Anthem of the Seas Review

An Excellent Time on the Anthem

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Anthem of the Seas
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First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jan 2016
Cabin: Interior Connected Stateroom with Virtual Balcony

We chose the Anthem of the Seas on January 25th for our 36th cruise. My 15th review for Cruise Critic and my first RCCL cruise as a diamond member. I consider writing cruise reviews to be an obligation now and part of what contributes to that is the flood of complainers that haunt this site. I think that CC exists to give those that do not cruise as often as we do, an objection point of comparison of cruise ships so that they can make the best decision on how to spend their cruise dollar. This site may not be doing that right now because there are many unfair reviews of the Anthem of the Seas and some that really should this vessel may not be doing so out of fear that they will be disappointed.

This ship, this cruise, this vacation aboard the fabulous ship is not to be missed. You can listen to the minor, nearly irrelevant details of this ship and the food and the service, but if you do that, you are missing out on a terrific experience. There will be many complaints about this cruise. For one thing, it left a day late, so out 12 day itinerary was cut to 11 days. Worse still, the *entire* itinerary was changed. We didn’t visit a single port that was on our original itinerary aside from Labadee. I don’t think that RCCL went above and beyond to compensate for the lost day. Their compensation was just ok. I missed out on a motorcycle rental in Cayman and sailing in Cozumel. Both were genuine disappointments for me. But is this a fair way to review this cruise? Should a potential passenger skip this ship and go elsewhere for fear that this will happen to them? I don’t think that would be wise. An itinerary change can happen at any time for any reason. It has happened to us before…late arrivals, skipped ports. I’m sure that this can be disappointing – I spoke with several people that were disheartened with the itinerary change. Aside from my personal excursions disappointment, it did seem silly to go to San Juan and only stay 5 hours. All aboard at 12:30 just seems stupid. I’m glad that it wasn’t a new port for me. But this has nothing to do with what will happen to you aboard the Anthem of the Seas.

There were several “negative” experiences and I will get into them. Not a single one of them is significant enough to dissuade me from coming back on this ship – the sooner the better. But I think that its important to mention these “negatives” to validate this review. I see the things that are “wrong”, but they are very much not a big deal. So here we go:

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Interior Connected Stateroom with Virtual Balcony

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It was a little hard to find this cabin for the first few days, but out room attendant was great, there is plenty of room and more storage than we needed.

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