Anthem of the Seas out of Cape Liberty, NJ

[sweetpee_1993]

For those of you that just cruised on Anthem, do you have a picture of the current soda souvenir cup you get with the drink package?

It looked like this one:

There's clear top with a little slider opening that you can either drink from or insert a straw.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

I take it you had a good time if you booked Harmony? If we like the Anthem we want to book a cruise on the Oasis class as well. Our Anthem cruise is towards the end of May.
$166 is very good for a bar bill, was that for 7 days?
... We are still trying to figure this drink package out. It's on sale right now at $48 pp. I figure if we each have a couple of sodas, specialty coffee or two and a few drinks each, bottled water... we save? I don't know. It would be super convenient though.
Just wondering... did they say anything about bringing bottled water on? I'm assuming it was in your carry-on?
Anyway hope you had a great cruise!

We had a great time. Loved it.

Yep. 7 days. That was a total of like 10 drinks. Royal's drinks are more expensive than Disney's. Bottles of water are $2-$3 each. The cocktails are around $13 +/- plus an 18% tip. I did find a 2 for $10 draft at the bar in Two70 but the only option is Heineken. There's usually like an hour several days during the trip they do $1 mimosas at the casino bar. I saw 2 for 1 basic margaritas in the afternoon at Boleros a couple times, too. Watch the Compass for those specials. I never planned on drinking much at all. My friend I sailed with doesn't drink at all. Not my usual 5+ daily. I don't drink soda at all so the soda cup would've been useless for me.

You can bring a case of water. Just tape up the case to reinforce it, tape a luggage tag to it, and send it with your other checked bags with the porters. They take them. My case was delivered to my room.

The beverage package absolutely is more of a convenience thing than anything. I had it on my first Royal cruise (Allure in 2013) and we loved it. Hubby & I definitely enjoyed just drinking whatever, gathering bottles of water for our fridge, etc.

 

[DisneyAlly]

Hello! I am a newbie to RCI and I am so glad to find this thread. We booked July 1st Anthem of the Seas and I am just starting to look at excursions and activities. Compared to DCL, I am feeling a bit lost. It seems harder to find information I need. I am able to book character breakfast but I do not see any IFly, NorthStar or any show listings. Does this mean I missed the boat?

 

[HappilyEverAfter80]

Hello! I am a newbie to RCI and I am so glad to find this thread. We booked July 1st Anthem of the Seas and I am just starting to look at excursions and activities. Compared to DCL, I am feeling a bit lost. It seems harder to find information I need. I am able to book character breakfast but I do not see any IFly, NorthStar or any show listings. Does this mean I missed the boat?

We booked our Anthem cruise exactly 75 days out and the iFly and North Star were both booked up, in my cruise planner it says " online reservations are not available, check on board". Is this the message you are getting or is it simply not in your cruise planner at all? If it's not listed, then it may get added at a later date. Just keep checking. As for all the shows, I had no problems choosing those.
It sounds like maybe for your sailing they didn't add them to your cruise planner yet.
If you are planning to buy a drink package, check in your cruise planner for discounts. Same for internet and some spa services. All were on sale for 20-30% off for our cruise.

 

[DisneyAlly]

We booked our Anthem cruise exactly 75 days out and the iFly and North Star were both booked up, in my cruise planner it says " online reservations are not available, check on board". Is this the message you are getting or is it simply not in your cruise planner at all? If it's not listed, then it may get added at a later date. Just keep checking. As for all the shows, I had no problems choosing those.
It sounds like maybe for your sailing they didn't add them to your cruise planner yet.
If you are planning to buy a drink package, check in your cruise planner for discounts. Same for internet and some spa services. All were on sale for 20-30% off for our cruise.

We do not see the activities listed at all in the planner. There is hope for us then. Thank you HappilyEverAfter! I do see the drink package at 20% off. Tempted...

 

[tnshsms]

I am looking to possibly book Anthem out of NYC and I'm finding more info on it over on the cruise critic forum.
You can try to ask there?
I don't know for sure but the 11 am flight sounds like a tight squeeze.

Have you found the cruise critic meet up for our cruise yet? Since I know that you and I are on the same one, I was curious if you found the group over there....

 

[HappilyEverAfter80]

Have you found the cruise critic meet up for our cruise yet? Since I know that you and I are on the same one, I was curious if you found the group over there....

Funny you mention this, I was just recently on Cruise Critic looking to see if there is a group. There is, May 20 Anthem of the Seas meet-up, but I haven't read the thread yet. I've been on Cruise Critic for a while but haven't really posted there, more of a lurker
I also downloaded the app Ship Mate and there is a group there. Just not sure if a meet-up has been/will be organized. I was planning to look into it later

 

[HappilyEverAfter80]

Have you found the cruise critic meet up for our cruise yet? Since I know that you and I are on the same one, I was curious if you found the group over there....

Haha just noticed you are on that roll call already
Well I just joined, but doesn't seem to be too busy...