Kirsten

Welcome to the boards.
Your partner can wear what they would like as long as all the appropriate bits are covered. They may get some stares depending on how long the cruise is and what ship/port they embark on. I sailed out of LA and Miami and saw plenty of humans not in gender conforming clothing, no one bothered them. A good time was had by all. 

As long as what is legally required to be covered up is covered up, you gotta do your thing. To hell with what others think. 

This will be my 35th time on the Anthem since 2015.
I love this ship! I live less than an hour from the port and cruise primarily from mid Sept through mid May.  The Anthem is perfect for sailing from the northeast during cold/chilly weather. So many climate controlled indoor venues to relax in while on the way to the warmer weather. She’s a wonderful ship!
I see that there may be a launch from the space center during our visit on Tuesday at 7:36pm. Hopefully it goes as scheduled. Seeing a launch from the ship is fantastic! Fingers crossed!🤞

Almost in single digits!

This being your only post in this forum, I take what you say with a huuuuuuge grain of salt.  This will be my second time on Anthem and I'm actually bummed that there are going to be conflicts between choices of what I want to do. My first time on Anthem was a 9-night cruise that ended up being a 10-night due to a medical emergency and my husband and I had a blast.  If you're bored, that is on you, as there is plenty to do on the ship (especially if you don't have kids, which I do).  Between shows, game shows, dancing, trivia, comedians, roller skating, bumper cars, etc, there is no shortage of activities; however, it's on you to seek it out.

I dropped the key, we should get internet free with our suite right?

$400 a person!

You probably will be better off canceling the Key and paying for internet if you need it. The suite will get you priority boarding,  suite activities and seating. Plus the departure options will be similar for suite guests. With the dining package, if unlimited, you will be able to eat embarkation lunch at any open specialty restaurants and the concierge will make your reservations. You are imho wasting money by having the Key.

Good to know- thanks!  I will tell him to see what's available at the Solarium bar.

As everyone else has mentioned the price of a room for 4 people is definitely different than the pricing of a room for 2.  Had you mock booked a room for 2 and a room for 4 (without kids) you would see that the room for 4 is priced differently.  Now if you then priced that room for 4 but changed the 3 and 4 passengers to kids…you would then see what the savings would have been.  It would be the price minus the 3 and 4 passengers.  Yes, it would still be higher than a room for 2…different categories cost different prices.
I hope your family is able to get by this and enjoy an awesome vacation together.  If you are on a ship where the balcony dividers can open and your rooms are next to each other…ask your steward to open the dividers!  My family is on Oasis in July/Aug and have 5 rooms side by side.  First thing I plan to do is ask to have those dividers opened up!
**if you divide the cost of your brother’s room by 4 (forget the fact that KSF…there is still 4 in the room) is the cost per person lower than dividing the room with 2 by 2?  

I'm really sorry for your experience @Karie.
The disconnect you are having is that your room and your brother's room are not "the exact same room".  His is in a more rare cabin that can accommodate more passengers.  I think your assumptions were natural as people often relate to cruise cabins the way they relate to rooms in a hotel.  They aren't the same in that way.
As a cruiser with a 12 year old, I can promise you that KSF is a real promotion and provides real savings.  When it is not running, my son, as the third guest, would have a fare about 1/3 of the first 2 (which are always higher for that room type).  When KSF is going on, he is $0.
Again, I hate the real trouble this is causing for you and I understand how you would equate Kids Sail Free to I can add a kid for free to the fare I have on my room booked for 2 (that only accommodates 2).  The real math however is choose a room that accommodates 3, price it up for 2 people and then price it for 3 with the third being 12 and under.  You will then see what was easily missed initially.

I think the frozen drinks from a bar are different than the real fruit smoothies available in Vitality Spa.  The bar frozen drinks are made from a sugary flavor concentrate blended with ice.  

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80 DAYS!!!!

I can’t imagine leaving my stuff on a chair, it would drive me nuts. I won’t even leave my stuff on a table in the WJ. 

Here is how I like to add some spice to a lazy sea day:
 
Go down to the pool and take a random chair hog’s towel clips, crappy book, and grimy flip flops and switch it with another random chair hog on the opposite side of the pool. Leaving the towels cause they are all the same. I’ve found you just need to shuffle an arbitrary 5-6 of them and it takes less than two minutes to do. Oh! You see an odd number of reserved chairs like three? Make sure you do it to the one in the middle!
Then I like to grab a big cappuccino and go up to the Viking Crown. The Viking Crown offers the perfect vantage point for watching the unsuspecting chair hogs as I giggle like a school girl. 😀

My wife and I are very early risers.  We like to get coffee and go sit in the Solarium to watch the sun rise.  We will sit there for a few hours in the early mornings, reading, relaxing, and chatting with each other.  
 
When we were on Anthem at the beginning of February, we watched people get there early (5-530 am), put towels on loungers that were in “prime” spots (by the windows), then leave.  We wouldn’t see them again, even after 3+ hours.   
 
That is the behavior of “chair hogs”.  

Why wouldn't you want reef safe sunscreen?  Better for your skin as well as for the environment.  Most mineral sunscreens are biodegradable and reef safe.  I love Bare Republic mineral sunscreen sprays.  They don't leave a white film like some mineral sunscreens do.  You can buy it at Target or Amazon.

Just a personal preference from my wife and I.....Really a Combination of things....
-It was our first Oasis class ship
-Also our first cruise back from the pandemic
-Everything seemed modern, new, updated, clean .....the ship is only 4 years old, it felt more upscale than other ships
-Don't know if technology has improved in a decade but the ship moved through the water silent and gracefully....many times we weren't sure we were moving until we looked outside
-Love the Piano steps coming down from deck 16 (?), fun art in the bathrooms, great fitness center
 
We have sailed on amplified Oasis twice, she's a great ship, but the rooms and some of the common areas are not as modern.  More smoke on Oasis in the casino too.
 
 

What makes it your favorite?  We were on Oasis in May and I'd love to hear how Symphony is different.