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Anthem of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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4.5 out of 5
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Anthem of the Seas

12 Night Southern Caribbean (Cape Liberty Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 06, 2019

Ship: Anthem of the Seas

Cabin number: 13200

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

This was an amazing itinerary!! Anthem of the Seas is a wonderful ship. The fact that it carries 4000+ passengers and you don't feel like there are that many people on ship as you go through the main areas or to the different activities and shows, etc. We loved our stateroom, the food, the service, the entertainment, the crew. We would definitely book this same itinerary on the Anthem of the Seas again!!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
We were checked in and directed to the ship in just a few minutes.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
We ate breakfast in Windjammer Buffet. The breakfast options were endless and delicious. Most of the time the time there was a line for the Belgium Waffles and bakery items. We ate dinner in the main dining room at Silk. The food and service were outstanding!! One evening we ate at Chops Grille, which is a specialty restaurant. The food was very good, but not worth the extra cover charge.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We attended alot of activities on the Anthem. Some of our favorites were the Trivia games, Game shows, Evening entertainment, Karaoke,relaxing by the pool or Solarium, attending Art Auctions. There was something for everybody.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We really enjoyed the show "We Will Rock You", The Marriage Game Show, Name That Tune Game Show. There was a magician, a juggler, a couple comediennes. Every show was very good.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All of the ship's crew went above and beyond to make our cruise special.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The ship was amazing!! It was always clean and well-maintained. The technology used throughout the ship was mind boggling.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We enjoyed our balcony stateroom and took advantage of sitting out on our balcony, especially when we were cruising. Our room was always clean and had plenty of linens. The storage and size of our room was quite acceptable.

Ship tip

Check out to the Day's Events the evening before so you can plan your day. There's so much to do!!

Ports of call

Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey

2 out of 5
The road to get in and out of the port was a nightmare. It's one lane in and one lane out. There needs to be better roads to get to the port.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

2 out of 5
We were very disappointed. We've visited San Juan on a few other cruises and loved it. This visit there were alot of empty store fronts and alot of graffiti. We only walked around a couple of blocks and felt very unsafe. We just turned around and got back on the ship.

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

3 out of 5
Other visits were amazing to St. Maarten. This time we were so tired of being stopped by locals wanting to give us taxi rides or tours. You couldn't walk more than a few feet without someone stopping you. We cut our time here short because of that.

St. John's, Antigua

4 out of 5
We enjoyed walking around Antigua. It was clean and a beautiful island.

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5
Loved St. Lucia!! It was our first visit. We enjoyed the shopping and just the overall feel of the island.

Bridgetown, Barbados

4 out of 5
We enjoyed Barbados. Nice island and the people were friendly.

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5
This was our first visit to St. Kitts. We enjoyed all of the shops!! It was a clean and beautiful island.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Getting from the ship into the port wasn't bad. But it was a nightmare getting a porter to help with our bags. There was an absolute sea of peop trying to get through customs. Once we got a porter it was a pretty easy time getting through customs.
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3 Comments

wgammon1    4 years ago

Glad you had a good cruise. Thanks for a great review.

SkinnyCow92    5 years ago

Reading this made me so much for excited for my cruise!! 16 more days 😄

Allurecarib    5 years ago

Going for the first time on the Anthem of the Seas in November looking forward to it can't wait.

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