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Allure also has mini-golf.

There are two reserved areas for Suite guests, one by each pool. These sections are up a short flight of stairs just forward of the pools.

I was on the Allure one month ago. We were in an Owner's Suite on deck 14 under the kid's splash pad. There were times when it was noisy in the evening, but not while we were trying to go to sleep. If you have an inside balcony overlooking Central Park, you will be forward of the children's area. That area is open to the sky, so you will have the one of the two adult pools over the cabins. If your inside cabin overlooks the Boardwalk, that is a different matter. That area is noisy due to the theme of that section, plus the aqua theater. Central Park was always a bit quieter during the times that I was there, since that's where Chops, Giovanni's Table, and 150 Central Park are (plus the photo studio).

I think (and maybe it's just me) that with any mode of transportation for hire, the expectation is that the starting point and ending point be honored. That's why I hired the transportation in the first place. My airline comparison was a separate example. If I booked a flight to take me from Los Angeles to Miami with a connection in Dallas, it won't matter if my connection is changed to Houston due to weather as long as the airline still delivers me to Miami. I wasn't expecting the cruise line to pay for my missed flight, but I was expecting the cruise line to deliver me to Miami as promised. If I buy passage on a cruise ship from Los Angeles to Miami with stops along the way, and they decide to end the cruise in Tampa instead, shouldn't I expect them to provide the transportation to the final destination that I booked? It's less of an issue if they skipped Jamaica as long as I still end up in Miami as promised. What if it's a round-trip cruise from Galveston and I parked my car at the terminal, and they divert me to New Orleans? Isn't the cruise line still responsible for delivering me back to Galveston? What about the people who are expecting to board; do they have travel to New Orleans at the last minute? In summary, I think there is an expected obligation to honor the starting and ending locations, no matter what mode of extra transportation is required to deliver me there.

I think the question is what should they do when the final destination changes? What about the people who have flights out of destination airport but now find themselves in a city many miles away, with many suitcases, and little local currency? If an airline diverts to another city, do they just strand their passengers in that city and make them find they own way to their final destination?

First, I believe that was a winter nor'easter, not a hurricane. Still, it was just as bad with videos from inside the cabins showing things tilted near 45 degrees. Add to that the situation with Hurricane Harvey at Galveston in 2017 and the Liberty of the Seas. Carnival had already diverted their ships to New Orleans but Royal insisted they were still going to Galveston and told the next cruise passengers they either had to show up or lose their cruise fares. Royal essentially told their customers to fly into a hurricane warning or lose thousands of dollars. I remember posting on Cruise Critic at the time (I live north of Houston) that there was no way the dockworkers were coming to work when they had their own homes to board up (if they didn't already evacuate ahead of the storm), let alone terminal agents, airport taxis, etc. Yet, Royal insisted they had a window to turn the ship around! Good sense finally prevailed and Royal did cancelled the next cruise and diverted the Liberty away from Galveston, but there were people who began their flights to Houston by this point. Two bad weather-related calls by Royal.

I was on the sister ship Allure a few weeks ago. Burgers were always available for lunch at the Windjammer. They featured a daily "special" burger, and had the make-your-own setup, too. They had hot dogs, too, next to the burgers, and also a free Hot Dog stand next to Johnny Rockets at the Boardwalk.

Some of them may be futons where the back of the couch slides down and pushes the seat out, rather than the cushions coming off and a bed pulls out.

My wife has walking issues and will have hip replacement surgery in two weeks. We had a scooter waiting for her in our stateroom, but she needed special assistance (wheelchair) at the Galveston terminal a few weeks ago for our cruise on the Allure. Once we entered the terminal, we were directed to RCL employees by the elevators. One of them called for a wheelchair to come get us, and that only took a few minutes. The attendant wheeled us upstairs and took us to a separate handicapped check-in area (we were in a Star Class suite and had priority boarding anyway). A woman came by and scanned our boarding docs on our phones, then scanned our passports, then took our pictures (again). After that, our attendant wheeled us through security (our bags were scanned and my wife was hand wanded). He then took us to a boarding ramp where we had to wait for a different attendant (from the ship) to come and take us the rest of the way on a ship's wheelchair. A terminal employee was at the boarding door recording her entry on a log sheet (and our C&A status???), and then we were escorted on board and brought to the Coastal Kitchen for lunch until our stateroom was ready and we can get the scooter. We tipped both the terminal attendant and the ship-board attendant for helping us.

It's accurate. The suite concierge on the Allure gave me one of those cards two weeks ago. I seem to have misplaced mine.

I think you'll find that the price is $0.00 when you check out the reservation in the app. It's the nature of the shopping cart app that there is a price as if it were a restaurant or excursion, but the price will be $0.00 at check-out.

That's so unfortunate! I had dinner at the Samba Grill on Allure two weeks ago. My wife and I had our anniversary dinner there and it was great! I'm so sorry to hear you had a different experience.

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I was on the Allure two weeks ago. They were scanning SeaPass cards at the door to ensure that those with reservations got to enter the theater. That said, Sunday's (Day 1) late show (that I attended) was lightly attended. My wife was falling asleep and left at intermission. We went back to see act 2 on Monday night's late show and the theater was full.

Wasn't dressing formal every night something that was done when people brought steamer trunks of clothing with them on cruise ships?

The suite concierges usually work one cruise ahead, so they will be sending out emails now for next week's cruises.

Yes, but the last 15 minutes is an encore.

I was on the Allure last week and the wifi was fine for me. I was in an Owner's Suite, so the Voom Surf+Stream was complimentary. There were a few areas of the ship where connectivity was difficult. This tended to be places like the Aqua Theater, where a lot of people were congregated at the rear of the ship. Perhaps this overwhelmed the wireless routers at times? My cabin on deck 14 near the aft elevators seemed to get decent reception, but sometimes would drop down to one bar. Overall, though, I think it was much better than the prior system (my prior cruise was in January 2020).

I brought two bottles to Samba Grill on Allure and wasn't charged. We were celebrating our 25th anniversary that evening. We even had them hold them and bring them to the American Icon Grille for dinner the next evening.

I was on the Allure last week. Seating in the Windjammer can be a challenge at peak times. I didn't find the serving stations to be overly crowded, but getting a seat was hit and miss.

I was on this cruise last week. I'm looking forward to following your cruise for comparison. My wife and I dined at: Day 1: lunch at Coastal Kitchen, dinner at Giovanni's Table. Day 2: breakfast at Windjammer, dinner at Izumi Hibachi. Day 3: breakfast at Coastal Kitchen, dinner at Samba Grill. Day 4: lunch at Windjammer, dinner at American Icon Grille (my-time MDR). Day 5: breakfast at Coastal Kitchen, dinner at Icon Grille. Day 6: lunch at Windjammer, dinner at Central Park 150. Day 7: breakfast at Coastal Kitchen, dinner at American Icon Grille. Day 8: coffee and fruit from Coastal Kitchen before disembarking. Steve

Tip each leg. You never know when a staff member is rotating off for leave or to another ship. Steve

My wife and I just got off the Allure yesterday. The Samba Grill is the Solarium Bistro during the day. We ate at Samba Grill on Tuesday, which was our 25th anniversary. The staff was wonderful. We usually go to Fogo de Chão at home, so we were looking forward to how the ship replicated the experience. We were not disappointed. The salad bar was, of course, limited by Brazilian steakhouse standards. They had a basic salad bar section, but also had a second section with pre-portioned items in different bowls. At the table, they brought the Brazilian cheese bread, a tray of fried bananas, sweet potato (not mashed potato), and a few other items we can't remember (we were focused on each other, naturally 😍). For meats, they brought pork sausage, bacon-wrapped chicken, filet mignon, top and bottom sirloin, pork chop, but we skipped the lamb. We skipped the dessert because we ordered a cake for our anniversary. The cake was too much for the two of us, so we shared it with a family of six at a nearby table (it was one of their son's birthday), and the rest we gave to the restaurant staff. We will definitely go back on future cruises. Steve

It disappeared from my app on the Allure sometime around Friday.

Thanks. We got it to celebrate our 25th anniversary. For our 20th, we got our first full suite for our Alaska cruise on the Island Princess. We haven't gone back to a JS since then (except for Disney where they are all standard staterooms).