arbypup

The husband and I are considering a cruise next summer, our fourth (I'm pretty sure this profile is wildly out of date!). The first three were all Caribbean and to try something new, I'm intrigued by the small number of 5-night sailings offered on the Anthem each summer to Maine/Nova Scotia. I love New England but haven't traveled farther than Boston before.

My question for anyone who has taken one of these cruises is, how would the experience differ from our other cruises that went towards the South? Is the passenger composition likely to be different? Will the pools be too cold to play in? We're active vacationers and prefer nature-centered excursions like hiking or kayaking to tours of the town. Will there be much available for us to do on shore?

Anything else that would seem obvious to mention?

I very much appreciate your input!

I know I'll be too busy for movies, I was just trying to show DH that they're usually pretty recent releases...right?

 

And I'm curious how much soda is WITHOUT the card.

 

Not sure how much soda he'll drink, so don't want to shell out a bunch for the card if it's not worth it...ya know?

Hey! Just got back off the Liberty Saturday...the on-tv movies were all within the last few years. I remember Evan Almighty and the Bee Movie being on there, plus a couple action flicks. (we didn't watch many either). They also had this continuously running special showing how they built the upgrades on Sovereign, that was kind of interesting.

Soda was I think $2-something a glass. Not really worth it to us, they have plenty of free ice tea and lemonade in the Windjammer. Also of note, the health-drink bar by the H20 zone is hugely overpriced as well.