LGBT Roll Call - RCCL | Allure of the Seas | 19th April 2015 | Transatlantic

Hey Gang,

Let's get this started.

I'm assuming there'll be a lot of us and a lot of Diamond & above.

Tom and I look forward to seeing you all on-board.

Any thoughts on Malaga? We're hoping to get to the Alhambra in Granada.

Happy Sailing.

Toby.

Nobody?

Hi Toby.

My partner and I just booked. It will be our honeymoon.

Sailed on RCI once before (Transatlantic on Voyager) so not Diamond members.

Live near to BCN so it's a journey home for us.

No thoughts on Malaga as yet.

Very excited for the trip though.

David.

booked today, 2 guys from the Netherlands

greetz

Bob en Cor

Hey guys,

My partner Yves and I booked this cruise 2 days ago. Looking forward to another great transatlantic and all the new friends to be made.

2 diamonds from Belgium.

Ricky

Hi guys,

We are thinking about booking it but not sure yet.

We are a couple from Madrid, Spain.

We'll let you know ...

Jose

Hi again guys!

We've finally booked it.

Two more Diamonds here :-)

Hope to meet you onboard guys!

Jose

Rick from Toronto on board. Diamond. There may be others amongst my friends but none have booked yet. Spent a lot of time in Spain over the years but never in Malaga so I'm planning to poke around town for the day. Its a city of over half a million and was founded by the Phoenicians so there must be something to see. For those that have done Granada and aren't interested in Malaga, I would suggest Cordoba 55 minutes on the fast train (AVE), about 75 on a regular train. Had a great time on the Adventure OTS TA last year (where the Champagne Bar became a virtual gay bar for the crossing) - but I usually stick to the smaller RCCL ships Serenade, Vision, Splendour, Grandeur etc. so I'm a little apprehensive about the huge Allure but decided to take the plunge and try it. Looking forward to meeting everyone.

Hello :)

We are Eelko and Bernd from Germany/Holland and we are cruising with a big group of gay friends on the Allure!

So - fasten your seatbelts!! Champagne Bar will be the nightly spot for drinks and meet!! Last TA on Oasis was a great success!!

See you all soon!!

Cheers

Hi,

Yuval and Aviel from Israel.

Joining Bernd's entourage hehe :)

Can't wait to start the vacation!

Cheers.

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Hello everybody and welcome aboard guys! :-)

Shalom u-beruchim ha-ba'im, Yuval and Aviel!

Looking forward to meeting everybody.

Jose

Hello everybody and welcome aboard guys! :-)

 

 

 

Shalom u-beruchim ha-ba'im, Yuval and Aviel!

 

 

 

Looking forward to meeting everybody.

 

 

 

Jose

Hi Jose,

Thank you for the kind welcome :)

We look forward meeting you as well.

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Guys,

For those of you who also use Facebook, visit "T/A Allure of the seas".

See you there!

Jose

Hi guys

James here, finally made diamond.

booked this around ThanksGiving..

What's the Head count..

james

BTW, Me and A friend are going on this Cruise.

From Ft Lauderdale..

james :)

George & Jonathan

Just booked today !

WILL BE A DOUBLE CROSSING

westbound May 3 Queen Mary 2

Welcome James (and your friend), George & Jonathan!

😃

Jose

Morning guys,

Any idea how many do this TA ? Last fall I did the Liberty crossing.

Is this were people come to meet up or is there another site?

james

Hi guys, Vince and Neil here. We'll be on this cruise too. Our second time on Allure!

Hey Vince and Neil, welcome. Since you've been on Allure before maybe you can tell us a bit about the do's and don'ts onboard Allure...

Grts Ricky &Yves

Hi Ricky mad Yves,

This is Neil, I'm going to hand this to Vince in a minute. He's much more thorough than I am. In general though, I would suggest making reservations in advance (like now) for the entertainment you're interested in. The comedy show was pretty good, but we saw a lot of people who just showed up at show time w/o a reservation and since it was booked in advance never made it in.

The MDR had pretty decent food. We had specialty dining reserved 4 of our 7 nights, I wouldn't do that again. The Italian place was very good, and is probably the only place we'll go back to again.

We went to the FOD meeting a few nights, and met some nice people there. For such a big ship though, it wasn't much of a turnout.

Vince will post soon.

Hey guys (Ricky & Yves)!

I had posted a review when we returned after that 2013 cruise; you should be able to find it at http://www.cruisecritic.com/memberreviews/memberreview.cfm?EntryID=216360

Clearly our memories have changed our thoughts, specifically about the specialty restaurants. Also, I'd be surprised if RCCL hasn't tweaked a thing or two between now and then, so don't take anything as gospel.

If you have any specific questions that I didn't answer, feel free to ask.

Vince

Oh, one more thing. The price I quoted for the soda package was for a 7-night cruise, so expect to pay more for the TA.

Vince

Hey Vince and Neil, thanks for the useful feedback. Appreciate it. Grts Ricky

Happy to help!