. So the kids missed out on knowing about the Teen meet and greet type things the 1st 2 days. unless it was on the compass. The Casino on this particular ship I found to have the worse slot machines as far as payouts. One night we arrived to dinner in the Main dining room at our appointed time to find another family sitting at our table. We had to stand there in the middle of the dining room and wait for the family to be relocated (once they decided they were going to move)  to another table and then wait for our table to be reset with table cloth and silverware. Whole process took about 15 minutes. The cabin was very nice. most all of the staff was very cheerful and helpful. Except for the customer service lady name Roxana she checked me in and wasn't very pleasant. i think she got annoyed when I didn't understand what she was explained to me about the running out of a particular wrist band. I also noticed every time i went to customer service while waiting in those long lines if she was there I would just pass the time by watching her while she interacted with other guest. I never once saw her smile. I got the feeling that she doesnt enjoy her job. maybe she is tired of being in Customer service

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
cabin was very nice quality.

Ship tip

check to see if any of your destinations will require a Tender Ticket to get off the ship. especially if you want to get off early.

Ports of call

Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey

3 out of 5

Cococay (Cruise Line's Private Island) Did not visit port

we didn't know you needed to get a tender ticket to get off. by the time we figured it out all tenders were all given out we had to wait until all ticket people were off before we could get off. We lost part of our time we wanted to enjoy the beach

Nassau, Bahamas Did not visit port

the casino was really nice. I would save your money instead of playing on the ship play at Atlantis
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4 Comments

SimsSquaredTV    7 years ago

So should I arrive on the ship early to not miss out on he WOW bands?

LivingFun    7 years ago

I love the Anthem. The technology is inspiring and for children it's super exciting. There is so much going on everyday.

Sarahs58    7 years ago

It is really easy to find out what is going on on the Anthem. Would have thought a 12 and a 13 year old would have been more than able to use the ipads and touch screens around the ship without needing the compass. We had a great cruise on the Anthem. Didn't worry where we were seated in the restaurants and never had to wait more than a few minutes. Loved the food. The entertainment was really good especially in the 270 lounge. Perhaps the lady in customer service just got tired of being moaned at.

ciannone    7 years ago

Have you ever made lemonade? Not EVERYTHING is perfect on ANY ship, but....seems like you found more to complain about than just relaxing and being on vacation! Am on Anthem right now for the 3rd time in 3 months and haven't been disappointed AT ALL!

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