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Sounds like you really did have a perfect day at Coco Cay! The last time we were there it was packed! Loungers crammed in as close together as they could get them and every one was occupied. We finally found a spot only to discover a short time later that a group of people who certainly seemed to be taking full advantage of their deluxe beverage package and had gotten into a fistfight while exiting the main theater the night before were just a few chairs away from us. While they seemed to be getting along better than they were the night before we quickly decided that it was time for us to move on. It was hardly our idea of a perfect day at Coco Cay! I loved your suite! Thanks for sharing the pictures of it. We had an aft JS on Freedom and absolutely loved the location.

You were just trying to stay with the Italian theme of the day! 😀 I’m glad that you and your DW are able to relax and enjoy this leg of your cruise, especially since you’ll be in wedding planning mode once you get home, and maybe assisting DD in her recovery from surgery as well. I hope that her surgery and recovery go well and that she will be able to enjoy the wedding.

I’m definitely enjoying this review, and Daryl! 🦙😀. Thank you. ☺️

Dave, glad your DD was able to get antibiotics and that she started feeling better. Hope her recovery has continued and she’s she’s back to normal now. Congrats on your casino winnings!

Sounds like you’re having a good cruise. I’ll be watching for future posts.

Brightening looks great! If we end up booking another cruise sailing from FLL or Miami I would definitely consider booking with them. It’s awesome that those crew members were willing to spend time with your son and show him around the train.

Wow! What a first week you had! That said, I’m guessing I haven’t heard much of anything yet. I do hope that your DD is ok. I’ll definitely be following along.

Enjoying the journey. Thank you!

Sorry you’re ride is so bumpy but it certainly sounds like you’re making the best of it and having a good time. 😀

Wow, @mandyleighflies! I’m exhausted just reading about your recent adventures! Anniversary cruise, dead battery, spider bites, coordinating the family including kids, all the packing and unpacking so you can do more packing, managing life in general - phew! 😅 To top that, you’ll be coming home just in time for Christmas! 🎄 I’ll be happy to live vicariously through following along with you here! 😎 Thank you for taking the time to share your cruise with us. 🤗

Looking forward to reading whatever you have time to share. Definitely impressed with your road trip planning skills! We usually have some idea where we’ll be making our stops, but we don’t have it mapped out as well as you do. We may have to up our game!

Me too!

We have an upcoming B2B on Allure, so I appreciate your review. I sure hope Royal takes your advice and improves the menus and quality in the MDR! Other than that, we’re really looking forward to being back onboard Allure.

I just checked, no offers for either me or DH ☹️. I cleared out as much space on our lists twice and still no luck. I have a bunch of offers that are due to expire soon so I’ll have more space for new offers when the old ones fall off our lists. I did have an offer from HAL, but not looking to sail with them right now.

I love your reviews! I’ll definitely be following along with you!

We get our first crystal block on our next cruise. Allure in May. I’m excited! I’m hoping we get the older style too, but I’ll be happy with whatever we get.

Since we aren’t able to join everyone on this amazing journey I’m looking forward to at least being able to follow along with you.Thank you in advance to everyone on some. Or all of this journey who will be contributing to this thread!

Beautiful views! I have really enjoyed following along with you and your family. Thank you for taking the time to do this review and sharing your cruise with us.

My two cruises already booked on Allure both are higher than what I paid for them but much to my surprise I just got a $357 price drop on our Wonder Sept 2024 cruise! Since I wasn’t expecting any kind of price drop at all I’m doing my price drop happy dance! Thank you for posting about your price drop. I might not have even checked because I was so sure I wouldn’t get anything if I hadn’t seen your post!

I’m grateful for those beautiful pictures from Aruba! I really need to focus my cruise planning efforts more on cruises that go to the ABC Islands.

I absolutely love that! I’m going to steal it and use it to motivate me when I start feeling too lazy and don’t want to do my planned workout. Those lazy moments don’t happen often, but when they do I’m sure repeating that one sentence will get me up and moving with a smile ever single time! Love the picture, too!

@APDMOM, I just wanted to take a moment to wish you, your family, and everyone else here on this thread a very Happy Thanksgiving. 🍁🦃 I’m grateful that DH and I will be spending our day in the company of some very dear friends.

I bought Hideaway beach for our September 2024 Wonder cruise. The $33.99 price was right at my cutoff price for what I was willing to pay. I’m one of the many who will be watching the reviews and if it turns out to be as loud as the current description promises I will definitely be cancelling.

Thank you for your review! We will be on Allure again in April and are looking forward to it. We are not fans of the short itineraries, though, so we’re doing a B2B to get 7 days on the ship. There is so much we want to see and do on the mega ships that there simply is not enough time to see and do everything on our “must do” list, never mind our “ I’d kind of like to do” list. We don’t ever manage to complete our wish lists on the longer cruises either, but at least it doesn’t feel quite as hectic and we’re ok with slowing down a little bit and enjoy the journey. I also read about the dolphin trail in Clearwater. I knew there were some dolphin sculptures, but I had no idea that there were so many! I need to plan some day trips to the Clearwater area to do some exploring. 😎 🐬

Somehow this doesn’t surprise me. DH and I would enjoy the activity but at that price it’s a hard no for us.