Last week we came from back to back cruises on the Allure of the Seas and the Regal Princess. I think it will be interesting to compare our impressions according to our taste. The boarding process was flawless in both cases, and in both cases you need to wait aboard the ship until about 1 pm when rooms become available. We had The Central Park balcony on Allure, and outside balcony on the Regal. The room size seemed to be the same, while the balcony was much bigger on the Allure. Allure's cabin had enough power outlets for multiple chargers, while I found only two outlets on the Regal.

As far as the ship in a whole, Allure is more like a small city, while Regal is more like a cruise ship. To my taste, I liked Allure more. The Regal does not have stairs in the middle of the ship, and it’s too far to go to get the stairs (I try to avoid using lifts), while on the Allure the stairs are conveniently close to everywhere on the ship. With the new design, you cannot use the Promenade deck on the Regal (and its sister Royal) to go around the ship, as it was possible on all previous Princess Ships. On the Allure there is a walking/running track around the ship. Both ships charge to use the sauna.

All public areas were sparklingly clean on both ships, while the pool area was very clean on the Allure, but had a lot of garbage on the Regal. When we pointed out some garbage on the deck near the pool to an attendant on the Regal, he picked up some of it, but never came back for the rest. Read more