Just got back to cold Chicago after sailing on the Allure for a wonderful week! First, for anyone reading this review let me explain the situation. My mother in law paid for the cruise so I might not be spot on about pricing stuff and what you get for your money but these are my opinions.

The travelers were myself, wife, and 19 month old daughter, my mother and father in law, and my brother in law and his fiancée. We each had our own ocean view balconies on deck 9 and we had connecting room with in laws to help with our daughter. This ship is amazing and our cruise was to the Eastern Carribean (Nassau, St Thomas, and St. Martin). embarkation went real well and with a few hiccups. the boat was in dry dock the week before for repairs so not sure if their system was slow and laggy because of that or if they just had tough time with their computer system but that slowed down process a little bit but not much at all. we got on the boat at 1230 and room was all ready (probably not the norm but with no passengers beforehand I was excited to drop stuff off and walk around).

Dining: Park café is nice place to eat because of outdoor relax dining but a little over rated on food but still good and nice for quick bite or snack. Main dining room (which we ate in as a family of 7 every night but one) was nice. Our head waitress seemed a little disinterested but our assistant waitress Ying Ying was AMAZING!!! after day one she had endless fruit cups and bread and glass of milk ready for our daughter every time we showed up (we had 6pm dining). the food was good and they had no problems when I would ask for two entrees. by "good" I mean decent choices and pretty good taste but the taste goes up when you sit there and realize you get a five course meal with zero cleanup! My ife and I ate at chops one evening and that was a fantastic experience. For the $35 (we got coupon for free through AAA) you would normally pay it is well worth at least one meal. finally a charred steak cooked right there and unlimited salads or apps or sides that you want and an 18oz porterhouse and 9oz fillet for a total of $70 total??? very good deal and great atmosphere Read more