Anthem of the Seas Cruise Review
Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast
Matt Hochberg
4.8 • 693 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2015
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Perhaps no cruise ship other than Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas has garnered as much attention this year, and this week, I have returned from my 2-night adventure on Anthem of the Seas to share with you my entire experience.
It was a terrific experience and it changed the way I look at the Quantum class ships. Let’s talk about the many experiences, dining, entertainment and everything else inbetween on this week’s episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Royal Caribbean blog podcast, a weekly look into the world of Royal Caribbean cruising. |
| 0:22.7 | I'm your host Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 119. |
| 0:26.6 | Perhaps no cruise ship other than Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas has garnered as much attention this year, and this week I've returned from my two-night adventure on Anthem of the Seas to share with you my entire experience. |
| 0:36.0 | It was a terrific experience and it really changed the way that I look at the quantum class ships. Let share with you my entire experience. It was a terrific experience and |
| 0:37.6 | really changed the way that I look at the quantum class ships. Let's talk about my many |
| 0:41.2 | experiences, dining, entertainment, and basically everything else in between on this week's |
| 0:45.3 | episode. Here we go. I think if you listen to this podcast for a little bit now, you probably |
| 0:51.7 | have heard me talk a lot about my experiences on Quantum of the Seas. |
| 0:54.7 | The first Quantum Glass ship that Royal Caribbean built. |
| 0:55.7 | And that happened over the course of last year, about just about this time, in fact. And earlier in 2015, when I sailed on her as part of the Royal Caribbean Blog Group Cruising, you know, I really did enjoy Quantum of the Seas. I thought was a great ship. Did it make my top list of ships out there and some of the ships that I really, really, really loved? |
| 1:13.3 | Maybe not. I thought it was a great ship. Did it make my top list of ships out there and some of the ships that I really, really, really loved? |
| 1:14.4 | Maybe not. |
| 1:16.6 | I'm not sure that it was quite to that level. |
| 1:24.8 | So when I had the opportunity to go on Anthem of the Seas, I had basically all my expectations were based on what I experienced on Quantum of the Seas. |
| 1:30.7 | And going on my two-night adventure on Anthem of the Seas, I think I really blew past all my expectations on here. |
| 1:31.8 | There was something about Anthem of the Seas that just resonated with me so much more than |
| 1:37.2 | her sister ship, Quantum of the Seas. |
| 1:39.4 | And I don't know what it is. |
| 1:40.3 | I can't sit here and tell you exactly an XYZ as to why Anthem was so much better |
| 1:46.7 | experience than her sister ship. And this is something that I actually found with a lot of other |
| 1:50.2 | folks as well, came away with the same kind of reaction. And it kind of, you know, it got to me, |
| 1:55.1 | got me thinking, in fact, what is it about this ship that I really, really enjoyed? And maybe |
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