Live - Allure Simulation Cruise July 27, 2021🛳

[cruisinghawg]

15 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Kaia Mallari

 

Tatsiana Vasilenka

I thought they would be in Tokyo flipping on the mats!!

[WAHMto5]

Thank you for the great review!

[John&LaLa]

47 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

I'm bella is happy to see you and Laura😊

 

Haven't seen her yet. Linda is not a morning person. But she's all groomed, so she should be pretty

[davekathy]

1 hour ago, John&LaLa said:

 

...We are home

 

Thanks for taking us along on your cruise.🍻

[jk04]

1 hour ago, John&LaLa said:

We are home

 

Thank you so much for doing a Live Review and answering questions.  It is very much appreciated!  

[jagsfan]

1 hour ago, John&LaLa said:

 

No announcement per se. It's on the TV.

We are home

Welcome home. I absorbed every bit of your review and told myself I was there. 
Thank you for taking the time out of such a short cruise to give us a taste. 

[BecciBoo]

After all is said and done, those crowds do add a little interest on a cruise. Although I'd cherish not having to que, a deserted ghost town of a ship may be a little off putting!  Reduced capacity, maybe but 650 people on Allure...maybe need some more interaction, eh?

[Sea Dog]

Thank John for all your reporting. As another poster said probably the shortest review you've ever done. Makes for less typing. I agree with you while having the space, the vibe of ship is better having more passengers. I love a beach with few people but Coco Cay looked like something was off. The more people the more merrier. Thank you and hug Bella for me.

[John&LaLa]

6 minutes ago, BecciBoo said:

After all is said and done, those crowds do add a little interest on a cruise. Although I'd cherish not having to que, a deserted ghost town of a ship may be a little off putting!  Reduced capacity, maybe but 650 people on Allure...maybe need some more interaction, eh?

 

The one positive is instant elevators 👍

[John&LaLa]

4 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Thank John for all your reporting. As another poster said probably the shortest review you've ever done. Makes for less typing. I agree with you while having the space, the vibe of ship is better having more passengers. I love a beach with few people but Coco Cay looked like something was off. The more people the more merrier. Thank you and hug Bella for me.

 

Forgot about Coco Cay. The wave pool space and no lines for slides was awesome. The food didn't get much turnover, so that was bad. I enjoyed Oasis Pool. Had some nice conversations in the shade

[Sea Dog]

Just now, John&LaLa said:

The food didn't get much turnover, so that was bad.

I didn't even think about that. That would be bad.

[John&LaLa]

Here's Bella

 

She does seem happy

[John&LaLa]

Just now, Sea Dog said:

I didn't even think about that. That would be bad.

 

They would make it right. Took three tries for Laura's cheeseburger at Snack Shack.

 

My chicken sandwich and mozzarella stix were perfect on first try

[BecciBoo]

18 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

Here's Bella

 

She does seem happy

Mama's in the house!

[BSocial]

Thanks for the posts and pictures.  It was fun to learn about this Test cruise.  

[Itchy&Scratchy]

On 7/27/2021 at 12:22 PM, GA Dave said:

Yeah, mine is so bad, I have resorted to keeping my suitcase and travel backpack in my bedroom so I don't have to walk by him with the bags on the way to pack.

He is the cutest!!!!!

[Big_G]

@John&LaLaThanks for taking us along John.

[John&LaLa]

2 minutes ago, Big_G said:

@John&LaLaThanks for taking us along John.

 

Totally enjoyed bringing you along

[John&LaLa]

Stopped by Cafe Promenade after leaving Sorrento's.  This furniture looks new, or I just forgot what it looked like. 

 

Good layout for social distancing👍

[clochette]

thanks for the review, it was great following you and I loved being able to see the menus from the QR code.

[Itchy&Scratchy]

On 7/27/2021 at 1:57 PM, Jimbo said:

Looks more like a ship rather then a an amusement park. I like the look. Want an amusement park go to Disney.

lol, we cruise with RCI because their ships ARE the amusement parks. We care not for Disney.

[Jimbo]

1 hour ago, RFerrington said:

I've noticed the same thing on our Christmas and New Years cruises on SY.  For EVER there were no J3's available on the NY cruise but suddenly there are.  I think they are slowly increasing capacity.

Or it could be some people are canceling and if Royal can get a new booking for twice the price Royal is loving that.

[Jimbo]

5 minutes ago, Itchy&Scratchy said:

lol, we cruise with RCI because their ships ARE the amusement parks. We care not for Disney.

Have you ever been to Skull Island at Six Flags Over Georgia

 

[Itchy&Scratchy]

4 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

Have you ever been to Skull Island at Six Flags Over Georgia

 

I went to 6 flags once, about 20 years ago. I have no interest in that stuff myself and I am not an adventure seeker. We sail on RCI for my 10 yo kid's sake - we love it when he has a ton of fun things to do, because he doesn't do kid's club and has no interest in making friends with other kids on the cruise. He is usually bored on Princess because their ships have nothing.

 

And, you know, with the pandemic the last 1.5 years haven't been fun for him at all.

[PTC DAWG]

2 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

No announcement per se. It's on the TV.

We are home

Nice view...thanks for doing this...good info.