Cruise was great, needs a few better ports.

Allure of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
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Allure of the Seas

7 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 12, 2018

Ship: Allure of the Seas

Cabin number: 12141

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The trip and cruise was great overall! There were only a few concerns: the drink prices on board started at $9 but were mostly $13 plus gratuities. Which was ridiculous for a Mai Tai or simple drink on board. So if you plan on drinking just buy the drink package. Also, having two Mexico ports was pretty boring. Cozumel was fine but Puerto Maya can be dropped. Change it to Puerto Vallarta or something. The shows were outstanding and so was the dining room food. If you are wanting to experience this ship but it’s too expensive, opt for an inside room. Still was decent size and I didn’t miss the balcony.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Boardwalk Donut Shop

1 out of 5

It’s not a donut shop! It was an outdoor container that housed donuts and they were the worse donuts ever!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Flowrider

5 out of 5

My daughter loved this! Try to do this on port days because it gets overly crowded on cruising days! The instructors were friendly and took time showing my daughter what to do.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Aqua Theater

5 out of 5

Shows here were great! It’s amazing what they can do in a small space!

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Either buy the $55 per day drink package or only have one drink!

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
The only thing about Nassau is that you have to do an excursion to get to better beaches!

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
Most of the Beach we saw had too much seaweed to enjoy!

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5
We did an excursion through Priceline and it was the best one of the trip!!

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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7 Comments

keithlampkin    6 years ago

I haven’t decided on the drink package yet but I’m def keeping an eye on the drink of the day specials to keep that cost down if I don’t. Thanks to all of you who addressed the geography problem with this poster’s suggestion.

BASSON61    6 years ago

If you can’t afford to buy the drink package that is the best way to go that way you have no worries you can try different drinks and if you don’t like him don’t drink him try something else keep on cruising I love to cruise

CaptainGMan    6 years ago

I will agree with you in the drinks part. It is getting ridiculous

bradner3    6 years ago

Gee. Drinks cost that much at a restaurant around Chicago. Seems quite reasonable. :)

IkeDeb    6 years ago

Drinks are high

crusin4gramma    6 years ago

If you want PV you have to go on the Mexican Riviera cruise!

jallaway    6 years ago

Umm....I think you mean Costa Maya and Puerto Vallarta would take a really long time to get to. Do not that there's really only three Caribbean side Mexican cruise ports - and you went and the third is really no better than Costa Maya.

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