Just wanted to put out my review review of the Allure. I was traveling with my wife and 22 year old daughter and our friends who had their 22 YO DD along and their 26 YO son and future DIL. This was our 7th cruise and 5th on Royal. I must say that after doing a Carnival and Princess cruise that we prefer Royal Caribbean.

We flew out of Philly on Southwest and arrived on Saturday afternoon in FLL. After an uneventful flight we grabbed our luggage and called the SpringHill Suites number in Dania Beach and they picked us up within a few minutes. Check in was a breeze and we immediately signed up for the complimentary shuttle to the port for the next morning. This is a hotel that I highly recommend and would stay here again when in the FLL area without hesitation.

We took the 10:30 shuttle the next morning and arrived at Port Everglades. Our luggage was taken from the shuttle and we never saw it again until it arrived at our room. We than proceeded into the terminal and went through security and were immediately checked in with a Royal agent. We had a delay checking in as the computer would not take our picture for our sea passes. She finally gave up and told us that they would take our pictures when we got on the ship. We than proceeded upstairs and unfortunately the ship was not ready for any passengers yet. We than waited approx. 30 minutes until we were able to board. We also had an issue with our dining room tables being different. We had this cruise planned for over a year and a half and had linked all of our reservations together. More on this later. Read more