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Anthem of the Seas Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

shaddwell

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 39

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

9 Night Canada & New England (Cape Liberty Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 14, 2017

Ship: Anthem of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 8536

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Ok this is my first cruse and maybe anthem was a big ship to start with but even thor it is a big ship I found there was not a great deal do do if the sun was not out. The problem wad most of the trip wad in fog or it was not hot enough to enjoy the pool. But the staff was brilliant and the food wad very good they go out of there way to help you and make the most of your cruse. Disappointed in the shops not a great range and we are not all millionaires on board. Booked not star 3 times and every time was cancelled due to weather, and did not understand why all the free restaurant had the same menu.. apart from winjammer that was the best free place to eat. The ports were ok but Portland and halifax was dull and if you never booked a excursion it was to expensive and far to do anything.. especially Portland, 50 dollars a hour taxi ride and 2 hours to bay of Bundy. Went whale watching in halifax booked excursion and all we saw was birds, My favourite stop was bar harbour amazing place lots of great shops. Disembarking was bad did not get off till 11am when was booked for 930am and we had to wait in royal theatre.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ok bit of a queue and a 2 hour wait till room wad ready

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Food was fantastic everything you want and too much to eat

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Not enough and I booked the north star 3 times and each time it was cancelled..and evening was dull not enough for me unless you like bingo or pub quiz

Entertainment

4 out of 5

The 2 shows I did see was great

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Fantastic can not fault this at all

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

No faults with cleaning

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Great enough room and lots of shortage

Ship tip

Don't wait for elevators

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Ports of call

Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey Did not visit port

Boarding

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Boston, Massachusetts

4 out of 5

Great but bus was full all the time

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Portland, Maine

2 out of 5

Rubbish got of then back on

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Bar Harbor, Maine

5 out of 5

My favourite port fantastic shops and restaurants

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Saint John, New Brunswick

1 out of 5

Don't bother here 50 dollar's a hour taxi ride

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Halifax, Nova Scotia

3 out of 5

Ok but did whale watching and saw nil

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

3 hour wait in a theatre

5 Comments

Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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ciannone 7 years ago

I've sailed on Anthem three times since October of 2016, and am booked for December 14th of this year. Absolutely love Anthem of the Seas and all that she has to offer. it's only a two-hour drive for us to get to Cape Liberty versus 45 minutes to get to Baltimore and Grandeur of the Seas. But I'll still take the two-hour drive just be on an Anthem, it's an experience in itself!

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mfishers 7 years ago

Menus are always the same in all included dining rooms/restaurants on all ships and all cruise lines.

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GIL155 7 years ago

Not a good first cruise experience at all! May I recommend a 5-day Caribbean as a second chance? or the Burmudas? Something warmer, less fog. Oh, and a smaller ship.

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bladelady99 7 years ago

Sorry that you didn't enjoy your trip as much as you would have liked. I did Anthem in August. It was my first cruise and I would change nothing! We are already planning our next cruise. I thought the ship had tons to do! We had great weather though. I don't think I would ever take a cruise unless it was in the summer with warm weather. I never even went in the shops because I knew beforehand how expensive they would be. The main store should lower their prices a little. We waited until things went on sale. We got some pretty good deals!

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