Allure of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Honestly, I don't know if anyone will even read this so I hesitate to share. The main problem was that I have some expectations from RCCL that are usually met, but fell FAR short this cruise. The Quest was cancelled, the Battle of the Sexes was cancelled, formal night had turned into Caribbean night, and it was because there was a dance competition onboard which affected many of the things we've grown to love and expect onboard. This would be fine if you had TOLD US WHEN BOOKING. If we'd known, we'd have chosen a different cruise because we REALLY love those things! We are fine with the new once a day cabin cleaning, but the room steward asked us what time we'd like to have our rooms cleaned. We told him, he marked it down, then when we returned towards the end of that window he asked us again. We were like, uh, you asked and we said 9 to 11? Room wasn't cleaned before noon on any of the days, and when your cruise director talks about towel animals and there isn't one ever, it's a bummer. We are tidy non-drinkers, so it's not like going into our room would be a horrendous undertaking. If you're not going to clean when you say, then don't ask us and create expectations that we plan around and are then disappointed. And don't have your cruise director talk about towel animals if it's not something everyone gets. Food in the main dining room was consistently tepid to cold, which was a first for me. Our wait staff was fine but the food took so long to come out that we ended up sitting there with nothing in front of us for long periods of time. There was a woman who came by to ask us if we were happy, but we didn't feel comfortable saying "hey, we've been sitting here with nothing on the table for 15 minutes" because she could obviously see that and we didn't want to be those people. The upsides for us were the as always fantastic shows and live music. When I told my friend that the aqua show would be amazing, I was so happy that she loved it. But I spent a lot of the weekend being embarrassed that the service and food just wasn't there. And I don't think that's normal for RCCL. Or, I hope it's not normal for RCCL. I know the Allure should have gone into dry dock to get Amped before the pandemic, and I feel like it's a mistake to keep her in service doing the shorter trips (which I love and which works really well with my schedule), without making her beautiful again and without making the level of service consistent with the rest of the line. We have an upcoming cruise in August on the Quantum with our adult daughters, I'm now a little nervous and I hope I made the right choice to stick with RCCL for our first Alaska cruise-everyone is telling me I should have gone Disney, but we've never sailed on a Quantum class ship and I am sincerely hoping that the service is what we're used to, and what I experienced on the Allure this weekend was an aberration. One last thing-in 2023 I did the same cruise with my friend on the Mariner, and the smell of pot was really, really bad. This cruise on the Allure I didn't smell it once, and I really appreciate y'all for making sure that our vacation was not stinky! Mariner won for food and service, Allure won for shows and not smelling drugs. Moving forward, the Quantum trip in August is sort of our "make or break" trip where we decide if we want to keep leveling up with RCCL or pivot to a different line. I love RCCL, but I loathe inconsistency of experience.

The main dining room was definitely 5 star service. The staff always spoke when we passed. Great memories were made on this cruise.

We would go again but on a smaller boat. If you like to mingle with lots of people this is the boat for you.

For a brief (3 day) cruise, it was excellent! We chose this particular cruise to experience one of the larger ships with the multiple entertainent venues. We were not disappointed.

Royal Caribbean has really gone downhill. The food was only ok, not late night buffet, nothing to do at night, and yet still expensive as ever. Will definitely not be cruising with them again.

Had a wonderful weekend on the Allure! Couldn’t have asked for a better experience while onboard. Everyone is very friendly and we made lifetime memories.

Overall we had a good time. But if you can book a newer Oasis class ship do so until this one is renovated. It was delayed/postponed because of the Covid shut down.

7 night Cruise with excellent entertainment and good islands with lots of excursions. Food was excellent and lots of choices.

The main dining room left a lot to be desired, but overall we would go again.

The only disappointment was that the one picture I wanted was us in our Christmas pajamas with Santa Claus. I did not think that would be a problem on a Christmas cruise, but, it was. We only saw Santa once, when he, of all things, was calling a Volleyball tournament?!? The only time Santa was mentioned was on Christmas Day, odd since he does his work on Christmas Eve. He was with the children at 8:30 in the morning and it said 17 years old and under! I thought surely there would be photo ops with Santa all the way up to Christmas Day.

We very much enjoyed this trip as a 1st time cruiser. The Christmas setup was fantastic. The photo package really worths it. We got very nice family and individual photos.

Excellent time. We already booked our next cruise.

Great entertainment. Food was not as good as other RC cruises we've been on so we were a little disappointed with this cruise.

Not new to cruising but was first time on RC. Allure was amazing. Great value for the money. Rating should be higher but Nassau drags it down.

The cruise was relaxing and the grand suite was nice. Everyone was friendly and helpful.

We had a really good time, and enjoyed every single area, show and experience. Definitely will recommend to go in this beautiful ship.

we would definitely sail on this ship again and had an AWESOME first cruise; the balcony room was worth every penny of the extra cost; the view was beautiful and hearing the water and seeing the stars at night was an unmatchable experience; although next time we may pick a different port location or go on a different excursion in the bahamas

We only wanted a simple get-away and enjoyed the ship immensely. As senior citizens our demands were basic

Best cruise in a long time with Royal. Well balanced crowd from all ages. The food quality and selection was way above average. The changes in the dining room menu from last year is the only negative. The option of having a steak or a fish should not have been removed. If you cruise often like we do, the choices in the menu get limited and boring.

It was a great ship overall and would go again. The karaoke was always packed so maybe more options for that, it was also hard to know for sure which restaurants were complimentary and where. We eventually figured it all out.