Allure of the Seas – Staterooms

How do you review the world’s largest passenger ship?…in a series of reviews, pictures and tips! My recent family vacation on Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas was jam-packed with adventure from water play to Fisher-Price play classes to great dining…it was a thrilling experience. Let me tell you about the staterooms…

Close up it is hard to appreciate the full magnitude of this impressive ship. It is like a city on water. From outdoor space to indoor theatres it had everything a vacation could ever require. Being first time cruisers…we weren’t sure what to expect.

Wowza. With a total of 2, 706 staterooms (including wheelchair accessible staterooms, balcony, outside and interior room choices) this ship can welcome 6, 318 guests. Really…a floating city.

Our balcony stateroom contained one large bed, a fold out couch, mini-fridge, desk and chair, TV, balcony and of course a bathroom. Because of a four person occupancy limit for the balcony staterooms, our family of 5 had to split into two staterooms. This actually worked in our favour because it meant two bathrooms to use!

Every evening our stateroom attendant made up our beds. And in the morning, he folded away the couch so we could have more space to move around in. Very helpful! TIP: On Allure of the Seas breakfast room service is free. A breakfast card was left in our room, and every evening we could check off coffee/tea, toast, cereal, bacon and more with the quantities and times we wanted. This was a great thing for us – as we didn’t have to dress the kids to go for breakfast every morning.

I was worried about warming bottles in room (fyi – room service will deliver hot water day or night, free of charge, so you can warm your bottle that way).

I had read, on the web, many stories out there about cramped quarters in staterooms. I realized, with a bit of self-organization we could easily manage a stateroom. TIP: store your stroller and suitcases under your bed.

We organized ourselves by giving each person a shelf and hanging the rest of our clothing. We also put our backpacks in the closet so they were out-of-the-way. I put all the “pool stuff” (sunglasses, hats, sun screen) in one bag and stored it in the bottom of the closet as an always good-to-go-to-the-pool-bag TIP: Use the complimentary safe to hold your passports, jewelry and money.

Twice in our seven-day cruise, our stateroom attendant, sculpted a towel into an animal (to the delight of my kids!). However every night, we could count on a cruise compass to be left on our bed (a booklet with all the ship’s activities for the next day and also the day’s activities for Adventure Ocean – the kid portion of the ship) which was a great way to plan the next day’s adventures. TIP: Take a pen and post it notes to make notes in your cruise compass as well as to leave notes for family).

If you know me, you know bathrooms are kinda important in my life. Therefore, here is the token water closet picture. TIP: take a full-sized bottle of head-to-toe baby wash. The ship only supplied shampoo and the baby soap was used by my entire family.

 

The private balcony off our stateroom on Allure of the Seas was…wow! Two chairs and a table – perfect for enjoying your coffee in the morning. Quite breezy, I laughed at the sign saying don’t leave things hanging on the balcony…of course, they would blow off!

Does the view from our stateroom inspire you to cruise? Well, then you have to read my review of the Allure of the Seas – Activities (you know…for research!)

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Disclosure: I had the opporuntity to sail on Allure of the Seas because am a Fisher-Price Play Ambassador and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own