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Royal Caribbean names 27-year-old British travel agent as Anthem of the Seas godmother

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02 Apr 2015

Royal Caribbean announced that Emma Wilby, a 27-year-old travel agent from Sunderland, U.K., is the godmother for Royal Caribbean's newest cruise ship, Anthem of the Seas.

It's a maritime tradition for cruise ships to have a godmother and Wilby will officially christen Anthem of the Seas and perform a special song for more than 1,300 invited special guests and dignitaries at the ship’s inaugural ceremony in Southampton, U.K., on April 20, 2015. 

In addition to being a travel agent for Thomson, Ms. Wilby is a military wife and budding singer who performs in the Military Wives Choir in Kinloss, Scotland, where she is based with her husband, a Royal Engineer for the British Army. To help her prepare for inaugural day, Craig Yates, Team Captain from British choir group Only Boys Aloud will be Ms. Wilby’s vocal coach, and Royal Caribbean is treating her to a full makeover.

“Emma’s inaugural song will herald in a ship that will be a new anthem for the cruise industry,” said Michael Bayley, president and CEO of Royal Caribbean International. “I am very much looking forward to Emma’s performance and launchingAnthem of the Seas with her. I know she will be simply spectacular.”

Traditionally, Godmothers have celebrity status or even royal connections, such as Royal Caribbean Godmothers Gloria Estefan, Jane Seymour, Whoopi Goldberg and Steffi Graf, to name a few.

“I still can’t believe I won,” said Ms. Wilby after being informed of her new title earlier this week. “I am really honored to have been chosen. I am hugely excited to be taking on the role of Godmother for Anthem of the Seas – it will be incredible to sing in front of all these people and a real honor to give the ship the best sendoff possible.”

Anthem of the Seas will offer new escape room experience

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01 Apr 2015

Puzzle Break has announced it is partnering with Royal Caribbean to offer a new shipboard escape room experience aboard Anthem of the Seas called, "Escape from the Future".

Puzzle Break specializes in live interactive escape-the-room games and currently offers similar experiences in Seattle and San Francisco.

No further details are available yet. Royal Caribbean has not officially announced the partnership yet either.

Anthem of the Seas begins conveyance

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10 Mar 2015

Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas has left Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany and is headed down the River Ems on her 26-mile conveyance to the North Seas.

Anthem of the Seas is moving down the river and is guided by tugboats at a speed of about 2-3 knots.

The conveyance will take approximately 10 hours for Anthem of the Seas to sail the 32 kilometers down the River Ems.  

Photographer Björn Haß has shared photos with us of Anthem of the Seas' trip down the river.

Final photos of Anthem of the Seas before her conveyance

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09 Mar 2015

Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas is just hours away from her conveyance down the River Ems and one step closer to launching.  We have some brand new beautiful photos of Anthem of the Seas to share.

Photographer Björn Haß has shared a batch of brand new phoros of Anthem of the Seas that were taken in what will likely be Anthem of the Seas' final night at Meyer Werft shipyard. 

Enjoy!

Anthem of the Seas conveyance moved up to March 10

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09 Mar 2015

Royal Caribbean's newest cruise ship, Anthem of the Seas, will have her conveyance down the River Ems on one day earlier than expected on March 10, 2015.

The conveyance will begin around 9am eastern time.

Anthem of the Seas' conveyance will take the ship from Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany along the Ems River to the North Sea.

Meyer Werft had previously scheduled Anthem of the Seas' conveyance to March 11 but that timetable has now been updated to March 10.

UPDATE: Royal Caribbean has also released new infographics all about the upcoming Anthem of the Seas conveyance to explain how it all works.

Anthem of the Seas daytime photos

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07 Mar 2015

Personally, I love night time photos of Royal Caribbean ships because of the contrast between the lights onboard and the darkness but these same ships are equally as beautiful in the daylight hours as well.

Today, we have some brand new photos by Jeroen Houtman of Anthem of the Seas in the harbor outside Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany during the daylight hours.

Anthem of the Seas is just days away from her conveyance up the River Ems and here's another look at what she looks like these days. Enjoy!

 

Anthem of the Seas conveyance scheduled for March 11

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06 Mar 2015

Royal Caribbean's newest cruise ship, Anthem of the Seas, will have her conveyance down the River Ems on March 11, 2015.

Anthem of the Seas' conveyance will take the ship from Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany along the Ems River to the North Sea.

The conveyance is scheduled to being at 6:00am local time and should arrive at Eemshaven around 9:00pm. This schedule is subject to change.

The river conveyance is necessary because the Meyer Werft shipyard is located inland to avoid the North Sea's unpredicatability.

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