What can I say that hasn't already been said about the Allure. The ship is beautiful with a lot of amenities and many many choices as to eats, entertainment and shopping. Really enjoyed the promenade deck, boardwalk and central park. However it is almost too big. We had a difficult time keeping track as to what end of the ship certain places were on and whether we were on the right end to be able to get to that place without having to go up or down decks because of the center being occupied by central park, promenade and boardwalk. Yes you have the "What to do right now" on every deck by the elevators which will also map it out for you as to how to get there but who wants to have to reference a map every time you want to get somewhere. We felt that we had to pre-plan everything and we sometimes like to do things on the spur of the moment. For instance when we were at St. Maarten we had decided not to leave the ship so we went to Johnny Rockets for breakfast but they had closed at 9am, it was just a little after nine when we went there. Then we thought we would eat lunch there that same day so went down around noon and they were still closed and would not open till 2:30pm.

I remember reading someones review that said you did not have to wait long for an elevator and I have to totally disagree with that. We always had to wait quite a while to get an elevator. Most of the times we would just use the stairs because it was quicker. If you have show reservations then you need to be there at least an hour early so you are able to get a decent seat.

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