The check in process was absolutely terrible. My husband and I were already frustrated after being stuck in traffic for over two hours, and then got to the chaos of this horrible port. So unorganized! We got through security and were told to "have a seat" with about 100 other people. There were about 5 staff members with iPads checking people in and taking pictures. There was no organization ...
After all the hype about this ship I couldn't wait to get on it. I watched videos of it all the time. I don't know if a longer cruise would have given me a better impression or not. I feel like I was gypped. Too many people trying to do the same thing in a short time so you missed a lot. I took my 16 year old grand daughter on this cruise. They didn't get my reservation for North Star & had no ...
Diamond Plus cruiser with RCCL, but have sailed other cruise lines. Just let me say the pre-cruise terminal experience was different and not very well organized. One person telling you to go here and there with no signage. Thank goodness I knew how the process was suppose to work. For a new cruiser, it would be daunting.
Your sea pass card awaits you in your room. I booked a balcony on ...
The ship is beautiful, decor top notch, comfortable beds.
Service in dining rooms needs improvement.
Bar service, terrible due to the fact that Royal does not have enough bartenders at any bar on the entire ship. For instance 1 bartender at Solarium bar on Saturday close to noon, the bartender could not possibly keep up, when I asked him to contact someone to get help, he responded that ...
After sailing on Quantum of the Seas in 2014, I wanted to try Anthem. I was anticipating this ship and all of its beauty. The ship itself was beautiful and very clean! After a few weeks of bad seas and bad press for Norovirus, I wasn't sure what to expect but the ship was indeed very clean. I noticed that it seemed to rock quite a bit, but it could have been because we were going very slowly, ...
Just returned from a short 3 night cruise from Sydney staying in a Balcony cabin Deck 9. Firstly would like to say the ship is lovely and the entertainment was great. However...if you are intending on purchasing a drink package on this ship I would think again. We purchased the Ultimate drink package which included top shelf liquor and premium coffees and juices. We spend a fair bit of time at the ...
16 of us just sailed on voyager of the seas on a 3 night sampler.We had been on the 1 night in novemeber 2013 and vowed never to go with this ship again but we did. We had read all the previous negative reveiws and thought what have we done . Well we were suprised as all the staff were very good.Ebarkation was very quick on the ship in about 20 mins. But cant see where 80 million went only to take ...
My wife and I enjoy cruising. We are in our late 60's . We took the 3 night cruise from Port Liberty NJ to see what this new ship had to offer. Since we live in New Jersey we were able to drive to the port and park.
Parking is rather limited and it took about 15 minutes just to get into the lot. We stayed in a stateroom with a balcony. The stateroom was a little on the small side, but nice. ...
I sailed with my family aboard the Quantum of the Seas, sampler cruise, for 2 nights. Since the ship was not stopping at any ports, the whole reason was to "sample" the ship. Unfortunately my family and I could not do much sampling.
However, I will start with the "pros".
I was upgraded to a balcony room, which was nice. Did not get to really use the balcony as it was a frigid 32 degrees and ...
My husband and I felt this trip was like a prototype, having many wrinkles that needed tweaking before the working model evolves. The passengers were guinea pigs,needed to find out which, if any, innovations were feasible.
Check in at Southampton was rather chaotic, as everyone seemed to arrive at the same time. Those of us who had checked in on line were sent to a different area, and waited for ...