Anthem of the Seas

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People were shaken from their beds in Southampton on Wednesday morning as Royal Caribbean's latest cruise ship 'Anthem of the Seas' arrived in the city under deep blue skies. Carrying 4,900 passengers, the German built ship is the 2nd of the new 'Quantum Class' and cost around $1 billion to build. BBC Radio Solent's reporter Neil Sackley was dockside as she pulled up alongside at City Cruise terminal. He spoke to her Godmother Emma Wilby, Royal Caribbean's senior vice-president for International Operations Dominic Paul but first to Stuart Leven, the company's UK managing director.