Anthem of the Seas - Reviews

We have enjoyed this cruise for the past five years. It is our wonderful "winter break". Love leaving from NJ because it is within driving distance. The islands visited are beautiful. The vacation is very relaxing and sun. We love the solarium on the ship.

Overall the cruise is overpriced. 12 days only visited 4 ports and PR is wasted time there.

Very pleased. had a great time, recommend this cruise to everyone.

Everything was wonderful from the staff onboard to the shore excursions!!

I do feel that the ship could have had more entertainment. The 'fun' stuff like bumper cars and skating is great, but with so many people on the ship, it tends to get crowded. With so many at sea days, there could have been more shows, and better family oriented shows.

This was a very nice trip. First time cruising over New Year's it was wonderful.

Liked Anthem of the seas, has nice open public spaces, for a holiday cruise it didn't feel as crowded as I imagined. I would recommend it. We were lucky the weather was good since it was December, from what I hear it can get pretty rough going from NJ to FL and back. captain did an amazing job avoiding rough seas though and will change itinerary rather than drive through rougher seas so that was good to know. Coco cay was amazing, worth the cruise just to be able to visit that island! Much more to do on it than Disney's castaway cay, especially for teens. Wish they had a drink package just for wine drinkers that want wine for dinner and after dinner though, drink package too expensive just to have 3-4 glasses in the evening. Cabins were nice, clean, good storage options to put everything away. Eat dinner at main dining room, lunch at cafe 270 for the hot paninis and breakfast at windjammer or solarium. Didnt' bother with the extra cost restaurants since this was our first cruise on anthem, just wanted to get a feel for the food that was included in the price. Maybe next time if we go back on it. Kids loved the ifly and roller skating. Didn't get a chance to do the northstar, got booked up too fast. Skip the escape room, they need to upgrade it and make it more immersive. It looked to be an afterthought adding it in what looked to be a conference room. Didn't do bumper cars so can't say how that was. We also grabbed some slices at Sorrentos, the pizza was pretty good, great for a quick snack. Bingo was fun and so was the trivia games. Crazy quest was wild in 270, very funny. Casino was good, plenty of slots but way too smoky. Wish they had separate area for smokers, it really choked out the non smokers. Or just make it all non smoking. Another weird thing was they allowed the smokers to smoke on one side of the outdoor pool so it wafted over the pool area. And if you were on that side of the ship you had to walk through that area to get to windjammer. It should be in an area that isn't part of the public space in my opinion.

Overall, the cruise was great. Very relaxing especially on the sail days. Coco Cay was fun and had ample space for all the passengers. Not crowded at all. No lines to get food. Lots off activities on the island although mostly I relaxed and stayed in the shade. There were beach wheelchairs available when we arrived at Chill Island. Royal Caribbean lived up to their Perfect Day @ Coco Cay motto. Will take Anthem of the Sea again when I get a chance.

Cruise was very relaxing. Anthem is a great ship, very clean with lots to do and great service.

I will always HIGHLY recommend Royal Caribbean. They are the cleanest ships, they have the most to do on them. The staff is all very helpful, kind and welcoming. They make you feel like you are truly apart of the Royal Caribbean Family. When I was in Nassau and to spoke to other people cruising on other cruise lines, they would ask what ship I was on and I would tell them "We are on Anthem of the Seas" and all the responses were "Oh the really nice ship!" That says a lot to me for the name of Royal Caribbean. I will always be Loyal to Royal.

It was good trip. The weather was not cooperating but overall good

I have taken a cruise on the Anthem of The Seas in the past. I was disappointed that the service, food, and overall experience declined so much within 18 months.

The weather wasn't great and 2 ports of call were canceled due to high winds. The ship is nice but the list of activities of things to do on the ship are the same as in an older ship. The Seaplex is a nice change, however the schedule is cramped as the space is used for sports, bumper cars, roller skating. So you have to wait in long lines to enjoy bumper cars or roller skating.

The next cruise people sold me a cruise I couldn’t take and so we had to take this one again. Won’t book with them again.

Not happy at all with the buffet dining area, it was a dirty, filthy place and spoke to Head Waiters Sergii Bialik, Mr. Malcolm and Manager Mr Bulent and pointed out the dirty areas that were there for several days and was reassured it would be cleaner, however same areas still covered with food, finger prints and just down right filthy. A passenger also addressed the port health dept when they came aboard to clear us for the island and still nothing was corrected. Never will go on this ship again. Poor Management and I told him that on the last day and his reply was I've been on this ship for 2 wks and working on improvement, however I did not see much in my 12 day cruise. Most disappointing cruise I have ever taken with Royal Caribbean. Anthem of the Seas needs a good santitizing!!!!!

Love cruising, love Anthem of the Seas, great ship. Love the Caribbean, it was a wonderful cruise, we had an amazing time. Love the sea days, so much to do on the ship. Enjoy the beach time rather than excursions everyday, since last year we did excursions everyday. Barbados and Antigua are our favorite ports so far. Cruising out of Bayonne is so easy, it is unbelievable how quickly and efficiently they get you on and off the ship. We will continue to cruise from Bayonne

Ship and staff was amazing. Perfect day was great. Nassau is nasty. And should have stayed on ship.

Had a great time. The children enjoyed every moment

THIS WAS A VERY NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE AND HAS MADE ME DECIDE TO NEVER CRUISE AGAIN. SHIPS ARE CROWDED, PEOPLE ARE PUSHY AND THE FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT ARE JUST POOR. WE WASTED $3000 BUCKS FOR A WEEK OF GARBAGE FOOD, SICK PEOPLE COUGHING ON US AND WAITING FOR ELEVATORS. NEVER AGAIN!!

Disappointed with BJ's travel service. We were promised at the time of booking the cruise Exclusive Saving booklet - $425 value. I called the customer service right after booking and paying in full (also right away) and was told by the BJ's customer service rep that the booklet will be waiting on us in our cabin. When we arrived to the cabin there was NO booklet. The next day I went to the customer service on the ship (waiting in line for an hour) and they called BJ's travel from the ship (another hours waiting and talking). The BJ's travel was very rude, wasn't helpful, at all and didn't offer the resolution. Instead they said that it was mailed to us (we NEVER received anything from them and have no history of not receiving a mail in past). This was very disappointing because we could have booked with other agent at that time, but believed that BJ's will keep their promise on their Bonus Offers. In the future we planning to book many more cruises, but not via BJ's.