Great ship and great food

Allure of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 69

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Verified Review
Allure of the Seas

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 24, 2016

Ship: Allure of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11206

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Overall a great ship. Great food and service in the Any Time main dining room. Actually better food than in the specialty restaurants. Great entertainment. Great staff. Only negatives - pool bands for a Caribbean cruise were poor, lots of deck chairs but the ones with straps were very uncomfortable, and the disembarkation was a disaster. It took over 2 hours after going to our group to get off. 1 piece of our luggage ended up in "lost and found" even though all tags were on and totally legible. It was explained to us that if a bag gets mis sorted it goes there rather than being brought over to its number. Messed up the timing for our party of 4 getting off. Last November on our Princess Cruise on their largest ship also docking in Fort Lauderdale, from the time we grouped to getting off took literally 20 minutes.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Very small. Shower like in an RV.

Ship tip

We ate at 150Central and Chops. Excellent service. Average food quality. At 150Central our dinner started with a "salt show". 8 small rolls and a container holding various salts from around the world to sample on the bread. We cancelled our 2nd night reservations there .

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5
Was this review helpful? 8

3 Comments

dana8868    8 years ago

I agree food in main dining was fabulous. We carried our own luggage off around 10am and was out in a taxi in 20 mins.

Jules15    8 years ago

Wow that was a long time. They are always anxious to get people off. It seems it would make more sense to just bring the luggage where it belongs instead of making it more complicated and delaying your disembarkation. Glad u enjoyed the cruise though.

twangster    8 years ago

First time I've heard MDR food better than speciality. Glad you enjoyed the cruise.

Other reviews of this sailing