Our FIRST EVER Royal Caribbean cruise - Boarding Anthem of the Seas SURPRISED us!
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2022
- Join us on boarding day for our first ever Royal Caribbean cruise, as we sail on Anthem of the Seas to France and Spain.
We board Anthem of the Seas at City Cruise Terminal - come join us on our first day as we explore Anthem OTS - its a busy first day where we choose our speciality dining and even visit the North Star!
We hope you found this vlog fun and useful! If you have any Anthem of the Seas questions, pop them in the comments below!
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🚢 About Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas
"Every day onboard Anthem of the Seas is like embarking on a whole new adventure. Yesterday's roller skating at SeaPlex is today's bumper cars, and tonight's mesmerizing roboshow at Two70 is completely different from tomorrow's Vistarama experience. You'll quickly find the fun doesn't fade with the daylight onboard Anthem of the Seas - in fact, that's when the real party begins. Think neon-lit skydiving sessions on Ripcord by iFly, immersive virtual vistas and imaginative cocktails at Two70 Bar, and savoring sips after soaking up 300-foot-high views at North Star Bar".
Anthem of the Seas stats:
Guests: 4,180
Launched: 2015
Class: Quantum-class cruise ship
Tonnage: 168,666 GT
Length: 347.06 m (1,139 ft)
Drone footage supplied by Royal Caribbean UK.
🐒🍌🚢 About Us - Who are the Cruise Monkeys?
We are bananas about cruising! We started cruising in 2014 by doing a mini cruise on P&O Aurora. Making videos of our cruises and sharing our experiences has become our hobby - the complete video is filmed and edited on an iPhone. The videos are our opinions and experiences while on board - really they are us having fun and brining you along with us!
We may not be the youngest cruisers but we are trying to break the stereotype that cruising is for retired people. On a cruise you will normally find us wondering around the ship taking in the atmosphere (and working our way through the cocktails).
We have sailed on P&O Cruises, Cunard Line, Princess Cruises, MSC Cruises and Royal Caribbean. We'd love to try Ambassador Cruise Line, Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), Fred Olsen, Holland America (HAL), Celebrity, Disney Cruises, Carnival Cruises, Costa, Aida, Marella and Celestyal.
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We hope you enjoy our first episode! It is safe to say we loved it! Have you sailed on Anthem of the Seas?
@Cruise Monkeys QUESTION do u put ur clocks forward wen u get on-board
Glad to see you loved it... We're going on Ovation of the Seas out of Sydney at the end of November... can't wait for it.
Sailed on her I’m May ,both came off with covid 😒
We did a British Isles cruise on the Anthem, we loved it
We did, think it’s the first night they went forward
Ha Ha, Hammered as usual! Love it! Thinking of booking Anthem for a late summer holiday this year! Looks fantastic!👍👏👏👏❤️
You should, Anthem is great!
@@CruiseMonkeys Cheers!👍
This was such a fun vlog, you two! Thanks very much. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.
Thank you! We can’t wait to share more of our adventures! We had so much fun!
What a great start to our Friday evening. Brilliant video, you both look so happy 😀. So nice to see how polite you are to the crew, they do a fantastic job. Roll on next Friday 😂❤
😊 thank you! Yes, we always try and be polite to them, we love chatting with the crew so are glad we can sit at the bars again too! They work so hard!
Loved this episode. Anthem is such a lovely ship and we can't wait to sail on her again next summer. Thanks for sharing your journeys with us all
Glad you enjoyed! Totally agree, love ship with some fab staff!
Great vlog as usual. Looks like you love Royal Caribbean. Can't wait the next episode.
Thank you. Yes, we sure do, fantastic ship, food and service on this cruise.
I love the way you still get so excited on boarding! I'm exactly the same!😁😁🙌🏻🙌🏻😲😲🤣😂🤣😂
Can’t beat it! It’s the best feeling ever!
Your excitement is absolutely brilliant! Have an amazing Cruise so jealous!!!!!
just love you two ... you're so entertaining as well as informative... bring on next Friday 😍 xx
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video as per usual, looking forward to seeing the next ones , thanks for letting us join you both on your cruise 🚢🐒🐒 🍷🍷🍻🥂🍹🍹🍹🍺😎
Thank you, glad you enjoyed! :)
Really enjoyed this, its looks a fab ship! The cocktails look amazing 😀💗
Thank you! Yes, the ship was brill, as were the cocktails! :)
Thank you! You both are fab! We love watching and we can’t wait to see your next adventure!
Thanks so much! 😊
Loved watching this. You made the most of your drinks package by the looks and sounds of it 🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha! Sure did! Well that’s what holidays are all about right? 😂
Oh my...loved this. I finally got Michael to watch his first ever cruise vlog and he said you two are FUN!!! He said you're so professional and do an incredible job bringing others along with you. I told him my goal is to have our vlogs be this cool!!
Yay! Thank you, glad you enjoy! That's is our exact intention, to bring you along :) Just keep making then and you'll get there :)
We did the inaugural with 2 of our grandchildren now taking them around the Mediterranean on anthem in July 2024 can’t wait
Ohhh fantastic! Hope you have a wonderful time in July!
Another amazing and epic video! Thank you for creating it.
Thank you for watching and commenting- hope you enjoy the rest of the series!
I'm so glad you guys had a great first day and RCI made a great impression on you. The both of you had a great first day and the both of you are so happy. Luke had a big smile all day long and it's infectious.
Thanks Arthur! It was a fab day, we really loved our Anthem cruise!
Great videos guys and look forward to more from you. I love Royal Caribbean have done many cruises with them. Anthem one of my favorites . Back on Anthem in a couple of weeks . Happy Holidays
Thank you, happy holidays to you too and have a great time on Anthem! It’s really sold RC to us!
The wine tasting was like that scene from absolutely fabulous where Eddy and patsy go to the French chateau 🤣
A few have said the same, love it :)
I knew you would love RC. Anthem is a fab ship. Now get yourselves on the wonder 🎉
It was so good! Oh yes, we want to go bigger and better - will be looking once we're back from Celebrity in January! :)
Fab ship lovin it. Always having a great time Guys
Brilliant ship and a brilliant time was had :)
Absolutely fantastic ship love the take off in the pod. Enjoy guys keep them coming. Love it. Sue
Thank you! We loved the North Star it was so cool! We did it twice, once at port which was complimentary and once at sea which cost around 20bucks, but it was certainly worth it! ❤️⚓️
Thanks for another awesome video guys 🤩 We love a good embarkation day vlog and this is a corker!
What a brilliant embarkation process! It's all starting to get back to normal, which is really exciting 😊
You packed loads in before you'd even sailed away! Getting an early North Star booking is such a good idea as well 😀
Looking forward to the rest of the series 😊
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it! We had an absolute blast it really was so much fun!
@@CruiseMonkeys 🤩 the fun really comes across in your video 😊
What amazing day and beautiful ship. The food on board in the MDR looked very nice! So far so good 😄
It was so good!
Good times! 👍
Nice one guys for another fabulous update. I love the way you upload these to RUclips on cine film and once viewed so many times the film actually stretches so much your voices seem to slur at the end of the vlog. Such a very clever touch, chaps. My good lady and myself love your updates and looking forward to the next episode. Cheers. 😂👍
Hahahaha, that takes a lot of hard work ;) Glad you enjoy it :)
So happy you had a wonderful cruise on Anthem!
Thank you ☺️
Looks great chaps ! Brings back Happy Memories of our last cruise with my late wife on Independence of the Seas in 2017 !
Always great to hear our videos bring back memories for others too 🥰
First time watching your video. You are the type of people id love to go on a cruise with. Such fun, cant wait for the next video xx
Welcome to the channel! :)
Fabulous video as ever scoffed a whole packet of McVities Rich tea watching it 😋 looking forward to the next installment.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it :)
Ah, this is the vlog series I've been looking forward to - having never tried Royal before, I'm so keen to see how you find it. Looks great from a 'day 1' point of view, and the room looks perfect!
It's so good, definitely a must try, wished we'd done it sooner.
Really enjoyed this, can’t wait to head back on in May next year. Great mention on solent ships a favourite of ours.
Thank you so much! We’re glad you enjoyed this episode! We like watching Solent ships too! Been watching his channel since the lockdown
Absolutely brilliant!! Thank you!
You're very welcome! :)
Love the snails on RC, garlicious 😊. Great vlogs guys ❤
They are delish! Thanks so much!
Just got off this ship this morning, brilliant holiday 👍👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it! Fantastic ship!
Thank you !!! Absolutely brilliant love yous xx
Thank you :)
My first sailing on Anthem was in 2016 and I plan another trip this year! Love this ship❤❤❤
Anthem is a great ship! We loved it! ❤️⚓️
Sailing on Anthem in Jan from NY around the Caribbean. Cant wait. This vids got me in the mood.
I enjoyed watching you both get more pissed as the video progressed ! 😂🥂😁
Thank you, glad you enjoyed! Have a fab time on in Jan! :)
Another great vid guys and an education too! 3 times we’ve sailed on Anthem and we never knew about access to the bridge wings. (I feel I may have not ventured further than the bar in the solarium 😂).
Looking forward to your next vlogs. Thank you for sharing 😊😊👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it and found a new part to explore :)
Great start to your cruise. You’re like kiddies in a sweet shop. Food looks fabulous. All that and you still had late night snacks. 😂. Fab looking ship.
We are always so excited getting on a ship :) The food was delicious - the late night snacks help soak up the cocktails :)
The first day of your cruise is the best day ever. I share your excitement.
Awww, we got off after a week round the fjords, the day you got on. Amazing ship. Great video. I assume you had the drinks package 😂 can’t wait for the next ones.
Yeah, it is an amazing ship! Oh yes, of course we did ;)
Brilliant and I saw me 😂
My other half and I just returned from our first cruise together Marella Discovery 2. He’s now converted so we will be doing more cruises. Loving your vlogs!
Great to hear you enjoyed your first cruise... now time to get booking the next one ;)
Goals !!
You'll fall in love with Royal Caribbean guys!!! Cheers from Chile
It certainly surprised us! It was fantastic! We’re making a point of trying a few new cruise lines in the next few years so that we can draw comparisons between brands/lines.
Have to say though at the moment RCI really impressed us and we couldn’t fault it 👌🏻
Have a great time enjoy
It was fab! Hope you enjoyed the video!
We were on Anthem in June and again 11th September, absolutley loved it, booked again for next June !!
She's a fantastic ship! Enjoy her again next year :)
Guys, I’m so glad you are on Royal. For some reason this cruise line fascinates me; I like watching vlogs on their ships. I’m rather perturbed it took almost 5 minutes into the video before the first cocktails appeared 🍸🤣
Oh, they really have won us over, just wish they were cheaper! Hahaha, we're not always drinking 0:)
Fine display on the drinking front. Going on anthem in a few weeks and as usual i'll be taking serious advantage of the drinks package. :)
Hahaha! Well when you’re on holiday you have to enjoy it! The drinks package is really good to be fair, unlimited amounts of drinks and they taste good too!
We were on this ship sailing round Britain when cruising first started up after the lockdown. We LOVED the Solarium and spent a lot of time in there.
Oh fab! Yes, such a great venue!
❤️❤️❤️, excellent vlog
Thank you 😊 ❤️❤️❤️
I cant wait to watch
Really glad that comes across in the video, we are always so excited when we get on a ship for the first time, like kids at Christmas!
@@CruiseMonkeys i get like that when i first get on a ship ive got the wow factor
We loved our trip on Anthem to the Fjords. Great to experience the sail up the Nordfjord to Olden and view the amazing views from the bridge wings at 6am! 😵💫Sailing on her again next August 🛳️⚓
Oh yeah, that would be a fantastic place to view the fjords from! :)
The ship is lovely we have sailed on sister Ovation of the Seas many times including 2 voyages Singapore to Sydney. Ovation is on her way across the Pacific to home Port once again in Sydney in fact 5 ships are on their way we are so happy. Look forward to more episodes on your travels on the Ovation in December. Happy Cruising.
She really is lovely! Now we've tried RC, it's definitely opened up more destinations to us, they always tend to put Anthem over here, so we'll have to travel!
Yummy vlog, can you pass me one of those guava pineapple drinkiepoos. You definitely are having fun. Wish I was there😁
Your wish… 🍹 It was fabulous 😍
Quality work as usual 😂
Thanks, much appreciated
We absolutely loved everything about Anthem, by far one of the best ships out there. Was usually me stumbling about with far too many wines in me lol
We loved it all! So good!
Mmmm loved Two70 and the cafe there!! ;D
Gotta love the snacks! The beef sandwich was lovely! 😋 our favorite place was the solarium up at the front! The swing was so much fun😂😂😂
I went on this! Its great especially the pools
Good to hear you enjoyed the ship 👍
Ugh, such a different vibe onboard from a U.S. sailing! I can’t wait for our cruise to the Mediterranean next year 🧳.
Have a great time on her in the Med!
Never been on Anthem of seas very new to cruises but want to try them all. Now that I watch you guys, have booked Italy next June on the Azura, MSC also looks fab. Keep them coming really inspiring. You always have great time. Thankyou for all tips love them.
Hello! Wow seems you’ve got the cruising bug before you’ve even sailed! 😂
What you’ll find is that there’s a cruise line out there for everyone or every occasion, they all have different vibes and facilities onboard so it’s always worth bearing that in mind- no two cruise lines are the same, sometimes similar but never the same.
It’s all about making the most of it, enjoying every moment and I feel so lucky and privileged to be able to cruise as often as we do!
Azura is a lovely ship been a while since we were on her but we had a great time!
Yes your right I make the most of it all the time, I'm in another world for 7 days when on ship. working for the NHS I enjoy every minute. Thank you guys 😊
Your welcome! ❤️❤️❤️
You guys are big drinkers! I swear you were slurring your words by the end!!! Looks like you’ll have a fun time.
Amazing time thank you! Yes, work hard play hard 😀
You boys are so cute when you’re drunk!🎉
Hahaha, thanks :D
hey....looks like you had a great time
It was brilliant! Loads of fun! Gotta love boarding day! 🎉⚓️
83 days till we sail on the Anthem of the Seas out of Bayonne New Jersey. Love love love this ship. Always a fun time !!
Have a fabulous time, as you can tell, we loved Anthem! :)
Love u guys xxx🌝
Awww, thank you so much for your support :)
You look great luke
Thank you Jennifer
I tried all those wines on my RCL cruise. I preferred the Argentinan Malbec 😊
As we went through the cruise, our tastes changed, but the guys at the bar were great, they always had a bottle of our favourite there just for us!
Hot tubs are massive 😍
Gotta love a big’un 😂😂
I absolutely love how excited you guys are and enthusiastic. I doubt I could keep up with you on the beverages though, and that from a Scotsman LOL. I definitely think I would need Detox when I got home from a Cruise. Might even make th e/husband divorce me lol, he's T total and Im a Lush LOL OOH Escargot, I love Escargot in Garlic Butter, I used to work in a French Restaurant in Hong Kong and It was my job to make the starters, I loved escargot. YUM. That's just sold me on an RCI cruise lol
Glad you enjoyed! Ohhh if you love Escargot we’d recommend Princess too as they had them in their Main Dining Room menu’s!
We just came off the Anthem ❤
Oh fabulous! :D
Hi guys,just watched your video on anthem of the seas,is it all inclusive or a separate drinks package,the sip looks great,and a great film as usual,looking to book for September
Glad you enjoyed. It's a fabulous ship! The package is extra - it is normally quite expensive, around the £60pppd mark, but if you sail on the UK ones next year, you can get the package for £43pppd - this isn't available online you either have to ring RC up if you booked with them or get your travel agent to book it (the cruise is usually cheaper booking via an agent too!). This year it was £40pppd and covered drinks up to $14 (so is goo value if you like more than 4 drinks!)
Kaplan was our Porter ,he was amazing
Hi Luke & Gavin,
Looks a great ship, are there life guards around pool ?
Hope you woke up in time to find the rest of the ship before 7days are up!
Thanks for sharing.
Hello! Yes there are life guards on duty around the pools 👍🏻
We did wake up, the following day was a bit rough mind and I don’t mean us 🌊🌊🌊🌊😂
Ohh, rough sea!🤢
Yeah…🙄🙈
I’ve never sailed Royal. Only
Carnival and doing my first Norwegian sailing in January. Looks like fun! What other cruise lines have you sailed?
Oh we’d like to try Norwegian! We’ve done P&O UK, Cunard, Princess, MSC and now RC!
You guys are adorable! I really enjoyed your video. We have never sailed anyone but Carnival but we're looking at an itinerary to Portugal/Spain for 2024 and I'm trying to learn everything I can about this ship. The only thing I'm having a hard time finding out is where there are sports shown on TV? My husband likes football, baseball, and American football. This cruise doesn't appear to have any sort of sports bar. Do they show sports at the British Pub?
Aww thank you! We would love to try Carnival, especially the new ships. We were supposed to go to tour Celebration the other week but covid put a stop to it :(
Anyhow, Anthem is lovely! Yes, we think there was sports on in the pub, you may also see it on the Sea Screen outside. What we would suggest is if you know there are particular games you want to see, pop to guest services or try and speak to the entertainment team - we find on most cruises if there is demand for a particular game, they will show it. But yes, you are correct, no sports bar as such on Anthem.
We ate at the Grande every evening at 8:00
This was my first cruise 🚢
In addition..Kentravels 360 was on this same cruise also!..
Oh fab - was a great cruise!
Just watched your video boarding the Anthem of the Seas in Southampton and on your first evening you wore a lovely short sleeved floral shirt. Bit random but where is it from? We go on Anthem in October and my husband is looking for nice shirts 😂 we loved your video btw 😊
Hi, that’s a River Island one, year or two old now. Some of our more recent ones we’ve had from Jogal/Amazon (affiliate link) www.amazon.co.uk/shop/cruisemonkeys/photo/amzn1.shoppablemedia.v1.6a7239db-a696-4334-b27e-17f5eaa6d1b1?ref_=aip_sf_photo_spv_ofs_mixed_m
Hope that helps :)
@@CruiseMonkeys see thank you. I’ll have to see if they have something similar in at the mo. Your videos are great. We go on Anthem this October for our friends 60th birthday. We’ve not done RC before we’ve only done NCL (which we love) so looking forward to trying it x
Very welcome! Have a fantastic cruise! We’re yet to try NCL but it’s on the list!
I’m traveling on Anthem OTS out of NYC mid-November! So excited!!! When was your sailing?
Wow! That will soon be here! Your going to have a great time! We sailed sept 4th-11th (it takes a bit of time to edit the videos etc) 👍🏻
@@CruiseMonkeys no worries! I was just curious on on the move from South Hampton to NYC.
@@CruiseMonkeys LOVE YALLS VIDEOS!
Back in the game boys . Eating is cheating. Great video
😂😂👌🏻 thanks! Glad you enjoyed! We had a blast!
@@CruiseMonkeys both drunk . Luke is usually the sensible one lol
😂😂😂
Hello guys
Great first day. How long does it take to get to the Caribbean? Lots of sea days there and back, so do you get a week in the Caribbean? I’ve never had snails but they do look tempting, it’s just the thought of eating actual snails 🐌. Must try them
Thank you! Not sure, i think most of the transatlantic ones take 12-14 days and we think that's the cruise she is doing now! Oh, they are so nice, garlicy and lovely!
@@CruiseMonkeys but not snotty and chewy?
Taking this cruise in the coming months. Could you share what time did you have to leave the ship on the last day after being back in Southampton?
Oh, cant really remember, but think it was rather early, around 8:30.
absolutely pissed 😂
Oh yes! 🤣
@@CruiseMonkeys Love your work boys and looking forward to a cruise on Anthem in September
Thank you! Have a fantastic time 🚢
Hi
I'm due to board Anthem on the 28th May. I have opted not to pre-pay gratuities. I have heard its best to pay prior to cruise ? Otherwise it will be a shock when you get your final cruise bill. Do you know or have heard whether gratuities are just by choice ?
Regards
Therese
We pre paid before our cruise too, that way you know it’s taken care of. For anytime dining I think we had to pre pay. You may be able to remove them if service is not up to standard, but you’d need to talk to reception.
hi guyz....do you pay for the dodgems?also what else do you pay for..thnx for sharing as always...👋🍷🍹🚢
Dogems are free 🥳 Northstar is free on port days and each guest gets 1 min free on ripcord by ifly. Flow rider and rock climbing free too . Like all cruises, speciality dining and drinks are the main costs :) hope that helps :)
Are the automatic wine machines included in the drink package?
Not sure as we didn’t try them. It was based on price so they may have been. The robots are
Should rename your channel as “Boozing Cruise Monkeys” 😜
Hi guys!!! Just a question around tipping and gratuity. Ive seen on some vlogs (mainly US) that mentioned gratuity is charged at the end of your holidah by means of a bill at the end of your trip. Is this the case with european cruises ? How much is it per day ? Thankyou in advance !!!! X
Hi! We pre paid ours when we booked the cruise with the travel agent, so we had no need to tip any extra onboard. If you’ve not pre paid, a daily charge will be added to your bill when you get at the end of the cruise. It’s $18 USD per person per day (everyone in the room is charged it). If you don’t have a drinks packages, 18% is also added to drinks you purchase. You can go to guest services to increase, decrease or remove the charge. Full info at www.royalcaribbean.com/gbr/en/faq/questions/onboard-service-gratuity-expense
Hope that helps 👍
Omg that's such a helpful answer !! Thankyou so so much ! ❤️
I've been stressing about all the additional costs I'm finding there are since booking online ..... As a first time cruiser , I'm beginning to regret the booking 😞😞
Was this cruise France and Spain this past September 4-11? We were on the same cruise!..
Yep, that’s the one! Such fun times 😄
Harry was our server
Harey was our sever
Great food
So with the north star do you have to book
Yes, although if you turn up and it’s not full they might squeeze you in. It’s quite popular though so booking is best.
We’ve booked to go in September and can’t work out what food is included??
Lots included - main dining, buffet (windjammer), bistro area in solarium, pizza in Sorentos, Doghouse hot dogs and snacks in cafe Promenade. You don’t need to pay extra but we did do the dining packages which was Jamie’s, Wonderland and Chops Grille.
@@CruiseMonkeys amazing thank you, did you do the drinks package? Can we add it all when we get on the boat?
@williampearson7186 we did, for us RC had a deal on for Southampton cruises. Keep an eye on the app/website as prices go up and down, it’s cheaper to buy before you go.
@@CruiseMonkeysamazing thank you so much for your help, love the videos
Major hangover day 2?
Not too bad haha
I’m going on the Anthem next week and I will think of you when I have my first cocktail, seriously great video!
Did you guys buy a drink’s package for this sailing? 🎉❤
Oh yes! RC had a deal for European cruises, if you rang them up or your agent, you could book it for £40 per person per day, which was a huge saving as online it was around $70pppd. Great value and they are doing the same next year for Anthem (slight increase to £43).
Apparently you on RC before title fun at sea looks like a boozers cruise.
Sorry I don’t understand what you mean?
But embarkation day is always fun and certainly worth celebrating so yes there were drinks flowing all around! 🎉
Drunkards Lol
😉 🍻
You can tell a brexiteer, when they use old fashioned imperial measurement.
Or just British 🤷🏼 lol