Royal Caribbean is taking away some of the niceties

Allure of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 29

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Allure of the Seas

7 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 27, 2016

Ship: Allure of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6606

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

We had magnificent weather, easy embark and disembark and delightful encounters with the crew at every turn. But we are likely done with the Oasis class of ships. Just too many passengers on sea days, using the same three banks of elevators found on much smaller ships. The coffee on every cruise used to be stupendous - we love it strong! Now it is so mediocre it forces you to Starbucks twice daily - as I'm sure is  the intent. The biggest disappointment is the Windjammer buffet which we avoided mostly. To have a buffet that small with that few choices for meals for 6k passengers? In our 27 cruises on all lines we have never seen such a shabby operation. We are committed to RCI now because my wife wants the perks of diamond class but I remind her that saving several hundred by cruising with the best available deal pays for a lot of beverages. 

The good? Entertainment was outstanding, although we could never get into a comedy club without a reservation, or getting in line 45 minutes early. Dining room fare was excellent! Staff terrific mostly. Room was excellent and balcony larger than most lines. We like RCI overall and will go back to Freedom class.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Excellent in all ways. But why do they have the bed bext to the closet? Got to be very irritating. Suppose we could have had furniture rearranged but didn't want to bother the room steward.

Ship tip

Johnny Rockets serves the best breakfast on the ship and no one seems to know this but there is NO upcharge at breakfast! The setting outdoors in quiet and beautiful.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Falmouth, Jamaica

5 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

mustang06    7 years ago

Only on the oasis class ships you book your shows it is to keep the crowds down makes sense to me

TheBuhours    7 years ago

Good review. Have found most people say to reserve which I can see makes vacation more planned then ion smaller ships.

mustang06    7 years ago

Maybe you should of gotten you coffee at the windjammer i can't drink it very strong coffee

mustang06    7 years ago

We also like the freedom class the best but we booked another cruise on the allure we do like the ship but we found a lot of rude people onboard the first time maybe this will be a better time

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