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Allure of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 39

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 23, 2017

Ship: Allure of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 9649

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Ship oriented for family trips, but I missed the old RCCL charm. Dinning used to be a better experience in the main dining room, now is too ordinary. The ship activities boulevard, central park just great!

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Beautiful ship and fun, excellent activities, but service and food is not the same as it used to be with this cruise line years ago. The swimming pool is too crowded, even the adult one.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

We don't eat meat, only fish, dairy and vegetables, the main dinning room lack of options for us.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Waiters lack training in main dinning room. Also guess services are very dismissive. We had an issue (RCCL fault) with our dining arrangements, and I had to convinced guess services to assist. Everything else great

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Great, but small issue first day, we did not get clean sheets when first arrived (disturbing). That was quickly address and no more issues the rest of the days.

Ship tip

Don't bother with main dinning room set times. Maybe opt better for dine at your own time or one of the specialties restaurants. WE enjoyed the tapas restaurant (only one we tried). For breakfast , the coffee shop on Central Park was good.

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