Live review Allure of the Seas May 25th Eastern Caribbean

[kunta67]

Sorry for the delay in posting pics from the sailaway party and last night. I forgot my camera in our room last night so I couldn't take pics of our food in the MDR, but we're on board having a great time. The platinum package is definitely worth it in my opinion for the amount of drinks we're having. I also might have too many drinks last night as well.

 

My wife and I decided to get the Vitality Thermal spa treatment which has been great plus we got massages this morning instead of going on shore in Nassau. I didn't have a strong need to go on shore in the Bahamas and wanted to treat my wife to a massage which I must say was amazing despite being overpriced.

 

sailaway party

 

Flowrider house

 

Port Everglades webcam

 

Goodbye Ft. Lauderdale!!

 

If anyone is a Mlife gold, platinum, or Noir member you get some pretty good benefits on board the ship such as a free specialty dinner, no seapass cash advance fee, free drink coupons, and a welcome gift. Here's what they sent up to our statement.

[SID1962]

Absolutely loving the review and pictures !

 

We are scheduled to sail her over Labor Day and can't wait.

 

One question. What was muster drill like? We are Celebrity-ites, and there you assemeble inside the ship at certain location depending on your stateroom, watch a film, learn how to put on a life vest, and it's over. No putting on the vest and standing out on the deck. What was it like on Allure?

 

Both my wife and I have some challenges with standing too long is why I am asking. If we have to we have to, but if we don't, so much the better.

 

Again, thanks so much for the review.

 

sid1962

[kunta67]

Absolutely loving the review and pictures !

 

We are scheduled to sail her over Labor Day and can't wait.

 

One question. What was muster drill like? We are Celebrity-ites, and there you assemeble inside the ship at certain location depending on your stateroom, watch a film, learn how to put on a life vest, and it's over. No putting on the vest and standing out on the deck. What was it like on Allure?

 

Both my wife and I have some challenges with standing too long is why I am asking. If we have to we have to, but if we don't, so much the better.

 

Again, thanks so much for the review.

 

sid1962

 

 

The muster drill was pretty similar to your experience on Celebrity. You watch a safety video and learn how to put on a life vest. In terms of standing around you might have to stand for a little bit depending on your muster area. Our muster area was at the Ocean theater and there were a lot of people standing besides all the people sitting in the theater seats.

[MeandHer1968]

Love the review so far.160 more days before we get to go on her...

[kunta67]

Love the review so far.160 more days before we get to go on her...

 

We absolutely love this ship!! My wife and I took a stroll tonight through Central Park with a wonderful breeze.

[Cruisegirl6]

Yes usually always a nice breeze when we were on her last week where the boardwalk was warm and no breeze.

[kunta67]

Day 2

 

I probably need to do a better job keeping up with the live review but I'm having an absolute blast on Allure. I took a picture of the lobster bisque in the MDR but didn't take a picture of the filet and desert which=food porn fail. But we didn't get off the boat in Nassau today because of our massage's this morning and the ship was leaving port at 2. But today was a great relaxing day on our vacation and we saw Ocean Aria tonight which we enjoyed. I have been taking full advantage of the premium package with water, soda, and cocktails.

 

Lobster Bisque

 

Caesar Salad

 

And then Kent had a brain fart and forgot to take a picture of the Filet and strawberry cheesecake.

 

Ocean Aria

 

Changing lights in Central Park (not that great of a pic, sorry!!)

 

Vintages and some tapas(again some food porn fail) We had 3 croquetta's at Vintages which were delicious. I was happy with my glass of Moscato D'Asti

 

And a towel pig or puppy depending on your point of view

 

Off to bed and the meet and mingle tomorrow morning at Dazzles. I've had too many cocktails tonight.

 

[beigedog]

I just got off the Allure Sunday. I see the sea pass printer is working now. Our passes didn't show the dining info so they were writing it on with a black magic marker. We pulled out late so didn't get to watch sailaway because we were in the MDR by that time.

 

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[travelfan75]

loving the review so far. We embark this Sunday!

[kunta67]

Day 3 so far....

 

Woke up this morning to go the meet & mingle at Dazzles. I swear we're having zero luck in raffles this trip, we didn't even win a door prize at the meet & greet. But after that we headed up to the Solarium for some nice quiet sun and reading time. I appreciate the Solarium more after how crazy the pools were yesterday. Lunch today was courtesy of Johnny Rockets plus watching the sexiest man contest with a quick trip to the Thermal spa. We're doing the cupcake cupboard class next..

 

Meet & Mingle

 

Johnny Rocket's

 

Sexiest man competition

 

Vitality Spa

 

Vitality Spa lobby

 

I'll be back tonight with more pictures.

[kunta67]

Day 3 more pics....

 

This afternoon we did a cupcake making class which was supposed to be a puppy. When you see the pictures you can guess which one is mine and which one is my wife's. Plus we walked around the ship watching the kid's on the flowrider.

 

 

 

 

[kunta67]

Food porn from MDR tonight!!

 

Roasted garlic soup

 

Arancini rice balls

 

Lasagna

 

Chicken Marsala

[kunta67]

now off to bed and St. Thomas tomorrow

[sleepless]

Do you remember what time you had you Meet and Mingle party?

 

Also was there a C&A event held, if so, what time.

[kunta67]

Morning from St thomas

 

 

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[sandyh422]

Can you tell me who the headliner is on your cruise?

[jebl]

Really enjoying your review and photos.

 

How did you get all those perks for Mlife?? I am a gold Mlife member and a D+ C& A . Do I need to do anything special to get the perks?

 

Thanks.

[kunta67]

Can you tell me who the headliner is on your cruise?

 

Earl Turner is the headliner tonight, I've never heard of him. I'll tell you how he is after we see his show tonight.

[kunta67]

Really enjoying your review and photos.

 

How did you get all those perks for Mlife?? I am a gold Mlife member and a D+ C& A . Do I need to do anything special to get the perks?

 

Thanks.

 

You need to call the Royal Mlife desk before you go on your cruise and they'll verify your status with Mlife. Once on board just go to the casino host the first night and they'll give you the Mlife sticker which gives you your free drinks plus they'll make your specialty dining reservation for you. We're going to 150 Central Park tonight for our specialty dinner.

[kunta67]

Day 4..so far

 

We're in St. Thomas this morning although the weather throughout the day was pretty cloudy and the sun wasn't truly able to break through. There was a brief spell of rain but for the most part it was cloudy all day. Norwegian Getaway and Carnival Conquest were in port today as well. Knowing this I booked a day pass through resortforaday.com and we were able to go to the Marriott Frenchman's reef and morningstar beach. The property is pretty nice and had a lot of iguana's running around.

 

View of Allure after we get off the ship

 

 

One of the local's

 

Marriott Frenchman's Reef

 

Carnival Conquest

 

Norwegian Getaway

 

More to come, especially our visit to 150 Central Park

[PathfinderEss]

Enjoying your review.

[kunta67]

150 Central Park

 

My wife and I got a free specialty dinner through Mlife and we decided to try 150 Central Park. The food here was absolutely delicious and if you want something different than Chops or Giovanni's table this place is excellent. The 6 course tasting menu is absolutely delicious along with the smoked sea-salts. I honestly would rather come here than Chops mainly for the different variety of flavors you can enjoy. In my opinion you can get a good steak anywhere but when you have a James Beard award winner doing the menu, it's something you should definitely try.

 

Central Park menu

 

Roasted beets

 

Crab Ravioli

 

Pompano

 

Short Ribs

 

Panna Cotta w/Baklava

 

 

[kunta67]

Towel elephant!!

 

We came back to our room after watching Headliners and we found this guy!!

 

We're off to the casino to help build Oasis 3 and enjoy more cocktails. Cheers everyone!!

[VacayVik]

loving the review so far. We embark this Sunday!

 

Love this review as well! ....We embark this Sunday too! So soon!!! :D

[kunta67]

Day 5 morning

 

We docked this morning in beautiful St. Marteen, we decided to do the St. Marteen beach rendezvous tour which placed us on the french side at Orient Beach. The Orient Beach club is decent and they had bathroom facilities, a restaurant where lunch was included and beach chairs waiting for us to use. The weather was pretty great during our excursion and the next time we come back to St. Marteen hopefully we can make it to Maho Beach so we can see all the planes land.

 

Shot of the Allure leaving the dock area to go on our tour

 

 

 

Beach at the Orient Beach club

 

 

 

 

 

We're still in port at St. Marteen waiting for the ship to leave and we'll be off to dinner tonight and the comedy show. Cheers everyone!!