Allure of the Seas Review

Not the Best Cruise I've Been On

Review for the Southern Caribbean Cruise on Allure of the Seas

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Sail Date: Jan 2016
Cabin: Superior Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony

• Made reservations online for five shows (Mama Mia, Ocean Aria, Blue Planet, Headliners Show & a Comedy Show) a month before we boarded. But when we boarded, none of the shows were logged in the ships computer. The girl at Guest Services was apologetic but completely unhelpful. I told her it was confirmed on my Crown & Anchor account but, she said she didn’t have access to it, even after I offered my logon ID and password. She said I would have to log on through a ship computer, which costs $15.00 per day internet fee, but that even then, the shows were fully booked and there was nothing she could do. This was extremely frustrating as some of these shows were missed altogether and others were attended only as late walk-ins which didn’t allow us choice seats or the ability to sit with our travelling companions.

• The day of departure, Jan. 17th, was my wife’s birthday. I made my reservations through Royal Caribbean, not through a travel agent, and was assured that special recognition would be given during the evening meal on the 18th. Throughout the entire cruise, no mention of my wife’s birthday ever came up either at dinner or from anyone on the ship. Other guests were seen to have ‘Happy Birthday’ signs on their stateroom doors or other signs of recognition for some special event but, for some reason, Royal Caribbean forgot to pass the information along to the ship. Just like the entertainment reservations mentioned above.

• We were booked on Deck 14 in Stateroom 14144 and our friends were in 14146 which are joining, port-side, balcony staterooms. There is no connecting door between the staterooms but the balcony divider does open (steward required) which makes for a ‘double balcony’ which was very nice and the rooms were quiet enough except for one morning when they decided to power wash the Solarium, one deck above, and were scraping the lounge chairs back and forth to power wash under them. Needless to say, we were all up early that day.

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Superior Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony

Cabin D5

Room was nice enough size and the fact that we could open our balcony with our friends next door was nice but, one morning around 4:30AM, they were power-washing the floors in the Solarium, one deck above, and scraping the deck chairs which were like fingernails on a blackboard. Very annoying.

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