Why Anthem of the Seas will arrive in Sydney late and has been forced to cancel a cruise

• Anthem of the Seas is suffering from technical issues.
• Anthem is unable to sail at full speed and will arrive late back to Sydney.
• The next scheduled cruise on the ship has been cancelled.

Anthem of the Seas is slowly heading back to Australia after experiencing technical difficulties with an engine on a sailing to New Caledonia and Vanuatu.

The ship was meant to arrive back in Sydney on Tuesday morning but now will arrive later in the afternoon on Tuesday, due to the fact that it cannot sail at top speed.

Affected guests will be compensated for flight changes if necessary and the ship’s next cruise, a 10-day sailing to New Zealand, has been cancelled.

Guests onboard were sent the following note from Royal Caribbean.

The cruise had already experienced issues, with two of three ports being missed due to poor weather conditions and now the late arrival back to Sydney.

A cruiser onboard wrote: “One engine is not working so we are going a little slower than usual and we are getting into Sydney in the later afternoon rather than the morning. There’s no compensation or anything but 120 minutes of internet has been offered to make arrangements for our return home.

“We missed two out of three ports due to the weather and the one port we made it to was terrible weather. Ah well, it’s been an adventure.”

Cruisers onboard the ship have said they were told that Anthem of the Seas will head to Newcastle for repairs.

Cruisers who were meant to be on the next cruise to New Zealand will be given a 25% future cruise credit and a full refund.

Cruisers onboard still have two-and-a-half days to enjoy the ship on the way back to Sydney and make the most of their cruise.