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Anthem of the Seas - March 9-17, 2018


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Cabin Photos:

This is a Family Junior Suite (FJ). The FJ on Anthem can sleep either 4 or 5. The ones on Deck 8 and 9 can accommodate 5 and the ones on the other decks only sleep 4. 

Powder room: Toilet/sink

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Full Bath: shower with curtain ?, sink, toilet. One complaint is that there is a lack of storage in here. Shelves on the wall would have been great.

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L'Occitane bath amenities in suites for anyone who is wondering. 

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Room:

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Balcony:

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Storage:

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At night with the Pullman:

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On 3/9/2018 at 3:07 PM, Sabrinaklai said:

Lyft Plus to Cape Liberty - $36

The sight of this never grows old. Love pulling up to the ship!

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Zero wait time at the terminal. Arrived at 10:20am, proceeded through security, checked in at suites area. Did not even have time to look around or take a pic. I don't even know what the suites waiting area looks like lol.  Right after we checked in, we were directed to the suites entrance. And made our way board.

After wandering for a bit while we waited for WJ to open we made our way there around 10:50am to find that they were already open for lunch. And it was pretty full already. We manage to get a nice table by the window to view the NY skyline.  I also found this for @Sweety:

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Word of advice...not sure if it was just for this sailing or the norm but by the time we finished lunch at 12pm the line into the WJ looked like this:

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They were actually holding people back from entering. The line was at least 50-60 people deep. I have never seen this happen before on any ship!  So eat early or elsewhere if possible.

Drink package prices on board:

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It's 4pm. Sailaway was scheduled for 3pm. We are just moving away now. Good bye NJ! Hopefully onwards to some warmer weather!

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?:Hubby

Thank you. Did you get one?

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CK Night 2: Formal night 1

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For D2, my picky eater. At least it looks nice lol.

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Lobster Salad: A; on the small side but good flavours and fresh 

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Zucchini Spaghetti: Interesting twist on Spaghetti in that the noodles are actualLy  Zucchini and it is in a Marinara sauce. Not to my liking as the texture is off for me but hubby likes it. The flavours are good and it's a fairly healthy dish. Grade: A-

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Caesar salad: Fresh...interesting set up...other than that, it's Caesar salad. Grade: A

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Chicken leg: I did not try this on Harmony and wanted to give it a try tonight. Sorry to say that I did not enjoy it. The flavours were wonderful but the texture was weird. It's almost as if the chicken seemed ground up. Not sure if I am explaining this well but it was just strange.  Grade: B-

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Pappardelle: Excellent flavours, pasta could have been a bit more "al-dente" but overall a good, solid dish.  Grade: A

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Crab and Shrimp Crusted Pollock: This was Hubby's dish. He liked it enough to order it a second time (he had this on Harmony). He's not here right now to give it a rating. Living it up in the Seaplex with the kids. That's what cruising with kids is like ?

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Dessert!

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As mentioned before, D2 is a very picky eater. Our waiter is amazingly patient with her. She took it upon herself to create her own desser tonight. It's chocolate chip cookies with a cup of vanilla ice cream, whip cream, and chocolate sauce for dipping. She said it was delicious! So I guess the rating is A+? ?

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Valrhona Chocolate Bar: What can I say about this? It's rich chocolate, melts in your mouth, yum!  Rating: A+

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After dinner we went to see "The Gift" in the Royal Theatre. Set design, choreography, vocals, acting, dancing, all superb!  Storyline...a bit strange. I almost want to see it again as I had a really hard time following this one.

Currently passing time writing this as we wait for the late night comedy show.  The comedian is Kivi Rogers. He did a bit on the Welcome Show last night. We found him quite funny so heading back to see his late night version. CD Clo continues to be very entertaining and amusing. This is our first time having a female CD. The vibe is definitely different, but a good different. 

Still have not had a chance to do WJ recon. ? Going to try tomorrow...

Random stray observation: Star Class does not seem to be as "in your face" on Anthem. Other than the Theatre, I have yet to see a Genie walking around. On Oasis class, we saw them everywhere.

Good night for now.  Hopefully tomorrow brings warmer weather, and sun. It was cloudy and cold today. Then it rained...

 

 

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I'm really enjoying your blog, Sabrina!

 

Thank you for taking the time to show lotsa pictures (the twangsterbot needs to up it's game!) and great dialogue.

 

Here's hoping y'all (that's southern for "you Canadians") find some good, warm weather soon.  It was pretty darn cool 

and windy here in Charleston today, but not as bad as NC.  I'm sure you'll find it!

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1 hour ago, Floski said:

I'm really enjoying your blog, Sabrina!

 

Thank you for taking the time to show lotsa pictures (the twangsterbot needs to up it's game!) and great dialogue.

Thanks @Floski. I've only learned from reading so many live blogs here and trying to include things that people might want to know if they are considering or planning to sail Anthem. That's the great thing about this community. Such a great platform to learn and share. ?

I'll do one up on @twangster with this pic...I am not a bot or a fish lol (not techie enough to get the graphic ?) but I sure was freezing!

@SeasTheDayNJ...note the attire...down filled Lulu jacket, Rulu base layer, gloves, brushed tights...still frozen! That's for my female audience ?

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7 hours ago, Sabrinaklai said:

 

@SeasTheDayNJ...note the attire...down filled Lulu jacket, Rulu base layer, gloves, brushed tights...still frozen! That's for my female audience ?

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???? anxiously checking the weather every 5 minutes. Now they'e calling for snow and 44 in Bayonne for Saturday! 

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Day 3 - At Sea

Good morning/ afternoon all. We totally lost time this morning as we did not wake up until an hour ago. Interesting observation as I have never done daylight savings on a ship before. My phone said 10am when I woke up as did all our other devices, but, Royal IQ, wonky as usual, looked like this:

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Threw me right off as I did not know if being on Airplane mode affected my phone's ability to change time on it's own. So I texted my sister back at home to see what time it really was. Phone was right. Royal was wrong. Down here on Deck 4, the big clock on the Esplanade also says 11am. Maybe this is cost savings by RC to ensure that some people become pier runners tomorrow ?

It's bit warmer today. 

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And since I cannot cannot compete with @twangster's tech skills here's another view from the balcony to show where we really are ?

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I am not a bot, fish, or a man in short sleeves lol.

Currently siting in La Patisserie waiting for WJ to open for lunch, since we missed breakfast. I can't remember if @twangster included this in his blogs but here is the menu:

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Nice place to relax and blog ?

Going to check on Hubby and kids back in the cabin. Hopefully chaos did not break out while I was here.

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2 hours ago, Sabrinaklai said:

We are having the laziest time! I'm worried that my blog is too boring! Lol. 

Really liking this blog! Don't worry at all that it's boring, I'm seeing things on the ship that I haven't seen before, like the Patisserie! Between the Ben & Jerry's cups and the chocolate specialties, that could end up becoming my mid-day snack stop. At least, assuming the Ben & Jerry's cups are actually full cups and not the little 2-ounce mini-cups that I've seen in some places. $4.50 for one of those tiny things would be insulting in the extreme.

 

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13 minutes ago, JLMoran said:

Really liking this blog! Don't worry at all that it's boring, I'm seeing things on the ship that I haven't seen before, like the Patisserie! Between the Ben & Jerry's cups and the chocolate specialties, that could end up becoming my mid-day snack stop. At least, assuming the Ben & Jerry's cups are actually full cups and not the little 2-ounce mini-cups that I've seen in some places. $4.50 for one of those tiny things would be insulting in the extreme.

 

There was an ice cream stand set up in the WJ earlier. The guy was ringing a bell. Never came across that before. I wish I could have gotten a pic but it was too crowded. No charge ?

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Lunch in the WJ was uneventful. It was crowded again and people were not moving through it well. We got there at opening too...11:30am.  I didn't bother taking food pics. It was too crowded but did get some dessert station pics.

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It's rock climbing time...

 

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