Allure of the Seas. July 8-15. A lot of differences in the two ships. Even though they are sister ships. Embarkation took a little longer then we anticipated. We had to wait for all the VIP, platinum members and suite guests to board before us. My hubby saw this as a way to encourage us to take more cruises to get more points but, I felt it was more a reminded that we were in a cheaper room. Stayed in a boardwalk balcony room. As we did also on the Oasis. On the oasis it was quiet. The addition of the Mexican Cantina on the Boardwalk caused some added noise. thought it really did not bother us. The boardwalk rooms are great for viewing the aqua shows. We were on the 12th floor so, we also had a good view of the ocean. I recommended trying to get a room farther to the back for better scenery.

Finding a quiet place to relax was impossible. We did scope out the "secret" public balconys-HINT HINT- on the 11th and 12th floor, in the back but, people seem to be catching on to these area and they were rather packed with loud drunks later in the cruise. We were left wondering why RCI did not designate these area as quiet zones. ????

Nassau, Bahamas- We did not get off the ship. Instead we took advantage of the ship being empty and went to a movie, enjoyed the gym and did a long walk on the jogging path. We found this walk rather gratifying as we were looking down onto the Carnival Estasty. It looked like a row boat. We couldn't help but notice everyone looking onto our ship. Then we had to remind ourselves we were on that ship 16 yrs ago before we crossed over to the other side. Read more