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I feel the same way. But mostly because I know I can eat on the ship for free lol. I did get chicken wings and nachos at Señor Frogs. They were nothing to write home about.

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I agree about Orient Beach. It is always a must see for me when I go to St. Martin. I must admit I don't mind the nude beach, even though I do not join in lol. It was a little awkward running into our newly made cruise friends though. Haven't been to Maho yet, but plan to this November.

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I haven't been on the Allure, but I was on the Oasis last month. We really enjoyed the Windjammer and never found it unreasonably crowded. I agree that you should try the different options, but I wouldn't avoid the Windjammer. If you enjoy live music/dancing I really enjoyed Dazzles. Nice addition to the night club and Boleros.

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I've only ever been on Royal so I can't really compare, but I don't think you will be disappointed.

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I use Melalucca (not sure if I spelled that right) wrinkle release. It is awesome! Works much better than Downy IMO. Only problem is you have to be a part of their "club" to order it :-(

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For the ladies they make jeweled lanyards that are very pretty. I have several in many different colors.

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Beautiful ships, great crew, wonderful food, top notch entertainment, and a well rounded mix of passengers.

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I would have to say The Freedom.

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The water was very choppy when we went. I fell off the jet ski twice. I was mortified lol. It was still fun though.

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Certain cruises definitely elevated the price of the 1/2 person on this promotion. When it started the price for a balcony quad was $3700 for 4. Now it is over $5000!!! The 1/2 person is $2,300-2400 each!!! So even if the 3/4 person was free you would still be averaging over $1200 per person for just a balcony room. If you priced a double balcony the price was around $1400, so the 1/2 person was close to $1,000 more! This was the Allure Thanksgiving week. Fortunately we booked the first day of the sale and got out interior quad for $2,800 with taxes, insurance and per paid gratuities.

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The old girl seems to be a lot of our "firsts". She definitely got me hooked on cruising and RCCL. She looks beautiful now.

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That is awesome!!! I will have to look for it when I sail on the Allure in November. I would love to sail on her again though. Wonderful memories.

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That was my first cruise ever 17 years ago.

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I thoroughly enjoyed that review. Going in Allure in November. Hope to hit Maho. Thanks for the tips. BTW your photos are beautiful.

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Yes we paid $105 for the week

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I would too!! I sailed on the FOS 3 times and I loved it. I would even be happy with a Voyager class, but I'm not sure I would be interested in spending more than 3-4 days on anything smaller than that.

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I would settle for Freedom in Baltimore - no need to get greedy for Oasis class ship :).

 

Ideal cruise would be Southhampton, Boston, NYC, and Baltimore, with overnights in Boston and NYC - England, so we have ride home after long weekend in London, Boston overnight so we could see family, NYC overnight so could see Broadway show, and Baltimore so we could drive home...lol.

 

 

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Here is mine, it's not realistic b/c the ship is too big for the ports and RC doesn't go to Turks & Caicos, but I can only dream, right!? I'd call it the "Bermuda & Saints" cruise.

 

Ship:Oasis/Allure, 14-nights

Home Port: Baltimore (I can drive there so it's cheap to get to!)

 

Day 1: Leave Baltimore

Day 2: at sea

Day 3: Bermuda

Day 4: Bermuda

Day 5: at sea

Day 6: at sea

Day 7: St. Thomas

Day 8: St. Maarten

Day 9: St. Croix

Day 10: St. Kitts

Day 11:at sea

Day 12: Turks & Caicos

Day 13: at sea

Day 14:at sea

Day 15: back to Baltimore

This would be a dream for me too! I live less than an hour from Baltimore, but have never cruised out of there because I'm totally spoiled by the big ships.

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Just got off of Oasis. Just shampoo and bar soap.

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Hello brothers/sisters:

I'm a JW from Virginia. We just got off of the Oasis 2 weeks ago. Best vacation ever!!!! We loved it so much we booked the Allure Thanksgiving week'

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In case anyone was following my drama with this sale, I'm happy to report that after a week RCCL did honor the sale price for my friends so everyone in our group will be going on our Thanksgivibg cruise on the Allure. $2,334 for a family of 4. A great deal IMO. So excited!

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Thanks for the response. I hope we get a good one, but the CD never makes or breaks my cruise.

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Will Ken Rush be on the Allure for Thanksgiving or will he be on Quantum? I hope he will. He is my favorite CD. If not, do you know who will?

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I have to agree with everyone else. The only day that felt a little crowded to me was disembarkation, and even that wasn't bad.

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The flavored water was my favorite. Strawberry Kiwi and Mango. Both were delicious!

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