Anthem of the Seas Review
The anthem is beautiful; shore excursions need help.
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The ship - A modern version of a Zen Garden. Lots of places inside the ship to relax and people watch. There are also lots of cafés and restaurants but most have a cost. Only for our complementary, and the Windjammer buffet Is complementary also. Roomservice have items on the menu that do not have a cost but, a lot of standard items that are complementary on most ships are not complementary on this ship for room service. There were quite a few things that cost on this ship that didn't cost on other RCCL ship or cost less on others. For example the chops restaurant usually cost $25 per person on other ships in but on the ship the price was $59.95 and some items on the menu had an additional cost. Not cool RCCL.
Two70 is an awesome area. Once RCCL has really developed multiple great shows that utilize this unique space, it will be the place to be.
Shore Excursions - Panaramic Gibraltar excursion was short & made shorter when we were called back 45 mins early. We were refunded part of the tour price. I suggest you skip the Panoramic Marsailles tour, it was more shopping opportunity (5 of the 8 hrs dedicated to allow for shopping). Cinque Terre tour & gaudi's Barcelona tour were amazing.
Cabin Review
Our balcony stateroom was a nice size and had enough storage for our 16 nights of clothing. But there weren't enough hangers and the hanging space fell short for all of the long formal gowns that were needed for this trip. Bathroom shower was a nice size and the curved glass made easy to shave your legs.
Port Reviews
Southampton
We arrived in London a few days early and did the hop on hop off bus around central London, it was very nice. We had fish and chips at the Red Lion based on referral from the Marriott and it was great.
Seville
We explored Cadiz on our own and had a really great time. It was very casual and city was so clean and beautiful. We stopped and had lunch at this little bistro and it was really a beautiful afternoon.
Lisbon
My husband had been to Lisbon in the past and knew that there was a hop on hop off bus right outside the port. So we explored Lisbon on our own via the hop on hop off bus.