mom2mnem

Thanks for the review and the casino tip for the early 20s. Do you remember the time for the Welcome Aboard show? Thanks

Our show was at 7:30. We really enjoyed it.

Lisa

After a wonderful vacation we head home. Bye Bye Cape Liberty:

Thank you for reading and looking at my pictures. I hope you all have wonderful and relaxing cruises!!

Lisa

DH happened to be up early on arrival day. He managed to get a sunrise and catch the bridge on our arrival:

Catching a sunset ........

Some random pics of us:

We diid get towel animals. I believe we got them 3 nights. Not to bore you with all of the, I will post pics of just 2 :

LIsa

Back on the Ship....

Walking around one evening we ran into the cruise director and his wife. Dh had to take a selfie:

we did see a fish or two:

Horseshoe Bay Beach......

fascination with the pink sand:

Pink Sand as the water crashes into the rocks:

At least there was nice sunset despite the lack of bonfire and people

Heading back to the ship at night:

Non existent Bonfire on the Beach:

Lisa

A view of Horseshoe Bay beach

Bermuda pictures from our tour......

Lisa

Northstar Views.......

Day 2 the kids did the I-Fly and we all went on Northstar.

Waiting to start.....

Mike:

Nick:

Emily:

Lisa

Just finished passing under the bridge, officially on our way to Bermuda!

Geez...it's freezing out here! Can't imagine what it is like in the winter months!

Lisa

Our welcome aboard photo. Yes we do them and we buy our pictures. Dh won't have it any other way.

We had 2 balcony cabins. We had them open the balcony divider for easy access to the kids room. This is our cabin 9552. the kids had 9550.

Lisa

Pulling into the Cruise Port

They started boarding just after 11. We were on by 11:30

Lisa

Wow. My memory is so bad. I completely forgot that on day 5 we saw the 2:15 showing of We will Rock you. It was 2 hours long, but it really went fast. With all of the visual effects and song after song, you didn't feel like it was dragging along at all and the performers were very talented. My daughter enjoyed it as well.

Lisa

Thats is pretty similar to what we did. We originally had Spectras on Day 2 at 1030, but it didn't work for us. We ended up seeing in later in the evening during the week . We did not have set dinner times so our schedule was pretty free. All those times worked well for us.

Lisa

I am trying to remember anything I can add to this commentary.

Anthem is a beautiful ship. Visually appealing, technologically advanced. That didn't really do much for us. We all agreed that we preferred the Allure cruise we took. We liked the "neighborhoods", Dh missed the Aqua Theater.

Bionic bar was interesting. Only one arm was working throughout the cruise. No one was really ever in there. Just a small handful of people at any given time.

When we went to the Welcome Aboard show, we arrived 30 min early figuring there would be a line. Nope. No lines. No one really showed up early to any of the shows we saw. The theaters never got very crowded for any of the shows we saw.

I know you can't always predict if a ship with be docked Starboard or Port, but do take into consideration that there is a Pirate Ship ( party boat) at the end of the dock. There is also a restaurant/bar not too far away. If you are sensitive to noises, this could bother you if you have a balcony that faces port ( not sure if the sound carries over to the other side). It didn't bother us at all, but it was loud enough that you did hear the music ( not clear enough to hear words, just the sounds and the beat) and the occasional screams of the partiers.

My kids tried Johnny Rockets. Everything you read is true. Slow, Slow, Slow. The first time my son tried it he just ordered a burger. it took so long he was given fries for free. All 3 of my kids said the same thing...about 30 min to get the food.

We didn't get a chance to eat in the dining rooms and we weren't as thrilled with the food as we were when we were on the Allure. . ( Carnival wins on this topic). The pizza we enjoyed on Allure, was not so appealing this time around.( actually every time we passed by the smell was sickening). The best food we ate was in Cafe 270, Izumi, Wonderland, and Solarium Bistro .

If you have older teens/ early 20's with you and they want to meet up with others their age , it seems like the casino was the place to find them. My son went to the meet and greet and no one really showed up. when we docked in Bermuda, he wanted to go off the ship in the evening but not alone. He wandered into the casino and met up with a group in his age range and ended up with them the rest of the cruise.

If I think of anything else, I will post. If you have any questions I will try and answer and I am sure there are plenty of experienced cruisers that can help with any questions as well.

Lisa

First and last, enjoy your cruise. If you want, you can always have room service. I get a kick out of 15-year olds, especially girls. Mine thought I was dumb as a rock. 10 years later, now she thinks i am smarter than a rock and even.....pretty cool.:)

We kept forgetting about room service this trip!! I don't know why. My son and some of his friends ordered it and he even showed us pictures, yet we still forgot!! I can't wait until my kids appreciate how smart I really am!!

Lisa