Allure of the Seas Review
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We sailed on Allure on the 1st cruise of 2011 (6th cruise for the ship overall) Me 53, my wife 45, and our 19 year old daughter. We had driven to the Port and parked at Air/Sea Parking, 5 minutes for the ship. As we were shuttled in we couldn't believe the shear presence of the ship. We had sailed on Freedom Class before and this ship made it look tiny! We arrived at about 12:30 and embarkation took less that 20 minutes total before we were on the ship.
The ship was clean and beautiful. I never use the elevators and on each stair landing (4-sets of stairs) there was art work of high quality. As we waited for our room we went up to the Windjammer for lunch. Although busy we had no problem finding a place to sit. we were in our cabin (8212) by 1:30 and met our cabin steward Javier, who was excellent. Our bags got to the room long before our early dining time.
Cabin Review
Superior Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony
We had a D-3 balcony cabin on deck 8 (8212). Storage under the bed and in the cabinets and closets were more than adequate for the 3 of us. It was a bit tight by the balcony when the couch was made up for sleeping, but the bathroom was nice and with the couch closed there was plenty of room to move around. It would probably be better if the main bed was by the balcony. Also the main bed was one of the most comfortable we have slept in. (My wife wanted to take it home)