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Anthem of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 16

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Anthem of the Seas

7 Night Bahamas (Cape Liberty Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 25, 2017

Ship: Anthem of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 10606

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

We enjoyed our cruise for the most part. The service of staff was excellent and they are very friendly. One complaint is the Royal IQ...sometimes you couldn't get on it and it was difficult to make any changes thru it.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Process fairly smooth

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food and service excellent in main dining room for dinner. Seating always an issue in Windjammer for breakfast.

American Icon Grill

5 out of 5

Our servers were excellent! Making reservations ahead of time are key for MTD. After first night, we requested the same table for future dinner dining the rest of the week.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
We had a fairly easy time getting chairs at pool, although some people continue to save chairs with towels.

Seaplex

4 out of 5

Arcade is not much to speak of and we didn't even use our previously purchased arcade credit. Kids enjoyed bumper cars when the line not too long

Regalia Fine Jewelry

3 out of 5

Couldn't enjoy much time on Esplanade without some sales pitch going on

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We attended the "We will rock you" show and that was good, but not for kids, which was not previously described. As far as I know "The Gift" was not even playing.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our regular dinner waiters were excellent and so was our room steward.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
I thought the public bathrooms could have been kept up better.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We had a family junior suite with balcony for 3 of us and thought there was plenty of room. It had a full bathroom and a half!

Ship tip

Make reservations for My Time Dining before cruising. You can also request the same table and servers if you are happy with the first night!

Ports of call

Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey

4 out of 5

Port Canaveral, Florida

4 out of 5
We purchased what we thought was "Disney Magic Express" bus to Disney area. What we received was a charter service and buses were no of the same quality. Although, the charter staff we're very nice.

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

Weather conditions prevented us from tendering. We were disappointed.

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
We had quite a long walk from dock to shopping/cab area. No shuttles available. We enjoyed our "Resort for a Day" excursion to Atlantis. The locals are relentless with selling their merchandise at beach and in Straw Market. We just got tired of saying "No Thankyou"

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
We were given a number to disembark. We sat and waited until after our scheduled time. They called numbers up until 37..then another 15 mins and they just called all other numbers and it was a free for all! Long lines and mass confusion getting off ship and thru customs. Worst part of the whole cruise!

Traveler Photos

Northstar Sunday Football Espladade Outdoor pool Indoor pool
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4 Comments

cardamon    6 years ago

They could do more to get luggage to the correct numbers! We had to look through all numbers to find one bag.

blondie17    6 years ago

If you dont save chairs you dont get one cause every one does it

CZambrano    6 years ago

We’re the passengers told not to save chairs? Was it the crew doing it for certain passengers or the passengers themselves? I was discussing with my wife what time to get up in the morning to get decent seats for the 3 of us (daughter) by the pool.

dcregar    6 years ago

Sorry to read that you got in the wrong line!!

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