I love to travel, anywhere anytime. I enjoy traveling to new places, be it across the ocean or an hour away from home! Trip advisor is my most favorite website (Cruise Critic a close 2nd) whenever we travel near or far I check out hotels, restaurants, activities, plan flexible itineraries. I take a lot of time to research everything, and we have always had great trips.

For me, our families vacation planner , the best part of cruising is NOT having to plan. Cruising has become our get away from the cold and relax vacation. Pack, get on board ,distress and do what we want when we want. We look forward to getting our cruise compass at night and decide what we might do the next day.

Spontaneity is NOT an option on the Allure. Your planning needs to be done months in advance. I did not realize this when I first booked, only 8 weeks prior to sailing. Trying to book good times for restaurants and some shows was impossible. On past cruises we have enjoyed going to the comedy shows- tried to reserve after booking - ALL were sold out. I was able to book Chicago for the first night, the Aqua show and the Read more