Does Anthem sail by Statue of Liberty/Manhattan?

[cruisercamper]

I am reading a live blog that mentions the Captain took them by the Statue of Liberty and lower Manhattan and then turned around to head out to sea. I thought this was one of the neat experiences of sailing out of Bayonne but others mentioned that they couldn't believe the Captain did that- that it's not usually the case. Veteran Anthem travelers - what was your experience?

[Matt]

I think most of the time it just sails out of the harbor, without a special trip closer to the Statue of Liberty.

As you noted, it has happened in the past periodically, but when I went on Anthem last year we did not make a special detour.

[whenismynextcruise]

I have been on Anthem each year for Thanksgiving cruises since she has been in Bayonne. We have only ever sailed past the SOL. Its still a fantastic view but you are not all that close.

[Lovetocruise2002]

When we left last Friday we actually left an hour behind schedule. There was no time to detour. I think @twangster had a special experience that time. 

We had a port side balcony and we could see the manhattan skyline and Statue of Liberty, but not up close.

[twangster]

The NY/NJ harbor is pretty busy and most times a harbor tour isn't authorized by the port authority.  It isn't that Royal wouldn't love to make this a standard part of the cruise, but it's out of their hands and in the hands of local officials.  Of 3 Anthem cruises It happened once for me.  I documented it in this live blog:

https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/boards/index.php?/topic/5387-anthem-11919-9-night-bahamas/&do=findComment&comment=54519