Is it Live or is it Memorex?- Allure of the Seas Review September 18-25 with Pics!

[LBumb]

awesome job

[nenner1]

Originally Posted by FirstCruise2331

Thanks for posting the review. Myself and DW will be on our first ever cruise on Sept 16th 2012 on the Allure round the East Carribbean so its great to see pictures and hear your experiences.

Thanks so much for reading! You will love Allure, I must say you are starting out at the top for your very first cruise! This week in September is a great week to sail- weather has been very nice for us. Enjoy trip planning!

Originally Posted by spammie

Excellent review and amazing pictures! We were getting off Allure when you were getting on. I was surprised to see the bathroom products in your cabin. We were in a D1 oceanview balcony cabin and had no products at all. We also had the worst cabin attendant ever. We never were introduced to him/her and never saw him/her one time the entire cruise. I personally could have done a better job at cleaning the cabin then he/she did. I also had read how small the bathroom, shower and storage space in the cabin is but was still amazed at how tight it was.

Looking forward to the rest of your review. It was nice seeing such an amazing ship but WAY to big for us.

Thanks so much for reading, we saw all of the sad sacks getting off when we were getting on...LOL I'm sorry to hear about your stateroom attendant and experience. What a bummer! Especially in one of those nice D1's it's a shame you could not enjoy it as much as you should have been able to. I will say you weren't missing too much with the products. It was nice to have them though,if we needed them, we didn't get anything on Independence except for the mystery liquid shampoo/gel/soap dispenser on the wall.

I agree about the size! This is the first cruise I've ever returned from with achy legs like I've worked out!

Originally Posted by LMZinSC

Great review. Really enjoying it. Only 2 weeks until we board!

Thank you so much! you will have a great time, Allure is just AMAZING!

[wingnutphl]

Great review!! If you ever go back on the Allure, the trash can is hooked on the door under the sink.

[nenner1]

Originally Posted by LBumb

awesome job

Thanks so much for reading!!!

Originally Posted by livingis2me

Hello I'm Ron, one of the lead characters in this TR. I'm so sad that this cruise is over. We had been looking forward to it for over two years. It is so fun to have it documented on Jen's trip reports so that I can go back and re-live it for the next year until our next cruise.

^He's just the best! I post pictures of him wiping out on the flowrider and dancing (yet to come) and he eats it up! LOL.

A quick little note about the bathroom(s). Notice how the kid's inside cabin has a plexiglass (or was it glass?) shelf under the mirror..?? The balcony room didn't. This would have been nice to have to save some counter space in our bathroom. I wonder why they don't have them in all the rooms. Is it only in the inside rooms??

I'm so glad you pointed it out, can you believe I didn't notice it until now?!?! I tried to avoid spending much time in the kids' room.

Also our stateroom host, Anthony, tried to tell me that splitting up the beds in the kids room would give them less room to move around. Boy was he wrong. As you can see in the pix...

Yes, he was a bit hesitant about doing that at first. I told him I understood how busy they were on the first night but the kids are a tween aged boy and girl- they had absolutely zero desire to sleep in the same bed! The space issue wasn't a concern of ours, but it was absolutely more spacious with the beds apart!

Jen,
Keep the updates coming!

Ron

Thanks, you know I will!

Originally Posted by metairiegal

GREAT review and pics. Love all the details. I can't wait to read more!!

P.S. Just noticed you are sailing on the Disney Fantasy in 2012. So are we! Since you sail before us, I can't wait to read your review on that one, too.

Thanks so much for reading! Yes were are quite excited for the Fantasy too. We love DCL very much, we are big Disney fans. They have a fantastic cruise product as well as RCCL!

[nenner1]

Originally Posted by wingnutphl

Great review!! If you ever go back on the Allure, the trash can is hooked on the door under the sink.

Are you kidding me Dawn???? LOL! It was there the entire time and I totally missed it! HA HA!

Thanks so much for stopping by, I loved your review too!!!

Originally Posted by Topaz_M

This is great! Lots of lovely photos of the stuff you don't normally see

Thanks so much for your comments! I have a few tricks up my sleeve so keep reading, I think we found a new "secret" area onboard! Info coming up soon!

Originally Posted by CamaCama

Looking forward to the rest of your review, great so far!! We may be sailing with our daughter who will be 3 when we want to go next year so i'm anxious to see how your 3 yr old liked it and what she did during the day.

Thank you so much for reading! Our 3 year old have been on 4 cruises now so we are used to cruising with a little one, but each time sure does bring unique challenges. This cruise was no different. I will have a lot of info about the clubs, the pool deck, excursions with the little one, meltdowns, places to avoid like the plague, the kid magnet spots and so much more! i hope you find it helpful! Stay tuned!

[livingis2me]

Originally Posted by wingnutphl

Great review!! If you ever go back on the Allure, the trash can is hooked on the door under the sink.

It sure was!
Jen, I wish you would've mentioned it during the cruise I would have let you know.

Ron

[nenner1]

Originally Posted by gelo7

Great review w/pics and you have a beautiful family. I am looking forward to the rest of it.

Thank you so much for reading and for the compliments! I hope you find it useful and enjoyable!

Originally Posted by Trainman-2

GREAT REVIEW!

We are looking forward to sailing on the Allure on Jan 15, 2012.

Feel free to use any of my photos you want to.

Oh wow! A true CC legend! Thanks so much for the compliments Jim, it is awesome to have your input! We loved watching Oasis leave knowing you and Judith were onboard!! The only thing we didn't like was missing your live review due to being on our cruise! I am still catching up on it but, it looks like such an amazing time. It's so awesome that we were enjoying different halves of the Caribbean on these amazing ships at the same time!

Thank you so much for the picture! I'm not one normally to go around snagging pics but I was delighted to see that one knowing I was in it (even if we did look like ants from way up there on Oasis!)

Glad we only have to wait a few more months for another awesome "Live From Allure" from you!

Originally Posted by joand452

Great start to your review, and wonderful photos, too!

Hope you loved Allure as much as we did!

Looking forward to more,

Thank you Joan, she is such an amazing ship...words can't express and pictures just don't do it justice! Thanks for reading!!!

[wingnutphl]

It was out of necessity that I found it and what I was looking for was right in front on my face.

[nenner1]

Originally Posted by livingis2me

It sure was!
Jen, I wish you would've mentioned it during the cruise I would have let you know.

Ron

You didn't hear me grumbling about it? Or do you tune that out? LOL, it wasn't a big deal, now I'm just beginning to wonder what else out there I did miss!

Originally Posted by smeck

Great start

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you enjoy it!

Originally Posted by metairiegal

Fantastic review and pics! Love the Fort Lauderdale pictures and of the Oasis as we live in that area and are also sailing on the Oasis in November. Bubba Gump looks pretty darn good - I'll have to check it out sometime!

Can't wait to read more......

Thank you so much, we do love Ft. Lauderdale- a beautiful city. The beach was gorgeous and we have some pretty nice beaches over here too! I think you will just LOVE Oasis- Allure was so wonderful! You will have to check out Bubba Gump- just be sure to bring your credit card! That bill at the end was one of the biggest ones we've had at a restaurant in a long time!

[nenner1]

Originally Posted by roe2ship

I LOVE reviews with loads of pictures.....and yours are great so far!

Looking forward to reading more about your cruise on the Allure. Thanks!

Well thank you for stopping by! I am glad you are enjoying it!

Originally Posted by billiebob

Wonderful review. Thanks for being so detailed. Really love the photos too. Can't wait to hear all about the rest of your cruise.

Thank you, I have lots to share! There is great stiuff to come!

Originally Posted by bcwaves

My favorite kind of review - long and full of lots of pictures!

THANK YOU!

Big pictures! LOL! Thanks for reading and I'm glad you are finding it useful!

[forsberg]

The quality on that camera is really nice.

What were you using?

[nenner1]

Originally Posted by wingnutphl

It was out of necessity that I found it and what I was looking for was right in front on my face.

LOL, I opened that cabinet once, saw how little it was and shut it right back up! Haha!

Originally Posted by 3dogmom

I was on this cruise with you! Can't wait to see all your food photos.

Thank you so much! I will oblige, I think I took a picture of almost every single unique food item I ate all week! (I did not take a picture of each ice cream cone, it would have filled my memory card!)

Originally Posted by klb1978

Yeah!! Thanks for the review. We sail Allure on Sunday, & are SO excited Will keep tuned to your posts to tide me over for the next few days. Think you will be done before we leave?

Thank you so much for stopping by! I know how excited you are, you will have an AMAZING cruise!! I will certainly try to have it done by this weekend, but I can't promise. Most of the good stuff is towards the beginning, we pretty much just chilled out the last few days of the cruise! I'd better get to work!

[dreamer976]

Thanks, nenner1, for the awesome review!! I'll be checking back daily for more. We're hoping to find a good deal on an Oasis/Allure cruise next year, as DH has just retired and we have no more time constraints - but between you and everyone's pal, Trainman, we are wanting to leave TOMORROW!!!!!

[nenner1]

Originally Posted by forsberg

The quality on that camera is really nice.

What were you using?

Thank you, I loved that camera!

It is a Canon Powershot S3 IS. It is an older model now but was very popular when it was released. It is basically a step below the Rebel.

Sadly it got wet in St. Maarten and we had to buy a cheap Point & Shoot to get us through the rest of the cruise. The quality difference in the photos will be noticeable at the end.

it is quite a story about how that happened though! Stay tuned....

Originally Posted by flipperfan

Great so far, can't wait to read more! We are sailing Allure April 15th 2012, so excited

Thanks so much! Allure is the perfect place to spend Tax Day! you will love her!!!

Originally Posted by Yungcruiserofmd

I am loving your review and pic's, can't wait for more.....

Thanks so much for reading! More coming up very soon!

[floatel_lvr]

Nenner1,
Thank you so much for taking the time to post this great review. I can't think of a better way to pass the time while packing our luggage for our Allure trip this Sunday. Heading down to FLL tomorrow and will check in from the hotel to see how far you got.

Looks like you had a great time.

RA

[livingis2me]

Originally Posted by nenner1

You didn't hear me grumbling about it? Or do you tune that out? LOL, it wasn't a big deal, now I'm just beginning to wonder what else out there I did miss!

There was actually a thread about the under the sink trash can a little while ago on the dearly departed Allure Board. Some woman had stored her jewelery in it thinking it was some kind of jewelery holder... She was very angry at her stateroom host for dumping that trash can- err. jewelery box... I'm pretty sure she was trying to get RCL to reimburse her...

Ron

[nenner1]

Originally Posted by dreamer976

Thanks, nenner1, for the awesome review!! I'll be checking back daily for more. We're hoping to find a good deal on an Oasis/Allure cruise next year, as DH has just retired and we have no more time constraints - but between you and everyone's pal, Trainman, we are wanting to leave TOMORROW!!!!!

Thanks so much for reading! I hope you find a good deal, you surely won't regret cruising on these amazing ships- they truly are a marvel! This time of year usually brings about some deals- there were some Westerns in Late Sept/Early Oct that had some very decent pricing (for Oasis/Allure-a lot cheaper than what we paid!). Hope you can find one at a great price and check it out sooner rather than later!

Originally Posted by MAURI

Love this review already !! subscribe !!

Thank you so much! I promise there is some great stuff coming up!

Originally Posted by KrystalWaters

Subscribing. I love the review so far.

Thank you so much for reading! Glad you are enjoying it!!

[nenner1]

Originally Posted by livingis2me

There was actually a thread about the under the sink trash can a little while ago on the dearly departed Allure Board. Some woman had stored her jewelery in it thinking it was some kind of jewelery holder... She was very angry at her stateroom host for dumping that trash can- err. jewelery box... I'm pretty sure she was trying to get RCL to reimburse her...

Ron

Now that you mentioned that, I do think I recall that thread. I do miss the Allure board!

Originally Posted by floatel_lvr

Nenner1,
Thank you so much for taking the time to post this great review. I can't think of a better way to pass the time while packing our luggage for our Allure trip this Sunday. Heading down to FLL tomorrow and will check in from the hotel to see how far you got.

Looks like you had a great time.

RA

Thank you so much! Yes it was an absolutely AMAZING time, and you will have an awesome time too when you leave this weekend!

I'll try to get as much as I can done before you depart! Have a safe trip!!!

Originally Posted by precious89904600

Thank you for the review and the beautiful pictures . You have beautiful family I hope you all have a great time!!

Thank you so very much for your compliments! I am glad you are enjoying the review!

[skyw]

Saw your Dis Board Mickey ears on your door!!! Have you been on the Dream yet? Just wondering how it compares to Allure for your family?

Great Review!!!! I have an 8 year old, so I really love the reviews with Kids.

[floatel_lvr]

Originally Posted by nenner1

I'll try to get as much as I can done before you depart! Have a safe trip!!!

Take your time! I'll be just as happy to read it when I get back.. LOL.
RA