BethBean98

Thanks for sharing your experience !
We were in the Star Class cabin 11 months before you. I was great reading and reminiscing about our experience. It was very similar, but we had a different Genie and Jesus was our suite attendant. We were suppose to in April of 2020 in a GS. We love Anthem and hoping our cruise this spring goes (non SC, but Sky). We were there on Coco Cay when they still had the suite area, before the beach club opened. The suite area had gone downhill from the previous year. There were so many flies it was really disgusting. We let our Genie and Ricardo (the Concierge), as well as the post cruise comments. We were spoiled on our 1st SC cruise on Oasis in 2018 and are looking forward to our next two SC cruises. It is truly hard to go back to Sky or other ships that do not offer the Royal Suite Class program, but we like to cruise. 

Thanks for sharing your experience !
We were in the Star Class cabin 11 months before you. I was great reading and reminiscing about our experience. It was very similar, but we had a different Genie and Jesus was our suite attendant. We were suppose to in April of 2020 in a GS. We love Anthem and hoping our cruise this spring goes (non SC, but Sky). We were there on Coco Cay when they still had the suite area, before the beach club opened. The suite area had gone downhill from the previous year. There were so many flies it was really disgusting. We let our Genie and Ricardo (the Concierge), as well as the post cruise comments. We were spoiled on our 1st SC cruise on Oasis in 2018 and are looking forward to our next two SC cruises. It is truly hard to go back to Sky or other ships that do not offer the Royal Suite Class program, but we like to cruise. 

Dan and I are on B2B Star Class cruises on Anthem right now. I cannot say enough about our Genie, Yen. She has been absolutely priceless.  Yesterday (day 4 of the first cruise) we were in Port Canaveral.  A situation, too involved and convoluted to get into now, required that all guests disembark the ship.  Yes, I mean EVERYbody, including staff.  We were already off the ship when they forced everyone else off so when we got back to the terminal, it was mayhem. A thousand or more guests - some in still-wet bathing suits - all waiting to reboard the ship.  Tempers were beginning to flare and we were stuck in the terminal.  Thank GOD I still has the loop app on my cell phone.  I texted Yen for help.  She came down and escorted us past hundreds and hundreds of people straight onto the ship.  THIS is why having a Genie is so incredible. 
This morning we are in Coco Cay. I am staying on the ship but Dan wanted to go snorkel.  He told Yen that he did not need an escort off the ship b/c he wasn’t going until around noon.  Surely by then there would be no line for the tenders, right ?  He got ready, went down and the line to get onto the tender on deck 3 stretched all the way into the casino.  He called Yen. In 2 minutes she was there to take him to the front of the line to catch the next tender to shore.  THIS is why you have a Genie.
We wanted to try the bumper cars.  When we went up there, the line was all the way around the sea plex.  Yen took us to the front of the line and we got into our cars as soon as the next session started. The story is the same for North Star. We waited at the bar with a drink and boarded the next session while everyone else was standing in line in the sun. The suite is sweet, the all-inclusive specialty dining and drinks packages are awesome but IMO, Priority access is the biggest perk of Star Class. You have an advocate that can get you just about anything. 
In our pre-cruise questionnaire, I noted that Dan likes Modelo Negro beer.  Yen wrote back to us that, sadly, the Anthem had discontinued stocking Modelo Negro.  No problem....we made a second choice and forgot all about Modelo Negro...but Yen did not.  Yesterday, she came to our suite with a tote bag full of Modelo Negro that she had scavanged from God-knows-where on the ship. It was such a sweet gift that she even remembered. THAT’s the kind of personalized service you get with a Genie.
In the past we tipped the Genie the $100 per day but I think we are going to need to up the ante for Yen.  She has truly been a Godsend this entire cruise....and we still have another glorious week with her.  We also have incredible stateroom attendants.  What a great cruise this is and continues to be ! Star Class rules !
 

Love this sale! Repriced and saved money. Lost some on board credit, but it's an overall savings.

It seems like it'd more or less get a lot of the features introduced on Harmony and Symphony - anyone have any ideas if the Abyss would be a possible addition?

Episode 232 of the Royal Caribbean Blog podcast is all about how to check for price drops: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/podcast/episode-232-how-check-price-drops-your-royal-caribbean-cruise

Agreed.... rational/mentally healthy people don't make threats or statements like that on social media. 

Key thing for me is I would have asked to do more. Maybe in room dining or something along those lines. Did Canada/NE so it was port intensive.
Best advice if wanting to to Ripcord, ask for a time very early in the sailing. I had booked online for day 2 and the Genie had a booking for later on. Think on day 3 or 4 Ripcord was out of service for the rest of the cruise.

I was able to grab one of these for $247 on our Mariner cruise and I am SO excited about it!! 

This was a hard one to answer. We have mostly sailed on the Voyager class because of the embarkation port of Cape Liberty. However we cruised on Anthem and Oasis and enjoyed them. We recently sailed on Adventure and it was great because she recently came out of dry dock and the crew was wonderful. Oasis is nice because we never felt like we were on a cruise ship - no motion at all. Downside to Oasis for us is you have to fly. Anthem is like a super sized Voyager class ship. The only time we felt crowded was embarkation day or sale days. We are going on Anthem again and may book another one. We like the convenience of driving to the port instead of flying.