Back To Back Eastern & Western Caribbean

Item: Allure of the Seas
Rating: 4.8
Author: sd85383

Allure of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

sd85383

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5

6 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 05, 2021

Ship: Allure of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10568

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

First week we had 3200 guest for the six day. The second week of the back to back added another 1200 passengers. We could definitely see and feel the difference of the crowds on board. The Allure is a wonderful ship but just a little to big passenger wise. May be our last experience on an Oasis Class. This is just personal preference of course.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Went much faster than I anticipated due to the size of the ship

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Always good on Royal

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

If you got bored, it was your own fault.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Ma Ma Mia was great and the Las Vegas Tenors were great to go see and listen.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Never a bad experience on Royal

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Central Park was our favorite part of the ship and our happy place.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Typical Balcony Stateroom - Cabin attendant was great as always.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Love the new disembarkation procedure, being able to wait in your stateroom instead of a common area.

8 Comments

javawoody 2 years ago

Thanks for the update

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izrgreen 2 years ago

Thank you for the review.

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kef2016 2 years ago

We felt the same way about the number of passengers. We sailed on Allure on her first sailing back in August. There were 1500-1800 passengers depending on who you talked to. We loved the ship and the very low amount of passengers. We are on the fence on whether we would sail on an Oasis class ship at full capacity. Just our preference as well.

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CurlyCruiserYAY 2 years ago

Interesting

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cruising2004 2 years ago

Thank you for sharing your experience.

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CVCruiser 2 years ago

Yea, once you experience an Oasis class at reduced capacity, you can see a big difference once its getting filled up. We have sailed on Oasis class from 1,100 passengers all the way to maxed out at 6,500 passengers.... But I never felt like the ship was "crowded"... Ive always been able to find plenty of places where there is almost no people, and enjoy the ship. Boarding and ports have never been a problem even with max capacity. Where I see the crowds the most is after shows, or on the promenade during events. But we tend to not get tangled in the middle of the crowds and stay on the fringes. Ive found the Oasis class the easiest to be able to bypass the crowds as I transit the ship.... Ive done 7x cruises on the Oasis class, 3x were 13 day transatlantic cruises... They are still by far my favorite ship class! 😃

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback.

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jameeh 2 years ago

Appreciate your review. Glad you enjoyed it despite the ship not being your preferred size. At least you gave the Oasis class a try.

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