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Item: Allure of the Seas
Rating: 4.3
Author: jdpalmer729

Allure of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

jdpalmer729

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 69

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 22, 2017

Ship: Allure of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11542

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

If you can book this cruise thru , I would recommend it. Through the Cruise line, maybe not. Their prices are way too high. You don't have to book on-board shows before you leave. Room service is a flat rate of $7.95. You can order all that you want off the menu. ORDER all that you want! Trust me!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Smooth. We are a Gold member so we could move fairly quickly through the process.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Our server, Julianna and her assistant Qi, was excellent and very sweet. We looked forward to seeing them everyday.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

We just sat in our lounge chairs and soaked up the sun! That was isea of activities!

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Comics were good. Water show was excellent and the music wonderful!

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Bob, our cabin stewart did a good job.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

It's a beautiful ship!

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

The cabin is small. They all are. But, it met our needs.

Ship tip

Pizza and cookies and cake are served 24 hours on the main promenade!

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida Did not visit port

This is where our cruise began. Went from the airport to the ship and back again at the end.

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Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

4 out of 5

The water was warm. Beach was clean. The lounge chairs were worn and broken!

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Falmouth, Jamaica

4 out of 5

The shops inside the compound were good. We shopped mainly for jewelry and Rum. Outside the gate, the scene is depressing third world!

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Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

See Jamaica!

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

We were one of the last to leave the ship. Our departure time was list as 9:30-9:45. We got to the assembly area to wait to be called by 9:10 and everyone else had left to ship. We were hustled off. The wait time getting our luggage and going through customs was fast!

6 Comments

mustang06 7 years ago

DottieDiehl you are right you have to book your shows in advance to get a seat do it 90 days before your sailing date

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Nick1281 7 years ago

Wow. That stinks. It must be a new thing because we said last December and it was included. I’m so bummed

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JohnsonL 7 years ago

The $7.95 is a new fee added to room service. So apparently the food on the normal room service menu is included according to what you see in the menu, so order as much as you want, but the delivery is charged. I thought I read that this was for the staff but as what has always been our habit we would provide the room service delivery person a cash tip for timely delivery and service with a smile. With this fee, RCCL is joining several other Cruise Lines doing the same.

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Nick1281 7 years ago

You had to pay for room service? I️ thought it was included unless you ordered after midnight?

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dcollins213 7 years ago

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DottieDiehl 7 years ago

I booked online with RC and I had to make reservations for the shows now, to guarantee we get a seat for the Feb. 4th sailing.

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