Overall a Great Cruise
Allure of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western
7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)
Sail date: February 05, 2023
Ship: Allure of the Seas
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 6726
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 1 year ago
Review summary
Great cruise! Excellent entertainment & shows! excellent service (only ran across 2 or 3 grumpy staff members) everyone was very friendly and eager to please. Clean room, clean ship, great music onboard. We are sorta foodies and appreciate good food (don't like fast food), but we didn't do the specialty dining pkg. MDR was good for bfst, lunch, And dinner. Had Solarium bfst once, barely found a table outside in the wind and had to eat cold food. Not set up near as well as on Symphony. Windjammer was good for breakfast and was busy, but didn't seem as bad as Solarium bistro. But maybe we just went to SB at a bad time. Pizza was pretty good as long as it was fresh. Lunch and snack options on the ship weren't great. (except salads and soups) The desserts were mostly bleh. Free ice cream in wipeout Cafe was ok. Coffee card was great and well worth it. We didn't do any other drink pkgs except order 24 bottles of water to our room. That was also well worth it. Water onboard was fine, but about halfway thru the sailing, it tasted a bit salty. As if the desalinator was struggling a bit. But then it got better. Sinks, showers, toilets all functioned well in cabin. Cruise director was great. There was a tribute to veterans And first responders which was wonderful. All the kids onboard were well behaved, except one that we saw. Our sailing was sold out, but not an overwhelming amount of children. And when they are all So well behaved, it's wonderful to have them onboard. There was a lot of movement on the ship, which surprised us. We barely felt anything on symphony, but I guess the seas were rougher this time. The last sea day was so windy, they had to close the upper decks because the wind would knock you over. So the ship was very crowded with everyone having to be indoors. But even so, you could still find corners to sit and meet people. We had a great time overall and would definitely recommend this ship!Embarkation
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Ship tip
See if you can make reservations online for the shows about 30 days out from your sailing. Check every day. Watch for the email that royal sends, saying that entertainment for your sailing can now be viewed. The 18+ comedy shows book out the first day. And the rest of the shows book out within the first couple days, from what I could tell. If you want your pick of days and times, book immediately. Also get early traditional dining if you plan to see the shows. It's the only dining time that will work with show schedules, unless you do the Windjammer, or go eat in MDR very late like 8:30 or 9. My time dining doesn't start until 6:45 and there are crazy lines, even with reservations. I can't speak to how long the wait is if you have reservations though.
Ports of call
Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras