Bertiep

We sailing 4 jan and just got an email saying our deck boards at 3pm which is last ( deck 9)

We had hoped to check in early to have lunch on board and walk around as our first cruise

Do rc strictly enforce this . Anyone had this issue before ?

We are a first time cruising family ( 11 and 6 year old)on the Allure EC 4 jan. this site has a wealth of info- almost overwhelming - i do have a few questions re dinner.

we have 6 pm sitting in MDR

my questions are:

1. how do we find out which nights are the formal night as we pref don't want to dress up. would the kids also need to be very smart?

2.i assume that for specialty restaurants formal nights don't apply?

3. if we decide on the day that don't want to attend MDR do you need to let someone know a certain period of time before dinner?

4. we have 1 show booked for 7.15pm - i assume that this will be tight from a time perspective?

5. can the kids eat and go there on way during dinner? can kids eat the kids club if wife and i wanted a quite dinner\ specialty dinner ?

Thanks in advance

Sorry you are correct. it was a RC blog from 12 months ago but there does appear to be some existing issue

I found this on the RC website

http://www.******************.com/2013/11/14/royal-caribbean-announces-repairs-allure-of-the-seas-2014

we are on our first cruise on 4 jan to Ec and are obviously disappointed considering in effect only half a day in St Thomas now which we really wanted to see and seems to all but rule out chance to go st john.

we are 1st time cruisers. family of 4 so trying to book interconnecting rooms ( much cheaper than suite) My TA tells me that RC wont allow us to book 9602 and 9604 ( these are D1 balcony staterooms with larger balconies) because each room can fit three people as they have sofa beds so wont only allow two people in each room. has anyone come across this before. we thus need to book interconnecting rooms that have twin beds and no extra bedding even though they aren't as well situated on the boat. BTW is deck 9 near mid ship a good option= ie central but not noisy?

Our family of 4 ( kids 6 and 11) from Oz will be going on our first cruise on 4 jan for 1 week on Allure Eastern Caribbean cruise. As US schools I think have gone back by then what other kids nationalities are generally on this type of ship this time of year. just curious if kids will have other English speaking children to meet. i think read somewhere that lots of South Americans at this time?

thanks in advance