sharon S.
Sailed with anthem of the seas to…
Sailed with anthem of the seas to norway, it was a family holiday to help us all get over the death of a close family member. On arrival at port we were told we couldn't board as we didn't have a signed letter from a solicitor to say I could take my grandchild out of the country. I explained we were told by there customer service that we only need a signed letter from the parent. So everyone boarded I sat with my grandaughter who is 13 in floods of tears trying frantically to get a solicitor on a Sunday to do a signed letter. Luckily I have a friend who is a solicitor who helped us out. Four hours later we all boarded. We all came to dinner to find that the family had been booked on different tables in different restaurants, again there was tears ,took an hour for the restaurant manager to sort it. Even though we had booked as a family, .my grandson is autistic we informed the kids club leader we had been told royal carribean were really good with special needs. He came back from kids club crying because the lady there had embarrassed him in front of everyone saying " you are walking like you s..t yourself" which he took to heart, what professional person would say that to a boy??. On day four I got food poisoning, I was really ill, thr dr came to see me and said I was quarantined to the cabin for the next 24 to 48 hours that I could use room service, but also my mum who was sharing the room with me who is 86, with dementia was also not allowed out of the cabin.i phoned room service for food and they said I'm only allowed dry toast and water, I said it was for my mum,in the end I had to get family to bring food up for mum. I couldn't wait to get off the ship, I wrote along letter to complain about our awful holiday, and they offered me £130 off another cruise, for myself and mum. They wouldn't even refund the drinks package we had paid for on the days we couldn't drink because of the food poisoning. I would never cruise with them again the ship looks tired and worn, and the ques for the self service restaurants was awful, and even if you got food it was a nightmare trying to get a table. Royal carribean are not a patch on po cruises, avoid this company and thus ship, my whole family thought it was a holiday from hell, a total waste of money.



