Geoff P

Yep that’s the one! First and only time so far going out of Bayonne, otherwise we’ve only gone out of Miami on our other cruises. Really enjoyed going up and past the statue and seeing the city while turning around, going under the bridge was great too. Going out of Bayonne again in September

On our last sailing before the shut down in 2020 the captain sailed Anthem up past the statue then turned around before heading out to sea…I’ve seen on Facebook a few others saying they’ve had this experience as well, but sounds like it isn’t guaranteed. This is from our sail away, I was in the solarium and it was rainy so not the best picture.

Sorry, I realized I asked this under the Europe discussion… I just mean in general on that deployment schedule, I was looking more for Northeast and short Caribbean

Just curious, when it says sail date summer 2023-winter 2024, is that like through April 2024, or December? I’m assuming April, but hoping December lol.

Anthem just had its dry dock during the shutdown

The wait staff in the main dinning rooms…have never had a bad experience. Our last cruise our waiter was Elvis from India, he and my wife were talking about how much she likes Indian food and he said he would take care of her, brought out off menu Indian food for her to try, she loved it. Just a little extra that really makes the cruise that much better, we really enjoyed all the staff on that cruise though.

Would suck to be cancelled, but I’d be 100% ok with that compensation, especially right now with missed ports and whatnot.

I just posted on this old one as it was related to what I was asking, so no worries!

We would fly in a few days early, do a few days in Disney, then head over to the port after that, so wouldn’t be flying in day of, but driving (or some form of transportation) from Disney property to the port…just wasn’t sure if it would be better to travel to the port the night before and stay closer to there, or if it would be easy enough to just drive from Disney the morning of the cruise

For those who have done this, Disney and then cruise out of port Canaveral, how easy is it to get from Disney to the port? I know typically nobody recommends traveling in the day of the cruise, but this seems close enough that grabbing a Lyft/Uber that morning and heading to the port would be ok, right?

I don’t know, most of the names on that list are pretty bad…My guess would be like most are saying and it will be either Melody or Aria of the seas.

While I agree it’s too expensive…it’s not really $88 per day, as it is BOGO 50% off and you have to purchase the package for both adults in the room, assuming double occupancy, comes out to $66 per day per person. For us, my wife doesn’t drink so it’s really not a good sale at all.

Haha, it was innovative, when it was introduced years ago…

There’s also Jewel and Brilliance in the Radiance class, so just made me wonder why they chose Enchantment

Do they normally do a vision class ship in Alaska? Also interesting is that Enchantment has a trip to Hawaii at the end of the season just like the other ships, does that mean it is going to end up in Australia or Asia similar to Quantum, Ovation and Radiance?

From what Matt has said with regards to the schedule, they get released sometime during this week, not necessarily at the beginning of the week, so could still be coming out over the next few days

This is what we do on our cruises, we just get the one device plan and sign in on whoever’s phone is using it at the time.

Saved some on refreshment package, voom and excursions…but DBP is actually more expensive for this “sale” than it was 2 weeks ago LOL, not a big drinker so not a big deal, figured I’d check it out and grab it if it was a nice sale, but nope

Not sure it’s in Webster’s, but being from Massachusetts and with the amount of time I spend in Boston, I believe the correct spelling is “wattah”

Last time we were in Miami pre-cruise we stayed at the Kimpton Epic, it seemed reasonably priced at the time (pre-pandemic), not the cheapest but not the most expensive. We enjoyed staying there and would again whenever cruising out of Miami.

It’s probably not the cheapest but it’s definitely the most convenient, plus if it snows your car is covered at least.

Any details on what Adventure had done in dry dock? I know nobody has been on yet since, but just curious if any rumors or details have been floating around…wife is hoping for an El Loco Fresh lol

Adventure is actually in St. Maarten right now, so maybe just canceling it’s Europe season knowing they werent going to bring it over there this year anyway? I wonder how they decide which ship to start with as they have some other ships in the Bahamas already

This just popped up on my Facebook...looks like Adventure will be restarting from Nassau in June 2021

I liked Key West as a cruise stop, it’s like the perfect amount of time there...and it’s way better than say, Nassau. I’ve been to Key West a few times, both on a cruise and for a week long vacation once, the week there was too much, could’ve done more like a long weekend, but stopping for a day on a cruise is nice. I don’t think the people that own the businesses by where the cruise ships dock don’t want us there...unfortunately they were apparently out-voted.