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

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Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
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Anthem of the Seas

9 Night Canada & New England (Cape Liberty Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 28, 2017

Ship: Anthem of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7244

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Overall a good trip, had some bumps in the road but the ships staff helped smooth them. Not sure I want to sail on this class of ship again, at my age the crowd becomes a little bit much.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Getting on board with a group of 72 could not have been smoother.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The food and drink that we experienced could not have been better. 9 days on board breakfast and dinner everyday lunch some days and everything was good to great.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
The amount of activities was almost overwhelming. The ship is so large I did not find some of the things until the 8th day.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
All of the shows we attended were outstanding. Some were as good as we have seen in off Broadway productions.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Very attentive. If you let them know you liked something a certain way it was that way for the rest of the cruise.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
The ship is VERY large but seems to be well designed except for the elevators. My wife and I usually walk the stairs on a cruise to balance the meals but she had a injured ankle so we used the elevators when we could. Our cabin was port side aft seven elevators just outside our door. on any given day at least two sometimes three of these did not appear to be running. I believe this was also true of the forward bank of elevators because conversations with other passengers indicated they like we resorted to the stairs after waiting five to ten minutes with elevators arriving completely full.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We loved the cabin. While it was the same size as other cabins we have had in the past it had storage we had not seen before that allowed us to keep the room organized and thus seem larger. GREAT DESIGN

Ship tip

Explore the ship early in the cruise. it is too large to cover in an hour walk around.

Ports of call

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

Flew in got on the ship left town

Boston, Massachusetts

5 out of 5
Had a great lunch here but the visit and tour was impacted by monsoonal rain. We have been to Boston before and we will come again.

Portland, Maine

5 out of 5
Lovely, the people are great.

Bar Harbor, Maine

5 out of 5
We loved our time in Bar Harbor

Halifax, Nova Scotia

5 out of 5
Great port the local food was outstanding

Saint John, New Brunswick

5 out of 5
Another great port city.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
A little hectic in the baggage claim area but over all very well organized. The porters were great, some of the best I have experienced.
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ICruise4Bacon    7 years ago

Anthem is a monster and at times and locations it is crowded, like the shops.

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