Apr 21 2015
Anthem of the Seas Christened in Europe
By Doug Parker
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Royal Caribbean’s newest, Anthem of the Seas, was christened today at a ceremony in Southampton, England in front of 1,300 guests. Upholding a timeless maritime tradition, the Godmother, British travel agent Emma Wilby sang and officiated the christening ceremony before smashing the bottle of champagne.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><img data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/CDDXGpYW4AEECux.jpg" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/CDDXGpYW4AEECux.jpg" alt="Anthem of the Seas has officially been named! photo credit: Lee Haslett Twitter" style="height: 338px; width: 450px;"><br></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Anthem of the Seas has officially been named! photo credit: Twitter: Lee Haslett</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>The Godmother</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">The Godmother role is a lifetime title bestowed upon an individual, who figuratively presides over the ship and imparts good luck and divine protection over the vessel and all that sail aboard. Traditionally, Godmothers have celebrity status or even royal connections, such as Royal Caribbean Godmothers Gloria Estefan, Jane Seymour, Whoopi Goldberg and Steffi Graf, just to name a few.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><img data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/low_1429556086_sbw-an-2475.jpg" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/low_1429556086_sbw-an-2475.jpg" alt="Officially christened. photo: RCI" style="height: 282px; width: 450px;"><br></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> Officially christened. photo: RCI</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>On the Scene</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><img data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-20-at-2.30.00-PM.png" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-20-at-2.30.00-PM.png" alt="Screen Shot 2015-04-20 at 2.30.00 PM" style="height: 362px; width: 480px;"><br></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> Photo: @cruiseapalooza</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>Itineraries</strong></span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Spring and Summer 2016 sailing from Southampton, England</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Fall 2016, repositioning to the NYC area to sail Caribbean and Bermuda itineraries</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>Featuring</strong></span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">NorthStar aerial observatory</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">RipCord by iFly</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Flowrider</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Two70 lounge</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">SeaPlex</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Royal Theater</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Royal Esplanade</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Bionic Bar with robot bartenders</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">18 dining venues</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>Coming Soon</strong></span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Ovation of the Seas, 2016</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Harmony of the Seas, 2016</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Anthem of the Seas holds 4,180-guests and weighs in at 168,000-tons.</span></span></p>