My husband and I are seasoned cruisers. Diamond Members on Royal. We had been on the first cruise of the Oasis and loved it soooo much that we decided to do the Allure for our 25th anniversary. Where to begin, getting on the ship was pure chaos and finding an elevator with less than 8 people was impossible (it was like this the whole cruise). The balcony room was nice, what we expected. We had requested a table alone but they put us with a huge table with kids, we waited in a very long line to get it changed. So, I did expect lots of children but HOLY COW!!! It was out of control! Children running in the dining room, children running in the central park, children running through the shops, decks, halls, in the room next door (you get the point) I mean there were so many children that the crew could not keep order.

We could not enjoy the pools due to kids running a screaming and jumping in the pools. All of them, even the adult only solarium. I felt like I was on a Disney Cruise on acid.

Anyways, enough about the nightmare of kids. Read more