Allure of the Seas 2018

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 37

Review summary

I loved Allure of the Seas two year ago. I wanted to return with friends, we decided to go again. We loved the Islands we visited, we had a lot of fun. The ship, I was really disappointed the furniture has not been maintained, some of the chairs the seats in the cabins are dirty and also at the promenade deck and other decks. The furniture in Central Park some of the chairs at the Park cafe are broken and also the pool seats are broken and dirty. The food in the buffet and dining room is always the same. Two days before the last day of the cruise is lobster night, there is no entertaining, music or show on lobster night in the dining room. The dining room staff is very good, they go out of there way to service the guest. The carpet around the ship and inside the cabin is dirty with spots. They do not put in the restroom a welcome baskets like other cruise lines, or water, soda or ice bucket to purchase. You need to purchase the water in the promenade deck or any other deck to take it to the room. When you return from the island to the ship, only one time they had a tent with water or tea. I noticed in Costa Maya NCL Sun had a tent outside the ship with furniture sofa and comfortable chairs with a table with wet towels to clean your hands, also they provided water and tea. The shows were the same as two years ago, no new shows or new activities for couples. The only dancing place is Boleros...it's very nice and the music is very good. The pizza at Sorrento is very good and crispy, the cafe at central park has already prepared sand which, soup and salad bar. Getting aboard the ship was easy with an expedited arrival system. Disembarkation was just as smooth, we carried our own bags and got in line less than half an hour we were all out of the ship. The Allure was clean but need repair, furniture seat are dirty and some of the seat cloth was broken on the side. Mama Mia, Oceanaria was very nice, the acrobatics were incredible. Cruising in October, a lot of families with strollers and young kids and A lot of senior with wheelchairs and power scooters. The food in the main dining room was good but not always great, some times was the same soup, appetizers and dessert. The Windjammer was okay for breakfast before exiting the ship for a tour to the island. You need to arrive early at the Windjammer to get a table, the best assistance, is in the dinning room. The Solarium buffet is less crowded, and has a nice view of the pool deck. Central Park has delicious salads made to order. The ports of call for this sailing was Nassau, Cozumel, Roatan Honduras and Costa Maya. I loved Costa Maya, a mini-resort with restaurants, stores, a free pool as well as a tequila tasting experience. Our waiters in the dinning room were always very nice and professional. The buffet sadly they did not offer a made to order omelet station for breakfast. I can't say that I would return to go on this ship again or any other Royal Caribbean ship or another like it any time soon. I think I like the NCL with all inclusive or a smaller ship that make things more organized for a smaller crowd. The RC charges outrageous prices on drinks and dining at the extra restaurants we paid. They charge for absolutely for everything and it was very expensive. Again, the staff is magnificent, especially in the cabin and dining room. They came inside my cabin without informing us and put tape in the connecting door. they moved my luggage and there was no explanation why they did that without informing us. When we came inside the cabin late night after the show and Bolero, I noticed all this changes in my room. I called housekeeping and she told me it was mandatory to run a tape in the door when you had a connecting room. I was not happy or pleased with her excuse, if it was true they should have run the tape before the cruise sail. Or they should have knock on my door and explain to us what they were going to do in our room, and we should have been there in side the cabin when they were there running the tape out side the connecting door. They told us that it was regulations to run a tape thru the connecting doors, they should have done that at the beginning to the cruise, not in the middle of the cruise and especially if we were not inside the cabin. The AC inside the cabins was just okay, not very cold. Over all the cruise was okay.

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

Nassau, Bahamas

Cozumel, Mexico

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

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