Thinking of switch, Allure to Anthem. Any thought?

[kelbell]

So we are a party of 6, ages 25 to 56.

We are currently booked on Allure Feb 18th

2018, out of Port Everglades.

I am contemplating changing to Anthem same

week out of Cape Liberty (N.J). Thinking may

save us some $$$ on airfare and hotel, since we

live in Mass. We have never been on either ship.

We have never been to the Bahamas in Feb. hows the weather? Or to cocay island?

The good, the bad, the ugly, anyone?

[Clarea]

The biggest difference will be the weather. If you choose Allure, you will be in warm weather from the start to the end of the cruise. If you choose Anthem, then you will be indoors on the ship for the first and last 1.5 days or so.

[juliea344]

So we are a party of 6, ages 25 to 56.

We are currently booked on Allure Feb 18th

2018, out of Port Everglades.

I am contemplating changing to Anthem same

week out of Cape Liberty (N.J). Thinking may

save us some $$$ on airfare and hotel, since we

live in Mass. We have never been on either ship.

We have never been to the Bahamas in Feb. hows the weather? Or to cocay island?

The good, the bad, the ugly, anyone?

I find the water in the Bahamas to be too cold to enjoy in February. And I don't think I'd like boarding the ship in my winter coat. I can't speak to anything else though.

 

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[reallyitsmema]

So we are a party of 6, ages 25 to 56.

We are currently booked on Allure Feb 18th

2018, out of Port Everglades.

I am contemplating changing to Anthem same

week out of Cape Liberty (N.J). Thinking may

save us some $$$ on airfare and hotel, since we

live in Mass. We have never been on either ship.

We have never been to the Bahamas in Feb. hows the weather? Or to cocay island?

The good, the bad, the ugly, anyone?

 

We are also from MA and just sailed Anthem in February. Sailing out of Bayonne is easy, just a 4 hour drive to port, though we do come in the night before just in case. Sailing from the north in winter is different than sailing out of Florida. We wanted to try it and we did enough our cruise but be prepared to be inside for at least the first and last days. It was in the 80's in Port Canaveral and 70's at Coco Cay. Nassua was in the 80's. Not sure of water temps as my DH is recovering from surgery, so walking on sand was not going to happen. Tendering was also a long process at Coco Cay, with the later tender tickets not being called until after noontime.

 

You really have to think about what is important to your family. If beaches and hot weather is what you are looking for, go with Allure. If it is something different, try Anthem.

 

We have Allure booked for May and are really looking forward to that cruise as Oasis class is our favorite. If you book Anthem for February, make sure you look at school vacation weeks since MA and other New England states have President's Day week off, but New Hampshire and others have the week after. Our sailing was 2/26 and there were over 1,000 kids on the ship.

[kelbell]

Thank you everyone. It is Feb school vacation

the week we are going. I think I will keep the

original trip. Being this will be the first cruise

for our sons GF. Next time Jersey here we come....:)

[kevinyork]

Thank you everyone. It is Feb school vacation

the week we are going. I think I will keep the

original trip. Being this will be the first cruise

for our sons GF. Next time Jersey here we come....:)

 

 

 

I think that's the best choice. Instant nice weather from day 1. We loved Anthem but I would still worry about the seas/weather on the first and last days especially given what happened to Anthem last year. Also, since Anthem has dropped Dynamic Dining, I would find the dining experience underwhelming on Anthem in one of the smaller dining rooms compared to the big dining room on Allure.

 

 

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[ljmandelbaum]

We switched allure for anthem this past February. We got very lucky weather wise. we didn't take winter jackets. Very different from Feb 2016 when we cruised out of Baltimore leaving in 10 degree weather.