Ports of Call:
Coco Cay
Nassau
Cozumel
Puerto Costa Maya
This was first time doing a holiday cruise with Royal and my 2nd time on the Allure. The mood of the staff seemed a lot less friendly than my previous experience on Allure. It felt like the entire crew was just told no one was getting a Christmas bonus. Normally after you go to the bar a few times, they know your name, I ...
We chose Allure because this was a family cruise with 6 adults and 3 children.
This was the 15th cruise for my wife and I. We have sailed with a variety of cruise lines, including Royal Caribbean.
Pros
Embarkation and disembarkation were smooth and worry free. Had expedited embarkation and it worked.
We had three outside cabins on the 11th deck. Room steward opened up the balcony ...
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CABINS: 7022 & 7020 (neighboring balconies port bow deck 7)
PORTS: 7 Nights - Ft Lauderdale, Coco Cay, Cozumel, Costa Maya, Nassau (a substitute for Honduras), and back to Ft Lauderdale
PERSPECTIVE: 4 adults ages ranging from 42-70. 2 of the 4 have cruised before. 2 of the 4 were first time cruisers. My Time Dining & Deluxe ...
My son's wanted to try this really big ship. This was our first Royal Caribbean cruise. We just got off yesterday 11/24. Previously have done many on Princess, Celebrity, Carnival, and Holland. So I can compare. First, the good,Allure is a really cool ship. They have activities other ships don't have like the flow rider, zip line, and rock wall out side. The water theater is amazing and so was the ...
So this was our nineteenth cruise, but only the second with Royal Caribbean. We joined nine friends, five of whom were keen RC cruisers, so me and my wife tagged along.
It was a B2B cruise from Ft Lauderdale to Puerto Rico, St Maarten and Labadee the first week, then Labadee, Jamaica and Cozumel the second. Labadee was the only place I had not visited before and was pleasantly surprised.
Our ...
I selected this cruise as the Casino Royale's Club Royal players programs gave an offer, I could not refuse.This review will focus mainly on the the casino activity and atmosphere.
The Allure of the Seas is a large ship and as such, they have a rather substantial casino in size and variety of slots and table games.
On sea days, and when docked at Labadee, Haiti the slots are open 24 hours. ...
Well due to the hurricane it was shortened to 4 nights,this was our second time on the ship and the first night I treated myself to the fire and ice pedicure which I never use spas on board due to the price but this time I did and wont again,its expensive and the atmosphere wasnt anything different then a plaza nail salon but no magazines to read,the tech was very nice but it's a sales pitch,they ...
We'd been on a Royal Caribbean cruise before and had a great time, but this trip we walked away with a few disappointments. If you want to lounge in the pool on sea days, then maybe the Allure isn't for you. Because of the open Central Park in the center of the ship, all the pools on board are quite small. During sea days when everyone is on board, the pools feel more like sardine cans with ...
We booked this ship because we loved her sister, the Oasis of the Seas. I was not very impressed with the activities onboard, I was very bored. The shows were amazing though. The dining was good. We ate in the American Icon most but we did eat in the other two. The food is the same in all three. I was not impressed with the service at Silk. It was slow and he was not friendly. We had an Ocean View ...
We cruised "The Allure" in 2012. So, I'm able to do some comparison. Getting off and on this massive ship was a breeze. We did all the online documentation so, we were able to bypass all the lines. We walked off with our luggage at 630am.
We have always done My Time Dining with no issues. This time was another story. MTD is a broken system on Allure that needs a lot of attention. We were on ...