Joe12 on Anthem OTS ~ June 30th 2016 ~ 9NT Bermuda/Caribbean ~ Picture Review!

Hello CC!

Just back from our Summer Vacation onboard Anthem of the Seas.

I'm Joe from Glasgow, Scotland and I am a cruise fanatic! Anthem was my 10th cruise and we received a crystal block this cruise for reaching 140 points.

Before we start, here's the ship!

We started our journey at 6am on Friday the 24th and left for Edinburgh Airport.

At about 6.40am, we arrived.

We checked in for our flight. At Edinburgh Airport, in the check in line, there are people asking you about your holiday, presumably for security reasons. These folks seemed friendly but slightly fake in terms of how they were talking to you.

Here is the Terminal

We headed up the escalator.

Then through security and Duty Free (where I didn't take any photos) and into the Terminal.

We had booked the No1 lounge at the Airport. It was pretty good.

Here's the interior.

The breakfast was OK, but I wanted something really big to keep me going for many hours until dinner that night as I would only be eating snacks on the flight.

So we went to Wetherspoons.

Here was the menu.

I had the Traditional Breakfast. Very Tasty!

Soon we headed to the gate for our flight.

Then we were onboard.

We had booked United's Economy Plus which was excellent.

Lots of legroom!

Here was the interior of the plane.

The plane was a 757, which IMO is too small and cramped for a 7 hour T/Atl flight. But we were in E+ so that was fine.

I got quite bored towards the end of the flight and decided to use a new method of storing trash on a plane. Just stuff it inside a tub of Pringles!

The flight's nearly over........

and it's over.

Welcome to the USA!!

We are doing the same itinerary next May on the Anthem and we will also get our crystal block on that cruise too for 140 points:D

Pat

We are doing the same itinerary next May on the Anthem and we will also get our crystal block on that cruise too for 140 points:D

 

Pat

Hello!

Thanks for stopping by!

I see you're doing a B2B- excellent. 9 Days isn't enough!

Congrats on 140 and have a nice cruise.

Joe

Hello!

Thanks for stopping by!

I see you're doing a B2B- excellent. 9 Days isn't enough!

Congrats on 140 and have a nice cruise.

Joe

Yes - 9 days is not enough even though we got just about a 2 hour drive to the ship :D + we are staying in a Grand Loft Suite - can't wait for that either :)

Pat

I agree with you on the flight, although I hate flying longer than 3 hours :)

Can't wait to hear about the trip. Thanks for taking the time to do this

Lets keep going, shall we?

We arrived in Newark and got a taxi to the hotel. It got us to Manhattan conveniently although the driver was not particularly friendly.

We spent 6 nights at the Crowne Plaza Times Square. (Terrible picture, sorry)

We were unable to check in straight away so we took a wander around the 5th avenue area. In Barnes and Noble, I found this.

A bit vague to say the least. :rolleyes:

After some time around 5th Avenue, we headed back to the hotel and past this restaurant.

We have been here before and would not recommend Lindy's because it was really expensive. The food was all right but overpriced for the quality, IMO.

Then back to the hotel and the room was ready.

We had a room on the 43rd floor (I think it was 4305) and we really enjoyed it.

Here is the picture of the room (not good again either).

Here was the view.

We relaxed in the hotel until it was time for Dinner.

Dinner tonight was at John's Pizzeria, our favourite place in New York. It can get very busy but as we had came in from Europe, we were here pretty early and got seated straight away.

You get complementary water here but I also had some Pineapple Juice.

For Starter I had the Chicken Wings, which were too spicy for me.

Instead I tried some Sausage Pizza Rolls, which were very nice.

Also some Garlic Bread.

For Main Course, we all shared a large Hawaiian Pizza, I mean LARGE. I was stuffed. No photo, sorry.

Forllowing you along.:)

Looking forward to it we are trying to decide between, Anthem 9 night, Harmony 7 night and Vista 8 night.

We loved Quantum for her short stay and your review will be very helpful Thank you

great start, I look forward to your review

Looking forward to it we are trying to decide between, Anthem 9 night, Harmony 7 night and Vista 8 night.

 

We loved Quantum for her short stay and your review will be very helpful Thank you

9 nights would be my choice.

I know it kind of seems like a no brainer, more cruise days the better but its also more stuff missed, work, swim meets, water polo games.

I really was hoping to sail Harmony since we loved Allure and Oasis and HOS has water slides. But she actually costs a little bit more for 7 days than Anthem will for 9 days.

I am leaning toward Anthem.

Following along... will be on a 9 night Anthem cruise this fall. Enjoy your trip. Glad to see you stopped at John's Pizza. Great place!!!

Following. Will be on Anthem next fall - first time on a Quantum class. Thanks for your review!

Hi Joe,

We were on the 6/30 cruise with you. I'm really enjoying your review as well.

It's taking me a long time to get my review up, but in following yours with interest.

I didn't take a lot of pictures of the ship itself became (1) I don't think that there is one that I could take that hasn't been posted already and (2) I wanted to live in the moment and not miss those moments by focusing on picture taking.

Looking forward to reading more of your review.

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Hello everyone!

Thanks for stopping by. I've not had time to put this together the last few days but I'll try to get a good chunk of NYC done tomorrow.

Thanks

Joe

Right, let's get back on track.

After dinner, we headed past Trump Tower :eek:

We then went into the Starbucks at Columbus Circle for some dessert. I think I had a brownie.

We then headed down 6th avenue and went under this mini waterfall.

Then back to Times Square.

We then went back to the hotel after being awake for 20 hours!

Good morning!

Here's what I had for breakfast.

This morning we went to the High Line.

A Carnival and Norwegian ship were in port today.

Wandering down.

After the High Line, We hit Starbucks again.

Then we headed through SoHo.

:eek:

Past through the south of SoHo and past Battery Park, we came to....