Just returned home from a 5 day Bermuda cruise on Anthem. Overall, with only a few hiccups, Anthem is my new favorite ship. By way of context, I have sailed on close to a dozen ships from RCL's Allure to Vision, Princess' Regal to Star, HAL's Rotterdam(don't ask), and Carnival's from Breeze to Destiny.

Embarkation went smoothly as my wife(who uses a rollator/4 wheel walker), and another couple arrived at the port at 10:45 and were in the 275 Cafe by 11:15. To our surprise, they were serving those wonderful carved roast beef sandwiches which we loved on the Allure. Rooms were available at 1:00.

We had the inside, virtual screen cabin. The virtual screen was fantastic, as it was hard to tell that we did not have an outside cabin. The only glitch was that after the third day there was no way to turn it off. However, the curtains adequately covered it when desired. The room had a couch, desk, fridge, two twins made into a queen bed, the typical ship cabin with the shower and the glass like enclosure. There was shampoo in the shower. The television had about 7or 8 stations that were not RCL related (including 2 ESPN channels, MSNBC, Fox, BBC). As usual the only movies were expensive paid on demand choices. The only glitch in the room was the internet was not available in the room the first two days (though available everywhere else on the ship). The speeds were adequate. One suggestion regarding internet, make sure you pre buy during sales as the on ship price is about 2-4 dollars per day more. Read more