Allure of the Seas Review
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My wife and I, along with her cousin and her husband, booked this cruise over a year ago and could hardly wait to get to this ship. My wife and I flew to Melbourne, FL to stay with her relatives before renting a car and driving down to Miami the day prior to the cruise.
We spent the night at the Best Western Plus Airport in Kendall, about 25 miles from the port. This hotel was very nice with a hot breakfast buffet. We really enjoyed staying here, even though it was a little ways from the port. We passed a Bahama Breeze restaurant and decided to have dinner there. It was OK, nothing to write home about. Service was VERY slow. The next morning, we returned the rental car to the airport and took the rental shuttle to the port. It was here that we set our eyes upon the biggest ship we've ever seen. The Allure is huge!
Traffic around the RCI Terminal A is horrendous, as construction of another terminal is taking place next door. People trying to leave the terminal while others are trying to get inside make for a huge mess. Once we handed off our luggage to the porters outside, we headed inside to a very spacious building. Checking in took less than 5 minutes before we headed to the waiting area. We finally got to board the ship after a 35-minute wait.
Cabin Review
Central Park View Balcony
Very nice cabin. Shower "capsule" a little tight, but we managed. The air temperature was perfect and the beds very comfortable (we even bought the Cariloha Sheets like the ones on the bed). Had over 20 hangers in our closet and plenty of storage as well. There's a safe in the closet in which you can create a 4-digit code to open/close it. The TV only gets a few channels. You can check your account balance, dinner menu and much more on it.
The balcony overlooking Central Park was the best part. Our cabin steward Andrew opened the partition between our balcony and our friend's balcony next door. There was live music every evening that we enjoyed while sitting out there. And it was very quiet inside once we went to bed each night. Great cabin! Highly recommend! Comes with a free lunch for 2 and a bottle of wine.
Port Reviews
Labadee
Too many places where it was unsafe to swim. Signs should be posted so that you don't waste time dragging your chair to a safe place to swim. BBQ lunch was fantastic!