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Anthem of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 32

Overall rating:

2.2 out of 5
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Anthem of the Seas

8 Night Bahamas (Cape Liberty Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 09, 2018

Ship: Anthem of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9128

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

If you don't care about cleanliness, respect, health or false advertising than Royal Caribbean is for you!

Embarkation

1 out of 5
We were missing sea pass cards and drink package designations and had to stand in the atrocious line at guest services.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Food and drink were mediocre with few selections and only offered at very limited times.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Activities often had lengthy waits, were closed, or in poor condition.

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Very few entertainment options, especially at night.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
The staff would just assume run you over then move two steps to avoid you. Found the staff to be very rude. The room steward rarely folded the couch which left us tripping over it to get to the balcony. The staff felt it was an inconvenience to provide carb counts for juvenile diabetes. Our server and asst server were outstanding! I would give them 6 stars if I could. They were absolutely wonderful with our entire party.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Sooo many things were broken or dirty. Elevator was constantly down. 2 out of the 5 Xboxes were broken in the Seaplex, etc. Ship was in constant motion day and night.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Very small compared to previous cruises.

Ship tip

Don't!

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

2 out of 5
Excursion was cut hours shorter than advertised.

Cococay (Cruise Line's Private Island)

2 out of 5
Nearly died on the tender after the gangway fell from the ship. Excursion was cancelled and only onboard credit offered as refund.

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5
Blue lagoon was wonderful, there transportation however was not safe and left one fellow passenger with a injury that caused her to not be able to go to blue lagoon. The way they load the boats is very unsafe; not everyone can navigate a 4 foot step down on to a moving vessel form the dock.

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Rushed out at 8am by housekeeping, breakfast was lack luster and we then had to wait until 9am to even get off the ship because of our assigned number. This caused customs to be very congested.
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7 Comments

Jason122    6 years ago

I’ve been on anthem twice and had my third one booked I have no idea what these people are talking about the ship looks brand new every day the week

Cruzerfun    6 years ago

I’m currently on Anthem and I wholeheartedly AGREE with this reviewer. I would give it a negative 5 stars. Absolutely atrocious. I am currently recovering from Food poisening from this filthy excuse of a cruise ship. Horrible service with very few exceptions and food that tastes like airplane food. Save your money and either go with another cruise line or fly directly to the destination. I am not a fake reviewer for the record. My family and I go on 2 cruises a year on different cruise lines and I worked on cruise lines as an entertainer for about 5 years. I know what I’m talking about!

Sarahs58    6 years ago

So what other cruises have you been on, you have no cruise history. The cabins on the Anthem are plenty big enough. Just a hint, if you want the couch folded you see your steward and say please can you fold the couch away when you make up our cabin in the morning. We cruised on the Anthem and got to meet another family who had a son with diabetes, he had no problem with getting info on the food.

beccasxo    6 years ago

I’m on anthem right now and it’s amazing! 😂

suebe    6 years ago

Your on a boat it should always be moving

cannotfathom    6 years ago

I'm thinking this wasn't the cruise for you. You may want to try a different Cruise Line the next time you want to take a cruise.

viarfam    6 years ago

Or you could've folded your own couch 😂. They probably thought you wanted it out.

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