Allure of the Seas Review

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Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Allure of the Seas
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shamda
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Dec 2011
Cabin: Junior Suite with Balcony

We have been on many cruises before, but this was our first one on the Oasis class ship. Most recently we have been on the Celebrity Solstice and Equinox, Carnival Dream, NCL Pearl and RCCL Liberty of the Seas. We have been on several other ships, but I mention these as they are feature ships for these mass market lines. My wife and I are in our mid 50's. We traveled with my brother and his wife who just turned 60 and their daughter who is 27. My mother and her friend also traveled with us and they are 81. We had a junior suite mid ship on deck 10. I have broken this review into several categories making it easier to follow.

Embarkation and Debarkation:

As many others have mentioned, getting on and off the ship was amazingly easy, especially when you think about how many people have to get off and on in a relatively short period of time. We arrived at the port about 11:00 AM. My mother and her friend needed wheelchair assistance to get on the ship, so we had to wait about 20 minutes for that, but we were on the ship by about 11:30. I would strongly suggest assistance for anyone that does not walk well as to get on the ship the ramps are pretty steep and the walk is quite long. Once onboard we quickly split up to take care of a few things regarding our reservations for shows and dining. My brother and I ran down to deck 3 to take care of getting Royal Connect phones. These were terrific. They cost $30 each, but if you are traveling with a group it really makes life easy. They are old iphones and not only can you call the other phones in your party, you can text them and locate them as well. The location feature did not work great all the time, but it was pretty accurate overall. By 12:30 we were finished with all our running around and headed up to the Windjammer for lunch. What a bad idea. It was so crowded up there we did not even get off the elevator. Getting off the ship was also very easy as everyone has noted.

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Junior Suite with Balcony

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We had 10626 which was a Junior Suite on deck 10. Very comfortable and well worth the extra $$ as opposed to a standard balcony cabin.

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