We are now Diamond members of Royal Caribbean, so this is not our first trip on Royal. The Anthem of the Seas I have coined "The big little ship"; because it is very large ship, however the promenade area is not as large as I expected, especially compared to Explorers of the Seas.

Embarkation went very quick, they got us on board with no problems at all. However, disembarkation was another story. We did the walk off disembarkation, and we waited a good 30 to 45 minutes just to get off the ship. I believe that they were not ready for 2,000+ to use walk off disembarkation on this cruise. Not very organized.

We had an inside cabin and was very please with the accommodations, and size of it. Dining was not typical cruise set up, either classical or dynamic (anytime dining basicly). The big problem with this is that both type of dining are in the same room and cause confusing at times. And we did not like it at all, and heard many complaints about the process. The Service we received was excellent no complaints there. The entertainments was good however, if we didn't know about making reservations for each show we could of missed out on them. Read more