Complete Ripoff and Very Overcrowded

Anthem of the Seas Cruise Review to Bermuda

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
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Overall rating:

2.4 out of 5
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Anthem of the Seas

7 Night Bermuda (Cape Liberty Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 13, 2019

Ship: Anthem of the Seas

Cabin number: 13610

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The ship was booked to 100% capacity. A passenger got "sick" on day one and we had to turn around. We arrived hours late at Bermuda. $1,200 in extras, from Trips, to Photo's to cancelled excursions. We've already booked a different cruise for next year, never again Royal Caribbean - everything is extra, and they try and up sell you of everything the whole trip.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
Ok

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
We had to switch to 5pm seating to 8pm, and the head waiter expected a big tip to give us a table to eat.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Lines, Lines and more lines. We never got to use the bumper cars, because it was open only 2 hours a day, and the line was for 3 hours. Our iFly session was CANCELED, and never rescheduled. The surfing also had a huge line, so we never got a chance to do it. They charge $100 bucks extra to use the sauna.

Entertainment

1 out of 5
1 show was good out of 3. The comedian was not funny.

Children's Programs

1 out of 5
hundreds of kids, and they want extra for everything.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
These people are essentially slaves on the sea.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Ship had rips in the dining room seats.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Way too small for a family of 4, big mistake. Kept hitting my leg on the kids bed, which has sharp metal.

Ship tip

The pictures are a big rip off, $300 for the digital picture rights, and $20 for a print out.

Ports of call

Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey

2 out of 5
Long line in and out.

King's Wharf, Bermuda

3 out of 5
It was a rocky island, they cancelled our original excursion and we made the best of the other venue being stuck on a catamaran.

Boston, Massachusetts

2 out of 5
Lots of traffic, walked freedom trail, which had lots of sirens and construction.

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Selfish people wouldn't move out of the way, took forever.
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5 Comments

wgammon1    4 years ago

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

dbowden    5 years ago

What other cruise line have you used that doesn’t charge extra for things?

yk07us    5 years ago

On very high end cruises you pay a lot upfront.

txcruise    5 years ago

Welcome to the new world of cruising. The same on Carnival, Norwegian, Princess, RCCL, and Celebrity. Unless you go to very high end cruises you are going to pay for the extras.

hapster85    5 years ago

What did you encounter that was an extra charge on Royal Caribbean, that wasn't an extra charge on other cruise lines?

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