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

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Breakfast area

 

 

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Being Canadian we love hockey, or as Americans call it "ice hockey". The Florida Panthers were in town hosting the Calgary Flames for a 3pm puck drop. Of course we got tickets to the game. The arena, BB&T Center, is right across the street from Sawgrass in Sunrise Florida. We had 10th row seats and could have moved lower. It's sad that in Toronto tickets are so difficult to get and are massively expensive while in Florida they can't give away tickets.

 

 

 

 

Where are the fans?????

 

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The Fox Sports Florida Girls were at the game

 

 

 

This guy (Trocheck) was yelling at the refs all game and I was yelling at him.

 

Calgary won 6-4

Edited November 18, 2014 by Cupcrazy

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10th row tickets for $64? Can only imagine what those would cost in Toronto!

 

 

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10th row tickets for $64? Can only imagine what those would cost in Toronto!

 

I think they are about $200 if you can get. More than double that if you're trying to get from a scalper

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For the first time we decided to try to bring water on the ship. Each of our cabins bought a case of water and taped a luggage tag to the top of it. We left it with the rest of our luggage curbside at terminal 18 and hoped fror the best. It worked! The water showed up at our cabin doors with the rest of our luggage.

 

 

We dropped off our rental cars and took Hertz's free shuttle. They first dropped people off at Regal Princess (terminal 2). I didn't mind that as we got to see the new ship.

 

 

 

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We arrived at terminal 18 just after 12pm. It wasn't busy at all inside and we were able to get through in 15 minutes

 

 

 

 

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They now have a question about Ebola on the health questionnaire you fill out at check in. Picture is blurry as it was taken with my iPhone

 

We were also given a notice saying because of some technical issues with the ship we'd be arriving in St. Thomas an hour later than we were originally scheduled. We did not notice any propulsion issues throughout the trip and no other changes to the itinerary were made.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 19, 2014 by Cupcrazy

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After months & months of anticipation of this trip, we were finally walking on board.

 

First stop - Cafe Promenade for some ham & cheese sandwiches

 

The shrimp was good but the roll as a whole wasn't

 

Our cabin 11622. The bed needed to be split.

 

 

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Dave pre-ordered the pop package (soda for Americans). His cup was waiting in the cabin

 

The Cruise Critic Meet & Mingle invite

 

 

 

 

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That's one (8) long balcony

 

 

It was Gerri's 50th birthday on Wednesday

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We took a walk around and ended up in the Spa for a tour.

 

 

 

Thermal Suite

 

 

Steam Room

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Jacuzzi spa suite. She kept mentioning there are no cameras in this room 'wink wink'

 

Another couples room with no cameras. I forget the name of this room but you rub oils and salts on each then shower together

 

 

Cycle studio

 

Shoes

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At 4:30 we needed to go to Studio B for the Muster Drill

 

 

It was then up to the top deck to watch sail away in the rain. I stopped off in Central Park to pick up an umbrella but it looked like other people had the same idea as me.

 

 

Regal Princess

 

HAL Eurodam

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Coral Princess

 

Nieuw Amsterdam

 

Carnival Freedom

 

 

It's pretty cool watching a big cruise ship move sideways

 

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We brought a Canada flag to wave to the webcam but my friends who watched us sail out didn't see us

 

 

 

 

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Someone in the condos was shining a spotlight around

 

Here comes the tsunami

 

 

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For dinner we had reservations at Chops. Because we were a party of 15 they split us into 2 tables of 8 & 7.

 

 

 

 

The King Caesar

 

Forest Mushroom Soup

 

Mesclun Salad

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Pan-Roasted Jumbo Scallops

 

Slow-Braised Short Rib

 

12 oz Grilled NY Strip

 

Cheesecake

 

Chocolate Cake

 

We celebrated a couple birthdays from the past week

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Because of the rain and wind throughout the day Ocean Aria in the Aqua Theatre was cancelled

 

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Secret balcony on deck 11. On Oasis this has been changed into a new suite so get in the secrecy while you can

 

 

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Walking around deck 4 "Entertainment Place"