We live in NYC and love cruising. Cruised before on Celebrity, Disney and Royal Caribbean lines. Mostly from Florida. One time on Celebrity Summit to Bermuda from NJ.
We choose Anthem because if was leaving from NJ (15 min car ride for us), because it was during our daughter's school spring break and because the ship is relatively new.
The itinerary was Cape Canaveral and Bahamas, nothing special, nothing exciting, but this cruise was very convenient for us.