Surpassed expectations

Anthem of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Anthem of the Seas

11 Night Eastern Caribbean (Cape Liberty Roundtip)

Sail date: November 25, 2018

Ship: Anthem of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 13240

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Our first cruise, just myself and my wife, no kids, we had done a lot of research and viewed a lot of stuff on Utube and reviewed the site for the comment section nearly everyday since we booked our trip in January so we had high expectations, however we were not disappointed, I would find it hard to fault anything, the ship is amazing and the staff and service are 5 star, we will definitely do another one and I envy you guys who have one booked

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Printed off tickets and tags beforehand and were on the ship in less than 15 minutes

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Overall very good, wonderland is worth doing once for the experience, Chops was excellent and Jamie’s good, we had my time dining and the main dining rooms were very good and also great if you want your breakfast served to you instead of going to the windjammer, our favorite for lunch was cafe at 270, never that busy and great roast beef sandwich and salads and comfortable seats and views out the back of the ship

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Plenty to do for all ages, we did a few the first week and just relaxed the second week

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Great shows and fun quiz’s again something for all tastes

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Staff were amazing, so professional and courteous and friendly and couldn’t do enough for you, I did witness one day a guest being rude and abusive to a staff member in the windjammer, it was disgusting the way some people behave, I told the staff member I witnessed it and even though he said it was okay, I insisted on reporting it to the dining room manager

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The ship is spotless, my wife is a clean freak and even she could not find fault anywhere

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We had a spa junior suite and it was amazing, we loved the space and the big balcony and bathroom, our cabin attendant Gede was brilliant, our room always had fresh towels when we returned to it and he cleaned it twice daily, on a couple of occasions we left our room late in the evening just before 9 pm as we were resting and Gede would be waiting to clean our room, his shift finished at 9 pm and we told him the room did not need cleaning but he insisted on doing it anyway ( he deserved a good tip which we gave him)

Ship tip

Relax and enjoy this beautiful ship

Ports of call

Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey

4 out of 5
Only here to board and disembark

San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 out of 5
We only had from 5 pm till 10.30 pm so only walked around and looked in the shops and had a drink

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
Loved this island, did a tour and went to Coki beach, water so clear and fantastic for snorkeling, thought I was in the film Finding Nemo, so many colorful fish

St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5
Just went to Church beach for the day. It was beautiful

Basseterre, St. Kitts

4 out of 5
Did a tour but not our favorite Island

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
Just went to Mahao beach for the day, great fun, big waves which were great fun but scary at times and filmed the jets landing feet above our heads

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
A bit slow getting through emigration
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4 Comments

stevensmomma    5 years ago

Can't wait. We board in 11 days

JohnAsh    5 years ago

Our time allocated to check in was 12.30, we got s taxi from Manhattan at 11am and when we got to the port the taxi was waiting in line for about 20 min to get to bag drop off, now about 12.10, from that point it took 15 minutes to get checked in go through security and board

hikeME712    5 years ago

Thanks for the informative review! So great and excited for my trip in 11 weeks. Question for you; what time did you arrive to embark? And so quickly??

dhoyle1    5 years ago

Going on Anthem in 40 days. Can't wait

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