Wow, this video has kinda convinced me that Royal Caribbean ships are second to none when it comes to ship design. This ship look amazing. My next cruise MUST be on an oasis class.
We've loved the "promenade" style ships on Royal... Symphony, Allure, Mariner, Adventure... more than what they call the "esplanade" like Odyssey. Curious to try some more esplanade ships in the future though and give them another shot!! :D
The promenade is a huge open area that runs almost the entire length of the ship, and is usually three or four decks tall, as we've shown on Symphony, Mariner, etc. The esplanade style is more broken up where you've got several smaller components... like an atrium, then a separate shopping zone, then maybe a section with a couple of bars, things like that sort of separated from each other. We've only shown the Odyssey so far with that style. We love the big open concept of the promenade though!!
I *knew* there was a reason I liked you, Jay. You pronounce apricot and poinsettia just like me, the *correct* way ;). I'm impressed with how much exploring you were able to accomplish on your first day.
Just watched your live with Emma and subscribed.Thanks for showing us a round an Allure, we loved our time on Anthem so sure we would love this ship too!
You two are quickly becoming our favorite cruise vloggers. Watched the Symphony, Oasis and Odyssey series now on to Allure. Thanks you too and all those little Henry’s out there
My daughter and I cruised on the Allure a few years ago and really enjoyed it! We saw Mama Mia on this cruising and loved it! Because the buffet was so busy in the morning, we would grab breakfast at the wipe-out cafe or johnny rockets. We also loved the dazzles lounge in the evening. Ahhhhh memories!
Nice! We found probably five or six over the course of the cruise, ha ha... I think we ended up discovering the phrase "small wonders" and talking more about that on day two or three. Fun!! :D
I just booked a “free” cruise on Allure for April with my MGM players club promotion. Already watched this series, but re-watching now in anticipation. 😃
I was so excited for this video! I’m taking allure of the seas in April! Originally it was for next month but since covid is a little high decided to just wait instead. I hope you guys had a blast and can’t wait to see what you guys do on this adventure! ❤️❤️❤️
Worth the wait guys… lovely video as always. Went to your Port Guides today because we are “supposed to be” sailing on the Symphony of the Seas Feb 5th…so I want to see what you said about San Juan and St Thomas. I suspect that San Juan will be replaced with St Marten tho…. Who knows! Just glad to be on a ship! Thanks for all the info !
Well, that's perfect timing. I just booked Allure for September. *takes notes*. Did a back-to-back on Oasis of the Seas. Easy to understand why they call this Oasis class the "original game changer."
I love Dee, she always first to cross over onto the cruise ship. Enjoy your time away again. Stay safe. Can't wait for my upcoming Oasis class adventure.
I was watching a TED Talk and for some reason checked my notifications and saw you guys uploaded a new video... can you say SWITCHED?!?! 🥰 Love your channel!!!
We were in the same cabin on Symphony of the Seas, 7673, but the layout was opposite and same as your interior cabin when you sailed Symphony. I understand why you compare the Allure to Symphony. We are enjoying watching. Tomorrow, we will be on your favorite ship, the Pride. Until next time, Rock On.
This really brought me back to Oasis of the Seas!! LOVE those ships!! Why in the world did they give the roast beef sandwiches in a BOWL?? Wow - that iPhone charging station...nice thought but out of date now. It really takes lots of your counter space away. I hope the flashing clock didn't stay that way the whole trip! How exciting that you are turning Platinum already!!! Tee hee hee, the octopus with the water "sucker" malfunction - I really love your humor! I DO LOVE the solarium on those ships! Corey your cruise director seemed like a good one there!
So fun! We disembarked Apex this day in history, so we weren't too far apart at some point of the day! I remember looking across the port and my partner let me know that Dee and Jay were on that Royal ship... I'm looking forward to the rest of the vlogs! 😁
We literally just got off the Allure yesterday!! so we'll post our opinions and impressions from 2 platinum Carnival cruisers on their 1st Royal Caribbean cruise: Observations from the Peanut Gallery.
I wasn't sure about the Oasis class ships but I went on the Harmony of the Seas back in mid December. Had a fantastic time. My only concern with them is what they are like closer to capacity. We were only at about 55% capacity so it did not seem very busy. Absolutely love the features of the ship and was very impressed with the food and service on our first Royal Caribbean cruise.
We have a similar cruising schedule to you two! We were on Allure of the Seas back in October 2021 and had a fantastic time. This Saturday we're going to be on MSC Seashore and can't wait! Your recent Seashore video series was great for stoking anticipation, and this was great for nostalgia and fond memories of a few months ago. :)
We will sail on her "someday". There's a few others first. Just a note on the Tenor Trivia..... TENORINO is the highest male voice, but it's an extremely rare range. 🎶 Billy Porter is tenorino.
New subscriber, here! I saw you on Emmacruises livestream on Friday and said: "These are my kind of people!". I see you do Orlando area attractions and food vlogs, too- I'm psyched! We went on Allure back in 2016 (no Sabor back then). I think it's my favorite Royal ship so far. I love the Boardwalk and Central Park areas- so unique. I love the new e-muster, too. Can't wait to try it out on Symphony in June! Great tip on booking the shows on the app ASAP! Great content; looking forward to seeing the rest of your travel vlogs. :)
Allure was to get their upgrades similar to Oasis back in 2020 but Covid prevented that. Still the same bars, clubs, amenities in place when I was on that ship in December 2019.
Yessss! Sabor. sigh... they changed them all out in the amplification, but b/c of Covid, Allure never got to do hers. I am sad I won't get to experience it again. Boooo!
I think you will find Oasis on par with Symphony. Allure was supposed to get upgraded then the whole shutdown happened. I would like to try Allure before she goes to TX.
This March? Ah, we've already lined up some adventures that would get in the way, hah... we're hoping for some European excitement next year maybe!! :P
Ok this booking shows immediately seems like there's a 1st come 1st serve situation which One would assume I already paid to avoid, so that was unusual and odd for ship that was only 2300 out 6000 possible gusts and still there was not enough room in most events. So last minute people could wind up S.O.L. ALOT even at the supposedly ANYTIME DINING, which was anything but.......
We were on the Allure right before you. We loved the Las Vegas Tenors and all the shows. You had more guests on your trip than we did. Loved our cruise and felt very safe.
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to me booking events on a ship that you want to do on your vacation is not something I like to do. If i want to see an event i'll go early and get a seat first come first served
True! I can imagine how crazy it is with a full 6,000 folks clamoring for seats when they might only have 2 or 3 performances of a show. Of course, we're early birds, so we'd be first in that line anyway!! :P
I just can’t do it, it’s too big. I know I’ve said this here before but I’m still pissed off that they put giant TV screens on the lido decks of ships because it took away the intimacy of being at sea. I just wouldn’t feel like I was on a ship but rather a floating city, or mega mall. It’s just to big. I’m neurotic & traumatized that Carnival is building ships the size of the Mardi Gras & that one day they won’t have any smaller ships & the oasis class is what? Twice, three times the size? It’s just too dammed big for me.
They are biiiiig ships that make it easy to disconnect from the ocean and feel like you're walking around in a mall, ha ha... which is the exact opposite of what most folks want from a cruise, eh? :P
@@parodeejay that’s definitely how I feel, but apparently there are a bunch of people who don’t think that way since in “normal times” ( which I can’t even remember anymore , one of my jobs I’m going into my third season at and I’ve never worked there when there wasn’t a pandemic happening) but in “ normal times” they don’t have any trouble filling the ships & they aren’t cheap to go on. That’s my fear, that CruiseLine’s will say “ Why should we build a ship for 2 ,000or 3000 passengers when we can build one for 5,000 passengers & sell it out. There’s apparently a lot of people who want to go on a cruise where being on the ocean isn’t the main interest of the majority of the people . I go on a ship & all I want to do is look at the ocean, feel like I’m on a moving ship on the water in that magical other world where your normal life is on hiatus & you’re living ship life & not land life. I really detest that I now have to have my cellphone with me and not sitting in the safe of my cabin only to be turned on when I disembark Apparently there are a ton of folks who don’t want that , they’d prefer a ship to be a mall or casino where you don’t look outside or go outside. Me, I get up at 4 AM, fill my coffee , find a nice quiet spot on deck & watch the sunrise and stay there all day with my book only going inside to eat. I miss the older ships, the original Holiday was big enough, the original Mardi Gras was great. I am crushed that all the ships are new. I used to love going on older ships that had a history like The Norway, I used to love going on old transatlantic ships.
Wow, this video has kinda convinced me that Royal Caribbean ships are second to none when it comes to ship design. This ship look amazing. My next cruise MUST be on an oasis class.
We've loved the "promenade" style ships on Royal... Symphony, Allure, Mariner, Adventure... more than what they call the "esplanade" like Odyssey. Curious to try some more esplanade ships in the future though and give them another shot!! :D
@@parodeejay what’s the difference ?
The promenade is a huge open area that runs almost the entire length of the ship, and is usually three or four decks tall, as we've shown on Symphony, Mariner, etc. The esplanade style is more broken up where you've got several smaller components... like an atrium, then a separate shopping zone, then maybe a section with a couple of bars, things like that sort of separated from each other. We've only shown the Odyssey so far with that style. We love the big open concept of the promenade though!!
I highly recommend Symphony of the Seas, we sailed Dec. 4 2021.
Royal Caribbean mamma Mia 2022😊
I personally like it when you can tell us the differences on the ship your on and one you've been on. Good Job.
We loved the Allure, took our grandchildren on it in 2016, they still had the characters from DreamWorks onboard in those days!
I *knew* there was a reason I liked you, Jay. You pronounce apricot and poinsettia just like me, the *correct* way ;). I'm impressed with how much exploring you were able to accomplish on your first day.
Just watched your live with Emma and subscribed.Thanks for showing us a round an Allure, we loved our time on Anthem so sure we would love this ship too!
Thanks so much! Emma is super sweet and we were excited to join her for a chat. Glad to have you along for our craziness!! :P
@@parodeejay Emma is lovely and we look forward to following your travels!
You two are quickly becoming our favorite cruise vloggers. Watched the Symphony, Oasis and Odyssey series now on to Allure. Thanks you too and all those little Henry’s out there
One thing about RC is those Roast beef sandwich's they are to die for!!!
Love the allure! Wipe Out cafe had some wonderful yummy pretzel dogs! Love love love Sabor
Oh I miss this. Going to remember the memories of the Allure.
My daughter and I cruised on the Allure a few years ago and really enjoyed it! We saw Mama Mia on this cruising and loved it! Because the buffet was so busy in the morning, we would grab breakfast at the wipe-out cafe or johnny rockets. We also loved the dazzles lounge in the evening. Ahhhhh memories!
Hope you found all the small wonders- we printed out the list before w left and did a scavenger hunt on a sea day to find all.
Nice! We found probably five or six over the course of the cruise, ha ha... I think we ended up discovering the phrase "small wonders" and talking more about that on day two or three. Fun!! :D
I just booked a “free” cruise on Allure for April with my MGM players club promotion. Already watched this series, but re-watching now in anticipation. 😃
My last cruise was the allure, beautiful ship!
What a great first day. The tenors were fantastic.
I was so excited for this video! I’m taking allure of the seas in April! Originally it was for next month but since covid is a little high decided to just wait instead. I hope you guys had a blast and can’t wait to see what you guys do on this adventure! ❤️❤️❤️
Worth the wait guys… lovely video as always. Went to your Port Guides today because we are “supposed to be” sailing on the Symphony of the Seas Feb 5th…so I want to see what you said about San Juan and St Thomas. I suspect that San Juan will be replaced with St Marten tho…. Who knows! Just glad to be on a ship! Thanks for all the info !
When I was on the Odyssey back on January 2nd. The stop in San Juan was replaced with the stop in St. Thomas. Btw, you are going to St. Maarten.
love the video
Looks like a great Embarkation day!! Loved it!
The Allure is very similar to Harmony of the Seas. I loved walking thru Central Park. So pretty!! Enjoy your cruise!! Will be watching your Vlogs. 🛳
Allure of the seas looks like a nice ship to cruise on. Lots of things to do. Enjoy your cruise🚢
Like the beef sandwiches, but had potato salad on Symphony and it was ghastly.
Well, that's perfect timing. I just booked Allure for September. *takes notes*. Did a back-to-back on Oasis of the Seas. Easy to understand why they call this Oasis class the "original game changer."
Also on Allure in September.
Great to see your first day on board the Allure! Jazz on 4 is one of our favs and Park Cafe also. Looking forward to more of your Allure vlogs.
I love Dee, she always first to cross over onto the cruise ship. Enjoy your time away again.
Stay safe. Can't wait for my upcoming Oasis class adventure.
I was watching a TED Talk and for some reason checked my notifications and saw you guys uploaded a new video... can you say SWITCHED?!?! 🥰 Love your channel!!!
We were in the same cabin on Symphony of the Seas, 7673, but the layout was opposite and same as your interior cabin when you sailed Symphony. I understand why you compare the Allure to Symphony. We are enjoying watching. Tomorrow, we will be on your favorite ship, the Pride. Until next time, Rock On.
This really brought me back to Oasis of the Seas!! LOVE those ships!! Why in the world did they give the roast beef sandwiches in a BOWL?? Wow - that iPhone charging station...nice thought but out of date now. It really takes lots of your counter space away. I hope the flashing clock didn't stay that way the whole trip! How exciting that you are turning Platinum already!!! Tee hee hee, the octopus with the water "sucker" malfunction - I really love your humor! I DO LOVE the solarium on those ships! Corey your cruise director seemed like a good one there!
So fun! We disembarked Apex this day in history, so we weren't too far apart at some point of the day! I remember looking across the port and my partner let me know that Dee and Jay were on that Royal ship... I'm looking forward to the rest of the vlogs! 😁
We literally just got off the Allure yesterday!! so we'll post our opinions and impressions from 2 platinum Carnival cruisers on their 1st Royal Caribbean cruise: Observations from the Peanut Gallery.
I wasn't sure about the Oasis class ships but I went on the Harmony of the Seas back in mid December. Had a fantastic time. My only concern with them is what they are like closer to capacity. We were only at about 55% capacity so it did not seem very busy. Absolutely love the features of the ship and was very impressed with the food and service on our first Royal Caribbean cruise.
I saw the Las Vegas Tenors on Ovation in October, really enjoyed their show.
We were on allure December 30- Jan 8 and had a great time!
Hope you have a great time!
Always glad to see you too so disappointed you didn’t make it to Hawaii was looking forward to seeing you there
We are booking on the saranade of the seas next March for my son's 17th birthday out of Tampa FL. It's my 1st royal cruise. I'm excited.
We have a similar cruising schedule to you two! We were on Allure of the Seas back in October 2021 and had a fantastic time. This Saturday we're going to be on MSC Seashore and can't wait! Your recent Seashore video series was great for stoking anticipation, and this was great for nostalgia and fond memories of a few months ago. :)
Have been waiting for your Allure vlogs! I would love to be on the Allure right now. 🥰🥰🥰
You two are the coolest
Good morning! Wow! Looks like a mall!
Beautiful ship! Looking forward to trying RC. As a side note …That is not a Maryland style crab cake. (I’m from Baltimore & I know!) Lol.
Being on the south end of the Chesapeake Bay ourselves, I'm not sure it qualifies as our style of crabcake either, ha ha... :P
Now that you are Diamond, I expect to see more of the Diamond lounges are on the coming RC ships.
We will sail on her "someday". There's a few others first.
Just a note on the Tenor Trivia..... TENORINO is the highest male voice, but it's an extremely rare range. 🎶 Billy Porter is tenorino.
Schooner bar had a great lavender martini on our last cruise on independence.
Good morning
New subscriber, here! I saw you on Emmacruises livestream on Friday and said: "These are my kind of people!". I see you do Orlando area attractions and food vlogs, too- I'm psyched! We went on Allure back in 2016 (no Sabor back then). I think it's my favorite Royal ship so far. I love the Boardwalk and Central Park areas- so unique. I love the new e-muster, too. Can't wait to try it out on Symphony in June! Great tip on booking the shows on the app ASAP! Great content; looking forward to seeing the rest of your travel vlogs. :)
Thanks so much! Emma is super sweet and we were excited to join her for a chat. Glad to have you along for our craziness!! :P
Allure was to get their upgrades similar to Oasis back in 2020 but Covid prevented that. Still the same bars, clubs, amenities in place when I was on that ship in December 2019.
They are good 22:30
I have been waiting for this! Allure is my favorite ship. I was booked on Allure for July when they bumped me to Wonder. Not complaining haha.
Yessss! Sabor. sigh... they changed them all out in the amplification, but b/c of Covid, Allure never got to do hers. I am sad I won't get to experience it again. Boooo!
Dee found what they call a small wonder. They have a list at the CS desk. There are like 40 of them around the ship.
Yay!
I think you will find Oasis on par with Symphony. Allure was supposed to get upgraded then the whole shutdown happened. I would like to try Allure before she goes to TX.
SAIL ON!
Allure is in need of a refurbishment. Only Oasis ship still without the Abyss slides.
I want to play too I'm not sure this is so cool 11:50
@-13:21 Balearia Caribbean ferry to and From Port Everglades to Freeport
Going Transatlantic on the Crystal Symphony in March - Miami to Lisbon. Why not come along??
This March? Ah, we've already lined up some adventures that would get in the way, hah... we're hoping for some European excitement next year maybe!! :P
is Park Cafe included or is it extra?
It’s included!! :D
Ok this booking shows immediately seems like there's a 1st come 1st serve situation which One would assume I already paid to avoid, so that was unusual and odd for ship that was only 2300 out 6000 possible gusts and still there was not enough room in most events. So last minute people could wind up S.O.L. ALOT even at the supposedly ANYTIME DINING, which was anything but.......
👍🏻❤️🙏🏻
So it was 75 to 80 percent full, whereas they are saying they are running at 45% of standard capacity!
Yes indeed! 4,350 or so folks on our December 11th sailing.
How does this compare to Symphony in your opinion?🥰
Identical layout but Allure didn’t get the upgrades yet. We enjoyed Symphony more overall!! :P
Did the ship seem aged? Noise from closet doors?
We were on the Allure right before you. We loved the Las Vegas Tenors and all the shows. You had more guests on your trip than we did. Loved our cruise and felt very safe.
Hello sir are you still here in the ship?
No, this cruise was in December!! :D
Are the shows an extra cost?
Nope, they were all included on Allure!! :D
Haaaarrrrdddd rolls with tender roast beef, strange and too chewy.
What kind of at home Covid test do you take that the cruise will accept? I am leaving soon
Here's a video about the test we used, and our experience with it:
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- Two-Pack: store.optum.com/shop/products/abbott-binaxNOW-COVID-19-ag-at-home-test-kit-2-pack/
to me booking events on a ship that you want to do on your vacation is not something I like to do. If i want to see an event i'll go early and get a seat first come first served
True! I can imagine how crazy it is with a full 6,000 folks clamoring for seats when they might only have 2 or 3 performances of a show. Of course, we're early birds, so we'd be first in that line anyway!! :P
Why would it still be decorated for Christmas!
This sailing was in December 2021.
where does Jay buy his socks?
Old Navy, mostly!! :D
My cat was named Mojo. He died last year from diabetes.
I just can’t do it, it’s too big. I know I’ve said this here before but I’m still pissed off that they put giant TV screens on the lido decks of ships because it took away the intimacy of being at sea. I just wouldn’t feel like I was on a ship but rather a floating city, or mega mall. It’s just to big. I’m neurotic & traumatized that Carnival is building ships the size of the Mardi Gras & that one day they won’t have any smaller ships & the oasis class is what? Twice, three times the size? It’s just too dammed big for me.
They are biiiiig ships that make it easy to disconnect from the ocean and feel like you're walking around in a mall, ha ha... which is the exact opposite of what most folks want from a cruise, eh? :P
@@parodeejay that’s definitely how I feel, but apparently there are a bunch of people who don’t think that way since in “normal times” ( which I can’t even remember anymore , one of my jobs I’m going into my third season at and I’ve never worked there when there wasn’t a pandemic happening) but in “ normal times” they don’t have any trouble filling the ships & they aren’t cheap to go on. That’s my fear, that CruiseLine’s will say “ Why should we build a ship for 2 ,000or 3000 passengers when we can build one for 5,000 passengers & sell it out. There’s apparently a lot of people who want to go on a cruise where being on the ocean isn’t the main interest of the majority of the people . I go on a ship & all I want to do is look at the ocean, feel like I’m on a moving ship on the water in that magical other world where your normal life is on hiatus & you’re living ship life & not land life. I really detest that I now have to have my cellphone with me and not sitting in the safe of my cabin only to be turned on when I disembark Apparently there are a ton of folks who don’t want that , they’d prefer a ship to be a mall or casino where you don’t look outside or go outside. Me, I get up at 4 AM, fill my coffee , find a nice quiet spot on deck & watch the sunrise and stay there all day with my book only going inside to eat. I miss the older ships, the original Holiday was big enough, the original Mardi Gras was great. I am crushed that all the ships are new. I used to love going on older ships that had a history like The Norway, I used to love going on old transatlantic ships.
It’s pronounced Pro sett ia, put that I back in ,don’t drop it lol
I was rather fond of "poin-seh-tee-tee-ya-ya" myself... :P ~Jay