Awesome ship and trip!!!

Item: Anthem of the Seas
Rating: 4.6
Author: ChrisEppolito

Anthem of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

ChrisEppolito

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 17

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

7 Night Bahamas (Cape Liberty Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 31, 2018

Ship: Anthem of the Seas

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Overall an enjoyable experience with a party of 10. The ship is full of amenities, plenty even with the 4000+ fellow shipmates. Nothing was overly crowded and no excessive lines. With it being Spring break week, and even after being told there were 1600 kids on board, still not an issue. One thing I REALLY see as a negative that I wish they would crack down on is saving of deck chairs in the solarium. Its probably an issue throughout the ship but especially in there, people go in early AM and put towels and even personal items on chairs to reserve them for all day. I believe there's a "30 minute" policy whereas they can remove items after its unused. But, it's never enforced.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Easy on!!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The food is not overwhelming but certainly not underwhelming either. Anyone who complains, stating that the food is horrible likely is extremely picky and would rate every cruise line and their ships badly.

Chops Grille

5 out of 5

Chops rocks!!!

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Our cabin Steward Sammy was incredible. I've been on many cruises and have had my share of good and bad, hes the best ever. Never saw him in our cabin but it was always cared for and clean.

Ports of call

Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey

4 out of 5

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5

Wasn't crazy about the beach excursion although it was awesome to see the local Ron Jon's being less than 50 miles from the ORIGINAL on LBI in Jersey!!

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Cococay (Cruise Line's Private Island)

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Took a local charter fishing trip, not any ship excursion and had a blast. What beautiful clean blue water and to have the opportunity to be on it for the day in a small craft was thoroughly enjoyable.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

In our home by 10:30am. The local Jersey port is great.

1 Comment

Thomas4 6 years ago

Totally agree with the reserving thing. Its all the same on every cruise I made. That’s the only thing I really don’t like about it.

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