Ruguy110493 Posted August 16, 2016 #1 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Hello Cruisers! Would you all prefer a detailed review of Anthem? Or a brief one? I can talk about Anthem for days lol new favorite ship! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bensartimsmom Posted August 16, 2016 #2 Share Posted August 16, 2016 I would love to read a detailed review! The more details the better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted August 16, 2016 #3 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Detailed, please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spfar Posted August 17, 2016 #4 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Yes, details please!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldeya Posted August 17, 2016 #5 Share Posted August 17, 2016 (edited) Details, and more details! Every little one you can think of! I need something to keep me busy before our cruise! Did I mentioned details? :D Edited August 17, 2016 by Aldeya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilNDebbieAtSea Posted August 17, 2016 #6 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Love the details!!!! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAfter Posted August 17, 2016 #7 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Detailed, I need something to read while we wait for October! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycfa Posted August 17, 2016 #8 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Detailed please! Pictures too if you have them. We go in October! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruguy110493 Posted August 17, 2016 Author #9 Share Posted August 17, 2016 GREAT! I was hoping you would all say that! :) Okay well here I go! Anthem of the Seas 5 night cruise August 6th-11th So here's some background. I cruised with my friends family. This was my second Royal Caribbean cruise. Last summer I sailed on Liberty of The Seas and really loved it. We had three rooms. Two interior virtual balcony rooms and one regular balcony room. When I found out I was going to sail Anthem back in January I immediately started to do research on the ship. Which I think is half the fun of crushing! So, I was reading that the ship was different compared to other Royal ships. At first we were really hesitant and nervous, but the more I researched the more I knew I was going to love it! Change is a good thing!!!! I knew we had to reserve all of our restaurants and actives as soon as we could. So we booked the dining and North Star in March. I highly recommend booking as soon as possibly. It's very easy to do all of this online. We checked weekly for the entertainment and that was not available until like June. Prior to sailing set up your set sail passes and you can take a picture of yourself and upload it onto the website! One less thing you have to do when you get to Bayonne. Check in was extremely smooth! Very different to other ships because you just have to find a worker with an iPad and check in with them which took about 15 minutes all together for the 7 of us. Then you go through security and then you sit in the boarding area and by group you're allowed on the ship. Overall took about an hour!! Now for the ship [emoji7] The ship is absolutely STUNNING. Everyone you look it's just mind blowing. The ship is very large, but very easy to navigate. The royal esplanade is a scaled down royal promenade, but I really did love it just as much. There were almost 5,000 people on this ship and only once did I feel it. When we were all on deck passing the Verrazano bridge. After that the ship never felt crowded because there was always so many places to go depending on what you were in the mood to do! 270 Lounge was unreal I couldn't get over how beautiful the venue was. The show Spectras cabaret is held in here! Felt like the living room of the ship! The Solarium was my absolute favorite spot on the entire ship! This is the adult only indoor lounging pool and hot tub area! There was always a lounge chair available and never saw any children in there so it really was the oasis spot on the ship. Ok I'm getting sleepy haha and sad wishing I was still on the ship! Tomorrow I'll post about the dining, staff, staterooms and entertainment! Feel free to ask any questions!!! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyboy Posted August 17, 2016 #10 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Great start! Looking forward to the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean View Posted August 17, 2016 #11 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Wow sounds great so far can't wait to hear more. Thank is for taking the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qanderson Posted August 17, 2016 #12 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Detailed !! Please[emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UandMe4Ever Posted August 17, 2016 #13 Share Posted August 17, 2016 more details and pictures, please :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie.Francis03 Posted August 17, 2016 #14 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Detailed and don't shy away talking about the food and desserts : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseygirl2609 Posted August 17, 2016 #15 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Details Please! I'm sailing on 10/15 and can't read enough about Anthem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinKS Posted August 17, 2016 #16 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Great start! Can't wait to read more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruguy110493 Posted August 17, 2016 Author #17 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Hello All! Hope you're enjoying thus far! I'll pick up where I left off!! I feel like I'm responsible to write this review because of all of negative reviews. All week we tried so hard to figure out why people were consistently complaining about the ship and we literally could not figure it out!!! Everywhere we went everything was perfect! The ship is absolutely spotless and beautiful. Best service we've received on and off a ship. Ugh I just miss Anthem so much! I found that the bars and lounges were much larger compared to Liberty of the Seas. They really did accommodate for the larger amount of passengers. Music Hall was a phenomenal venue. It is two floors. On the first floor there's a large dance floor and a bar and upstairs is very large. Theres an additional bar and seating upstairs, as well three pool tables! There was always an event going on in there. We really enjoyed the Disco dance party! There was great music and a lot of people dancing. We LOVED the a cappella group Mosaic! They were very interactive with the audience and put on a great show! After the shows usually around 1030/11 the DJ would come on for a nightclub (ish) feel. The DJ always played great music! Boleros always had great live music ! Didn't spent a lot of time in there, but when we did we enjoyed it. We really spent a lot of time in the Schooner bar because of the live pianist after dinner time! It was always enjoyable to grab a drink and listen to the pianist play! At first, we thought the Bionic Bar was going to be a gimmick, but it was actually very entertaining and mind blowing! (Sometimes the IPad where you order your drinks would have to be restarted) I ordered a Long Island Iced Tea and it was so cool to watch and actually tasted really good. Ugh take me back lol Ready for dining!? Food was always the biggest complaint I've read reviews on. I understand that this part is very subjective, but we absolutely loved dynamic dining. Yes, we did miss the large royal and stunning dining room, but it was so exciting to get a change of scenery each night and variety of food. Again, I highly highly recommend making your reservation as early as possible. We did this and we never came across any issues at all. The first night on the ship we went to Silk! This was the slowest of the restaurants, but who cares we were on vacation and were enjoying the atmosphere! I loved the decor of the restaurant. I thought it was very authentic. Even though the service was a little bit slow, it was still exceptional service. They were all so helpful and nice! That's all that mattered to us. The food was delicious! I got the potstickers and steak! The dipping sauce for the potstickers were my favorite!! I've never ate so much cheesecake in my entire life. BEST CHEESECAKE no matter where you were! I ate some form of cheesecake at each restaurant each night lol. The second night we ate at American Icon! I found this restaurant to be flawless. I loved how open and airy it was! We showed up 5 minutes before our reservation and they sat us right away. We sat at a large table near the window during the sunset. Our service was perfect here. They have two menus with a lot of variety! I asked for beef tar tar for my appetizer not really knowing what is was. It was not what I was expecting at all and the waiter graciously brought me a new appetizer! My friends dad got the beef tar tar and he did say it was amazing. I ate the bbq chicken wings and they were out of this world. For my entree I decided to switch it up away from steak because that's my favorite. I got the shrimp scampi and it was so flavorful! It was a great choice. This is where I had my FAVORITE cheesecake of the week lol. It was red velvet cheesecake. It was a layer of red velvet cake on top then a layer of cheesecake with raspberry drizzle!! Again, the staff went above and beyond. We went to American Icon twice! Ok so my stop on the train is next! Let me know what you think and if you have any questions please ask! I'm really enjoying this! I still have to talk about, the pools, the outdoor areas, the North Star, windjammer, the grande, and the staterooms!!!! Also I took 200 pictures so I'll be sure to uploads those too!!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozscot01 Posted August 17, 2016 #18 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Following along! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poffles Posted August 17, 2016 #19 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Hello Cruisers! Would you all prefer a detailed review of Anthem? Or a brief one? I can talk about Anthem for days lol new favorite ship! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Really ... you need to ask ... have you not been reading stuff here LOL. Hahahahaha.... WE WANT DETAILS ...!!! And feel free to throw in TONS of pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qanderson Posted August 18, 2016 #20 Share Posted August 18, 2016 It's nice to hear about such a positive experience! We are sailing on the Anthem in February. I can't wait to see the pictures! Sent from my iPhone using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentuckytravelgirl Posted August 18, 2016 #21 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Is there a place to get a GOOD cup of coffee? Not premium, just good old Joe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reallyhooked Posted August 18, 2016 #22 Share Posted August 18, 2016 (edited) Hello All! Hope you're enjoying thus far! I'll pick up where I left off!! EnjoYing your review.:) Edited August 18, 2016 by reallyhooked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Cruising Posted August 18, 2016 #23 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Good to hear someone with a honest review. Not my itinerary but it is my ship. Keep it coming. Can't wait for pictures. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggie416 Posted August 18, 2016 #24 Share Posted August 18, 2016 I'm absolutely agree with you! We sailed on this awesome ship in April, our 14th cruise and by far the best!! 2 days after returning home we booked again for next April, another 12 nighter!!!! Great review. Marg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmlee1990 Posted August 18, 2016 #25 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Enjoying your review! We are sailing the Anthem in a couple of weeks. Great to hear a positive review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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