Sitting in Bayonne, waiting to get off Anthem tomorrow (due to weather). Had a few thoughts on this cruise that I wanted to share. I have been on Anthem several years in a row. I have never had an experience like this one. Sure, there was a medical emergency that forced us to turn back to Bayonne, bad weather that made us come home early, odd port stops, but none of that was a bother to me- some of it was life and death!
What I'm referencing is overall disorganization of the ship. For instance, at dinner. MTD with reservations was significantly slower than without reservations. Once a seater took your ticket, they took you to your table... well they thought they did. They left you in the middle of the dining room while they went back to figure out where you were actually supposed to be sitting. They had all types of water sitting on tables; if you asked for bread they would pull it off the table next to you- overall just lost and cutting shortcuts left and right.
When it came to communication- nothing! We received all our messages from the whole trip on the last day on our phone. We received our communication about our all access tour AFTER the tour. We were told that they were rescheduling show performances AFTER they were supposed to start and then reschedule something else in 4 minutes from the announcement. It was a mess!
It was interesting that some of the crew expressed the same sentiments. When I asked someone how they like the ship, their friend laughed. I asked what does that mean? She said, its just so disorganized compared to other ships!
I haven't experienced anything like it on Anthem or other ships before. Even Johnny Rockets took 35 minutes to get your food (1st person in line) a-la carte! Anyone else had a similar experience lately? The hotel director is interesting... I would have approached if I didn't think he would ridicule me in some way!
On the ship right now and I agree with you 100%. This is the most disorganized cruise ship I’ve been on. We had our stop at Kings Wharf today. The staff last night at dinner told us that the ship would depart at 6:30. The real time was actually 3:30. The cruise director had everyone change their times last night back an hour but in Bermuda they were actually one hour ahead and the ships departure time was based on local time. Wtf?
Food is ok. Service is good. Entertainment is non existent. Doubt that I’ll be rebooking with RCCL again.
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On the ship right now and I agree with you 100%. This is the most disorganized cruise ship I’ve been on. We had our stop at Kings Wharf today. The staff last night at dinner told us that the ship would depart at 6:30. The real time was actually 3:30. The cruise director had everyone change their times last night back an hour but in Bermuda they were actually one hour ahead and the ships departure time was based on local time. Wtf?
Food is ok. Service is good. Entertainment is non existent. Doubt that I’ll be rebooking with RCCL again.