Buyer Beware Jr Suite 14232

Allure of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 24
Helpful Votes: 448

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
Allure of the Seas

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 23, 2014

Ship: Allure of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 14232

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

Second time on this ship so we decided to upgrade to a Jr. Suite a week before the cruise.  We were assigned Room 14232.  As soon as we sailed we noticed a knocking sound that seemed to come from behind the wall as the ship rocked and rolled.  I checked everything within the room and balcony to make sure it wasn't coming from something loose.  The first night it kept us up all night.  I complained to the Stateroom Attendant and the front desk.  They sent a supervisor up to the room while we were in port and he didn't hear anything.  That night I recorded it on my phone and brought it down to the front desk.  They offered me another room then found the ship was full.  After the third night of no sleep I went down to the front desk to talk to a manger.  He looked in the computer and said he showed we were offered another room and we refused to move.  The discussion went downhill from there.  When I went back to the cabin I overheard the stateroom attendant and his supervisor having a heated discussion about how his tip is always affected by that room and why does RC keep selling it.  Apparently the noise is behind the wall and can only be fixed at the next dry dock.  RC continues to sell this room knowing there is a problem.  Another case where the dollar out weights customers vacation.  I really had to fight while on the ship to get any type of compensation so I wrote directly to RC after the cruise and was promised a better compensation package would be applied to my next cruise.  It's mid December and I still don't have anything, however, we've experienced small problems in the past with RC and they always live up to their word.  We'll just chalk this up as a bad experience that doesn't happen very often with RC.  We did arrive late to St Thomas and RC gave everyone on board $150 dollar onboard credit.  Other than that, the cruise was great.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Blue Planet was awesome

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
Knocking within the wall while at sea

Ship tip

Park Cafe has the best Roast Beef sandwich

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
Go to the Airport and watch the aircraft come right over the beach.
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5 Comments

glomarrone    8 years ago

Thanks for the warning about this cabin.  I am sure that it will help others.

Ted1955    8 years ago

Sorry, tried to warn you.  We are both light sleepers, so it kept us up every night.  Cre even gave us ear plugs which helped.  I'm back on the Allure in March but made sure I was far away from that deck and room.  

noname111    8 years ago

We had an issue in a Sky Suite on the Celebrity Reflection. They moved to address the issue quickly while we were on board. The banging noise was resolved by the line continued to check in to be sure it was gone. We got a credit on the cruise, plus a certificate for a future cruise credit.  In all, it was well managed and we booked with Celebrity again as a result of how the situation was managed.

JusMe    8 years ago

I had the same thing on NCL Star.   A popping everything the a/c turned on or off.   The cruise lines is just like Hotels and knows that they have bad rooms but they continue to book them.  I insisted that they change my cabin and they did the 2nd day of the Cruise.  No compensation from NCL just arguments at first until they offered a different cabin.  

Misterg12    8 years ago

We are in the same room now with the same banging noise. It is our last day at sea and have not complained to this point but may give it a shot to seek some compensation. It really is annoying. 

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