Allure of the Seas Review
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The Allure of the Seas was my first ever cruise and it was love from the first moment of embarkation. Arrival, was smooth, effortless, our baggage was waiting at our stateroom as promised at 1:00. Amazing transition from one group of 6,000 passengers to the next. Everything was clean and ready to sail away with umbrella drink in hand and Calypso music playing us out of port for a fantastic cruise. RCI can't control the weather but it was perfect too. Food was fantastic in the main dining room. (Roger Luis & Manolo were great.) Giovanni's was spectacular for specialty dinner before the Prohibition Event for the select few (Shhhhh!) in Jazz 4 Club. Speak Easy password, Flapper attire, jazz, refreshments served in coffee cups, Charleston lesson and all. What fun!
Our port excursions were wonderful, especially the snorkeling at St. John's Trunk Bay from St. Thomas.
Only downside on St. Maarten, wish we had been told ahead of time that May 1 is a holiday there, and all the shops were closed.
Cabin Review
The cruise was fabulous. The Junior Suite was so nice and roomy. Even a walk-in closet. everything about the room was wonderful. The larger balcony for quiet breakfast or evening wine & cheese was so relaxing. Especially liked the secondary black-out curtain for afternoon napping. Our steward was OK. He did whatever needed to be done, but not overly attentive and difficult to contact. We did take a magnetic dry erase marker board and placed that on outside of bathroom door to leave requests for him to handle, which he did. That worked very well. A good CC hint to use.