Allure of the Seas 2-in-1 Photo Review ~ October 12 & November 9, 2014

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We are going to be in Falmouth on Tuesday and I am going to have Patties for lunch. I will report back after they have been eaten. I can't wait. :D

 

Enjoy them. You won't be disappointed. Let me know if GARRY is still in the bushes.

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Gman would have taken it!!

 

Agreed. I think he would definitely have won this one

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For dinner we went to Izumi. We made reservations before the cruise and paid $20 per person ($8 for child under 13). Unlike some of the other specialty restaurants, Izumi has an À la carte menu. When in the restaurant they ended up giving each adult $25 towards anything on the menu. Miso soup & edamame are complimentary.

 

 

 

 

 

Miso Soup

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Steamed Shrimp Shu Mai (comes with 4).

 

Box Salmon & Crab

 

Spider Roll, Tuna Nigiri, Salmon Nigiri, Rainbow Roll, Salmon Lovers Roll

 

Sushi Nigiri Combo, Orange Dragon

 

Mixed Seafood Rock

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Looks so good.

 

 

Let The Party Begin

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Comedy Time! The 2 comedians on the ship were Phil Palisoul & Jim David. Phil was funny but Jim was funnier.

 

 

 

 

 

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There were a few married couples (10 - 20 years) who wanted to participate. In order to pick which couple went on stage, they had to make out one at a time and the audience would choose.

 

 

 

It was too much for this couple, so they gave up and went back to their seats.

 

Instead of going crazy with the kissing, this couple just had a nice kiss

 

The newlywed couple won - we also found out they waited until the cruise to... well you know.....

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Teen skating was going on in Studio B. I really wanted to go skating at some point but the times never worked out for me.

 

 

 

Down the hall from our cabin, a couple had a dry erase board on their door. It usually had things like "at bingo' or "meet at the beach pool at noon". This night it said something different. I noticed for the next couple days the board wasn't on the door anymore. On the last day it returned and said "my wife is sexy".

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DAY 4 - ST. THOMAS

 

 

 

 

 

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This boat has been beached for a couple years. I first noticed it back in 2012 and was surprised to see that it's still there. It's looks clean so you would think it was from a recent hurricane or similar.

 

2012

 

2014

 

 

 

 

Carnival Conquest had been following us all the way from Nassau

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There were 6 ships in St. Thomas which made for A LOT of people. Allure & Carnival Conquest were at Crown Bay while Ruby Princess, Regal Princess & Norwegian Getaway were at West Indian Company Dock (Havensight). There were so many ships in port that there wasn't any dock space available for HAL Westerdam. They had to drop anchor & tender to West Indian Co.

 

 

NO MORE RAIN!!! Thankfully it only lasted about 5 minutes and the rest of the day was gorgeous

 

Art on the pier

 

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Hopefully everyone is ok. I wonder if anyone who was on the Conquest will see this and knows what happened.

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We got off the ship around 11:30am and walked around the port area for about 30 minutes to check out the stores. With all the ships in port we didn't want to go to Magens Bay or Sapphire Beach because they would be packed. My last time in St. Thomas we went to Emerald Beach and there was nobody there. This time we did the same thing and although there were more people than last time, it definitely wasn't packed. We took a shared taxi ($4 pp) to the Best Western Emerald Beach which is about a 5 minute drive from Crown Bay. I'm currently drawing a blank, but I believe beach loungers were $7 each. There is no charge to put your towel down on the beach and just lay there. The water is crystal, or I guess I should say emerald, clear and there are no rocks on the beach or in the water. The water is also very calm with no big waves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The rock wall around the dock was littered with iguanas. They weren't bothering anyone.

 

 

Emerald Beach

 

 

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Beside Best Western at Emerald Beach is Island Beachcomber

 

 

 

 

Another $4pp to get back to Crown Bay

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Jack needs a new van

 

 

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That's my cabin with the Canada Flag

 

Edited November 25, 2014 by Cupcrazy

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SAMBA GRILL MENU

 

 

 

When you sit down they give you an illuminated placard that changes colour to tell them what part of the meal you want to be on.

White - Appetizers / salad bar

Green - Bring on the meat!

Red - I'm full and about to explode

White - Bring on dessert

 

Salad

 

 

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One of the chefs made a swan out of an apple

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BRING ON THE MEAT!!!

 

Sides - corn & grilles veggies

 

 

 

 

RED! The meat sweats have started and I'm going to explode

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Enjoying some corn

 

 

Today was Gerri's 50th Birthday. They spelled her name wrong. Whoops!

 

 

 

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As we were walking out of the restaurant the ship was starting to pull out of port

 

 

Playing in the main theatre was headliner Tony Tillman

 

 

When I got back to the room there was a little doggy waiting

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DISCO INFERNO STREET PARTY