Live! Anthem of the Seas March 24-31, 2023 with Dragon of the Seas

[nelblu]

Do you happen to know the name of the C&A Loyalty Ambassador. 

[DragonOfTheSeas]

I didn’t look on my phone this morning until I got into Port Canaveral. 
 

I will shocked to see the key bridge collapse. We have good friends who are sailing on the vision right now. And Baltimore Cruise friends who are scheduled on the next two cruises.

 

at least one of our friends on this cruise on vision was with us on the last cruise on grandeur of the sea when sailing stopped for the pandemic. They closed the port of Baltimore. But the governor made an exception, and allowed us to return.

 

I feel for her, and all those that are aboard

 

 

Edited March 26 by DragonOfTheSeas

[DragonOfTheSeas]

Cocoa Beach is hopping since it is spring break.
 

 

We were late arriving in port compared to other ships. some of them seem to be packing up and leaving. The last bus for us is at 5:30 tonight.

 

it’s a red flag day so everyone’s limited to the breakers.

 

 

 

[DragonOfTheSeas]

We did a small amount of shopping at Ron Jon. It’s a huge store and the lines were long.

 

 

 

[DragonOfTheSeas]

We are leaving Port Canaveral right on time at 8 PM. It was fine while it lasted.

[Merion_Mom]

12 hours ago, nelblu said:

Do you happen to know the name of the C&A Loyalty Ambassador. 

 

@wolfcathorse Captain Srecko Ban

 

@nelblu Whitney just went home.  It's Rishi, from Mauritius

[rrraydon]

I love the Anthem but am also looking forward to some of the "new to me" ships coming to NJ...Liberty, Odyssey and Symphony. I will miss Anthem though, she's my favorite ship.

 

Thank you for taking the time to bring us along.. following. 🙂

[ecslady]

23 hours ago, DragonOfTheSeas said:

I am standing in our junior suite cabin, looking into the hallway, and the door to the deck eight is directly in front of me. You can see the lock door to the right, and our daughter’s door to the left.

 

This is working perfectly for us plenty of privacy, but also plenty of space for both of us. We keep the door propped open like this whenever we’re all in the cabin and closed when we are gone or sleeping. 

 

It is a narrow hallway, DH walker just fits through. 

 

 

Thanks so much for posting the entry way pic. 

[DragonOfTheSeas]

We are headed to Hideaway Beach today in Coco Cay.  I will post some pics in a little while.

[DragonOfTheSeas]

6 hours ago, Merion_Mom said:

 

@wolfcathorse Captain Srecko Ban

 

@nelblu Whitney just went home.  It's Rishi, from Mauritius

Merino Mom thank you for answering. They do not put the sheets introducing the important people in your state room anymore. I did not go to the top-tier event. So I wasn’t there to meet them and I asked one of the waiters in the dining room, and they could say his name, but they could not spell it for me. (and there was no way from the way they were pronouncing it, that I could spell it.)

 

I still have this on my mental list to find out so you save me the trouble😃
 

 

[DragonOfTheSeas]

It’s a beautiful day here on Coco Cay. 
 

I’ve been missing getting my sunrise picture, so here was today’s sunrise

 

 

Coco Cay is in the Berty Island group. Norwegian cruise line uses one of those islands as a private island also. And they were pulling in this morning.

 

We are sharing the island today with freedom of the seas

 

[DragonOfTheSeas]

Here, a few pictures of the beach and pool

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DragonOfTheSeas]

Here are some pictures of the bar and the cabana area. I want to take a picture real fast before people got into those cabanas.

 

 

 

 

 

The pool area looks especially

 

 

 

 

also, I am someone who does not like loud music. And that was something that kind of concerned me about coming here really the only thing. But I decided to come anyway because of the adults only and heated pool features

 

I don’t know whether they’ve turned the music down today or not but it’s fine. I’m not bothered by it at all. It gives it a nice vibe.

Edited March 27 by DragonOfTheSeas

[DragonOfTheSeas]

My first Coco Loco of the day. I’m not usually a day drinker. But Coco Cay is an exception.☺️

 

[Nadey]

I am enjoying your review of the trip and your pictures. You always do a great job.

[DragonOfTheSeas]

The music got a little louder as the day went on. But it was still fine with me. The only one of the songs that I recognized was by Beyoncé. And I didn’t know what the name of it was. Ha ha ha ha. 
 

The pool was never crowded. There was always one or two of those in water loungers empty. I thought they would be full by 10 o’clock but they weren’t. I think there’s so many children on this ship that the parents and grandparents went to the waterpark or other parts of the island with the children. 

 

look at these two women dressed in bright Caribbean costumes. There were a few of them around the pool, dancing, and generally trying to encourage the party atmosphere.
 

A couple of them were carrying around champagne bottles fixed with triggers, and shooting a mouthful of champagne into everyone they passed. I passed on the opportunity, but DD enjoyed it.  They had pretty good aim from a foot away. You can tell they do this a lot.  sorry, I was in the pool at the time and didn’t have my phone with me and didn’t get a picture. 
 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 27 by DragonOfTheSeas

[DragonOfTheSeas]

Tonight DD And I had reservations for the show Spectra. It’s very hard to describe.

when the show was over, I told DD that if cirque du Soleil and a computer had a baby it would be this show. 

The special effects, lighting and costumes were excellent. But there was no storyline, and the use of the computer generated content was just weird. And I was not the only one that thought that it hurts several people talking about it if they left. The performers were all very talented and amazing dancers. it was just not my cup of tea.

 

 

 

 

[DragonOfTheSeas]

Shortly after we board at the ship DD and I walked around on the15th deck. We went to an activities desk in the seaplex. one of the guys there told us that to reserve the north star for the basic trip, (free version) to check the app after 6pm. The previous two nights we had tried, and never saw it pop-up.
 

Tonight, our daughter was just looking on the app for something else regarding tonight‘s entertainment, and the basic version of the Northstar appeared. She followed the prompts to make a reservation for 9:30 in the morning and told me to do the same thing. I was standing right beside her, so did.

 

I immediately tried to make the reservation, but the 9:30am slots were all gone so I picked 9:15am. It’s no problem that we’re not going together. I just wanted to point out how quickly those times fill up. 

 

If you want to try out the basic version of the Northstar be on your app right at 6 PM the night before your port stop. 

[Merion_Mom]

24 minutes ago, DragonOfTheSeas said:

Tonight DD And I had reservations for the show Spectra. It’s very hard to describe.

when the show was over, I told DD that if cirque du Soleil and a computer had a baby it would be this show. 

The special effects, lighting and costumes were excellent. But there was no storyline, and the use of the computer generated content was just weird. And I was not the only one that thought that it hurts several people talking about it if they left. The performers were all very talented and amazing dancers. it was just not my cup of tea.

 

 

 

 

It's a CABARET, not a story.  Just enjoy the performances.  🙂 

[DragonOfTheSeas]

We are docked in Nassau. Woo Hoo. This is a picture as we got close. We are docked in the 4th berth.
 

 

Nassau is not my favorite port. But I’m very interested to see what the new port area looks like. I don’t have any excursion or plans here but I do plan to get off and look around.
 

This was the pilot boat arriving at the ship early this morning. I wasn’t able to get a picture of the pilot, jumping onto the ship. 

 

 

we have been following the Norwegian pearl in each of our port stops. And she’s here, docked beside us.

 

Edited March 28 by DragonOfTheSeas

[DragonOfTheSeas]

One thing that the Anthem has done that is a really nice touch is provide music as you’re arriving for breakfast. Each morning one or a few crew members are stationed outside of the main dining room, and providing us with music.
 

Today it was beautiful flute melodies.  
 

[DragonOfTheSeas]

10 hours ago, Merion_Mom said:

It's a CABARET, not a story.  Just enjoy the performances.  🙂 

I appreciated the talent. Especially the gymnastic ability of the dancers. They were phenomenal.

 

just not my cup of tea

[DragonOfTheSeas]

I just wanna let everybody know while we’re in Nassau that we are at the Starbucks. It is on Bay Street .1 of a mile from the straw market. They are selling the been there series mugs in case anyone collects those.

 

 

Edited March 28 by DragonOfTheSeas

[DragonOfTheSeas]

We had a Northstar reservation at 9:15 this morning. All of the times for today are sold out so that means there are no more basic (free) slots. 
 

I took way too many pictures while I was up there. Ha ha ha. Here are just a few. And of course, here’s the proof of life picture from DH and I. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mets07]

41 minutes ago, DragonOfTheSeas said:

I just wanna let everybody know while we’re in Nassau that we are at the Starbucks. It is on Bay Street .1 of a mile from the straw market. They are selling the been there series mugs in case anyone collects those.

 

 

 

We found that one too! These cups are addictive and take up a lot of cabinet space. Ha.