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Allure of the Seas Cruise Review to Transatlantic

EbonyCruiser

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 218

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

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12 Night Transatlantic (Fort Lauderdale To Barcelona)

Sail date: March 01, 2020

Ship: Allure of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9206

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

The Allure was scheduled to go into dry dock in Cadiz for a major makeover. Once returned to fleet, new and improved public areas. I enjoyed this 12-night TA cruise that had only one port of call—Malaga. What I did not like was moving clocks up 1-hour at noon on day 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 10. No need for breakfast...went straight for lunch. Go to the 15-minute fountain show and Johnny Rockets for breakfast at least once if you do this cruise. Blue Planet was excellent! You gotta see the tree!!! Suggest seeing Mama Mia during early evening because of its runtime (147 mins.) excluding the time to get to the theater and obtain a seat. Leaves the rest of the evening for dinner and/or other evening events.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

It was a breeze!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Overall, all of the restaurants I dined were great and service outstanding. I had at least one meal in the main dining room, Coastal Kitchen, Windjammer, Samba Grill, Sabor, 150 Central Park, Park Cafe, Sorrento’s and Johnny Rockets.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

The extent of my onboard activities was people watching, meeting new friends in the lounges and relaxing on my balcony.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The stage, ice and water shows were nice. Didn’t quite understand the plot for OceanAria but the diving and water performers were great. The headliner performers and comedians were great. The matinees gave you a double dose of a performance you may have enjoyed.

Children's Programs

Did not travel with children.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Outstanding! No concerns or complaints.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Washy...washy

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin steward was great...no complaints about my cabin, which was centrally located on the ship.

Ship tip

Make sure you take photos from the public balcony on deck 9 near the elevators. There is no signage. Just a heavy door.

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Ports of call

Malaga, Spain

5 out of 5

Since I had visited Malaga two days on a previous cruise and did all the touristy stuff to include a horse drawn tour and visiting the museums, this time I was on a personal mission to purchase honey rum. Mission accomplished!

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Barcelona, Spain Did not visit port

Trying to beat the midnight travel ban. Spain became a no travel country the next day.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Disembarkation was a breeze. Instead of leaving my luggage outside my cabin for pickup, I decided to “walk off” to ensure I had adequate time at the airport because of the midnight travel ban that was to go in effect midnight March 13th.

Traveler Photos

This is really at Sabor which will become Playmakers.

The Samba Grill will now become the Solarium Bistro.

A public balcony on deck 9...no sign but you must go through two doors to access the balcony.

View from public balcony on deck 9–no sign but you must go through two doors to access the balcony

11 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks

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cruisellama 3 years ago

👍

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cruisellama 3 years ago

Thanks

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wgammon1 4 years ago

Glad you had a good cruise. Thanks for the great review.

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sparkeybob 4 years ago

It's nice when you have a great cruise. Good for you!

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poc 4 years ago

I have a cruise booked for October on this ship... I hope everything is okay by then. Thanks for the great review.

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mofrazier05 4 years ago

@TheSnoMan thanks for that information. My family and I booked Allure of the Seas for August to sail on her out of Barcelona because she was going to be amplified. Looks like change of plans.

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cruisereckoning 4 years ago

Thank you for the review.

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Very cool review, thank you!!

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TheSnoMan 4 years ago

It's dry dock upgrade is on hold till 2021 at soonest. Royal C put all planned upgrades on indefinant hold last week. They are conserving cash.

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