I do not recommend this ship

Item: Anthem of the Seas
Rating: 3.8
Author: penncarrie77

Anthem of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

penncarrie77

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Bahamas (Cape Liberty Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 24, 2018

Ship: Anthem of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 12614

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Went on spring break as I have the past 3 years, the ship had so many people on it I had To wait in lines for over an hour for dinner rollerskating and bumper cars. Could not find a chair by the pool at all had to wait in line for soda ice cream cone anything I wanted to do I had to wait in a line for

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey

5 out of 5

Port Canaveral, Florida

4 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

5 Comments

MissAriel 6 years ago

That's the problem - you went on spring break! Kids are off school. Parents/adults take time off work.....of course everything is going to have a crazy long line up....go the week AFTER (thats what I did last year. Still busy BUT lines went a lot faster 😉

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

Wow!😞

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Windjam064 6 years ago

A agree. We have done Anthem both off-season and during winter break and both times found lines for many things. Both times the ship was at capacity (4k passengers?). More of an issue at SeaPlex during school break as there were more kids. That is a ship that requires you to do planning, either pre registering or arriving early to queue up. I think that lines are the way for most high capacity ships. Sadly. I remember rarely being able to get an ice cream on Oasis because the line turned me away. One station for the scores of kids. We had waits a few times at Windjammer on Oasis but can't remember any for Windjammer on Anthem. Anyway, Anthem still might be our favorite ship, even with the lines that may happen. Most of the things that had lines were low capacity attractions (I think they can only put 30 people on the rink for roller skating for example... on a ship of 4,000 people). It is however a beautiful ship.

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Diamond54 6 years ago

We were on in January. The only line we had was when everyone was getting on the ship. And a bit harder to get a seat in the Windjammer.

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picalo 6 years ago

Where did you wait an hour for dinner. I want to try an oasis and want to hear things like this first.

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