We chose this particular cruise for the proximity to our home and the itinerary. The ship barely came into play in considering the trip. Embarkation was super smooth and took about 20 minutes from the moment I pulled into the drop-off zone until my car was parked, checked in, and on the ship.
First, the good: The staff overall was super friendly. Our wait staff and the food in the main dining ...
My husband and I first cruised on Celebrity then took our family on two Norwegian cruises. This was our first Royal Caribbean experience. Let me start out and say that a vacation is mostly what you make from it. We always thought that Royal Caribbean would be a step above Norwegian from the reviews we read and friends we spoke with that had been on Royal Caribbean cruises. Maybe we set our ...
We chose this cruise because we wanted to go after the school year ended, as our 4 children range in ages from 9-16. Embarkation was a breeze, since our group consisted mostly of pinnacle members and suite guests. We were walking onto the ship within 20 minutes of arriving at the port, which was awesome. Of course everyone who boards the shop is anxious to have that first meal in the windjammer, ...
This was our second cruise on this ship. The first was over a year ago over the Christmas/New Year holidays which was fun!
We drove the day before from Western NY to Newark which was "not so fun." Newark was horrible to drive through even as directed by our GPS. We stayed at the Best Western Plus located near the port on International Way. This was our third stay at this hotel where we left ...
We chose this cruise because of the itinerary and not many lines do the Caribbean in May.
We did enjoy our cruise but will not be choosing to do any with Royal Caribbean again.
We found the Main Restaurant Menu very repetitive every night - you may get one change each night ! Not very exciting. The entertainment was awful to say the least, there was one band ‘The Royal Swedes’ they were ...
Sailed with my husband and 2 other couples. We wanted to try a cruise from a port we didn't have to fly to. Have done several cruises out of Baltimore (closest to us), so New Jersey was next closest. Anthem of the Seas was the biggest ship we've sailed on so far and was definitely not our cup of tea. Just too crowded. We spent a total of 4 days at sea and they were miserable. The deck chairs ...
We have been sailing on Anthem since it started sailing in 2015. It's a nice, modern ship with plenty of bells and whistles and our first couple of sailings were extraordinary! We enjoy sailing out of Cape Liberty for the convenience and quite honestly, embarkation AND disembarkation couldn't be smoother. They get high marks for that. RC lets passengers know up front the recommended arrival time ...
We wanted to visit the eastern Caribbean and 3 of the ports of call were new to us. Another plus: We live in northern NJ and this ship sails from Bayonne. We had sailed before on Royal, and guests with balconies used to receive expedited embarkation. No more; we had to wait in line for over 40 minutes -- worse than the security wait at Newark airport. The service onboard was excellent (housekeeper ...
I like the large ships and I want to go to Bermuda and I like more than7 days. I love the food. Just need more. Entertainment. Everyone treat you so nice .l would love to go to Cuba. I notice in the meeting Cuba was not mention so I was thinking there was no ship going to Cuba. The ship is beautiful I just need to'get some good music on there or. I will do a follow up on the entertainment. The ...
Carnival, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean All great Company offer us to go on a nice cruise.
I have read a ton of complains some fare some a little bit unfair, but all depends on your own expectations and your own investigation(prep) before you booked the cruise.
The Anthem of the Seas is not 1 of the bigger Ships of the Royal Caribbean Fleet and that means that need to cut on a ton of things ...