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It's just like airfare. Closer you get (and more booked up it gets), higher prices go.
It's why booking early is so critical.

We bought these lanyards off Amazon and they work great!  We ditched the plastic sleeves and had our cards punched at the Terminal.  The retractable cord and clip to disconnect it from the lanyard are very very handy.
 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071VFWX3S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Allure is a wonderful ship, we really enjoyed it.  I'm not sure when Jay is going home, I'll have to ask my wife if she remembers.  When we jumped into the elevator this morning for debarkation a couple squeezed through the door after us.  I was smashed into the luggage cart and Jay told the man this was a priority elevator and they couldn't care less.  I just use people's attitudes as fuel to work harder and put in more effort so I can book another cruise.

All they really need to do is add some tortillas and a few condiments to the breakfast bar at windjammer.  breakfast tacos are everywhere here in Texas and it amazes me that they are not available throughout the US.  They taste great, are easy to make, and easy to eat on the run.

our struggles are real 🤣
all joking aside though, i usually do have to pace myself or else i'm like, are you KIDDING we have to eat AGAIN?!
and i am a good eater; a healthy italian who constantly wants some kind of snack like every two hours or so 😂

Oh I was in a food coma way before day 7.  I never in my life thought I would say I was tired of eating Filet Mignon.  By the last day I was wore out.  

We saw several people getting the lobster tails in CK on formal night.  Our waiter even told us we had 2 options for lobster that night, the one on the menu or the tails.  By night 7 I was tired of eating 🤣.

Oh I was in a food coma way before day 7.  I never in my life thought I would say I was tired of eating Filet Mignon.  By the last day I was wore out.  

Oh I was in a food coma way before day 7.  I never in my life thought I would say I was tired of eating Filet Mignon.  By the last day I was wore out.  

If you made it all the way to day 7 before the onset of food fatigue you did damn well.  It usually hits me by day 3.

We saw several people getting the lobster tails in CK on formal night.  Our waiter even told us we had 2 options for lobster that night, the one on the menu or the tails.  By night 7 I was tired of eating 🤣.

It was night 6 formal night and we went to Coastal Kitchen.  We asked our Genie about MDR and he said it would be no problem getting it in CK.  Side note,  We ate at Izumi 3 times for Hibachi and ordered extra lobster there along with sushi rolls with dinner and there was no charge either.   

Where were you dining (as SC) when you ordered the lobster ?  Was it MDR lobster (formal night) or were you in a specialty restaurant ? 

for what SC costs, i should HOPE they don’t enforce the extra tail charge fee 😅😂

Maybe I just don’t care and never notice but I’ve never identified any resentment behaviors from the GenPop when we’ve been granted line or access privileges re: SC.  Perhaps they’ve occurred and I just ignored them.  Honestly there are so few such instances of special priority that I haven't even thought about it..  
 
I guess there was one time….our very first SC experience….Reyno was our Genie (Harmony); a fella was sitting in one of our reserved seats at the Aqua Theater and refused to move.  Reyno tried to “handle it” himself but the man simply refused to budge.  It got quit “heated”.  Finally, security got involved and removed his ass but it was quite unpleasant.  It is my understanding (re: Reyno as we had him again as our Genie the next time we were SC) that one incident set a precedent so that if there is ever a “situation” with the GenPop, the Genie will not try to resolve it but immediately involve security.

I did experience other guests being rude once when we cut a line and i did blush, but now i am pretty sure i wouldn't care. I'm in the firm camp that at the rates they're charging these days, SC is clearly subsidizing other cabin categories. It's pretty clear that SC rates are escalating at a higher rate than any other room type.
Regardless, thanks for posting and I'll be following along!

So I decided not to do a live blog during our cruise so I could just relax and enjoy my vacation but I would love to tell you all about our first SC experience.  We learned a ton during this cruise and had some wonderful experiences and some not so great moments.  The not so great moments were from other guests that were "upset" because we skipped lines or had seats reserved for shows ect...  Star Class is something everyone should do at some point.  I can tell you everything we were able to do and things we requested but its more than that.  Our Genie Jay was the kindest and most outgoing person we could have ever hoped to meet and we consider him a member of our family now.  Its such a personal experience and I am sure its different for everyone.  
The thing I enjoyed most was not having to worry about scheduling anything or waiting in line at all.  If we had any issues our Genie took care of them and he made arrangements on the fly for us.  He texted and asked if our daughters would like to go ice skating and he would meet us at Studio B.  When we arrived the line was probably 200+ people deep and he walked us right in and they were on the ice in probably 5 minutes.  After the 20 minute session they were told they could go back out if they wanted.  That is just one of the many things he did for us and it really made our cruise that much more special. 
I'll try to separate everything out day by day and if anyone has a question about Star Class I would be more than happy to share what I know.

Allure is a wonderful ship, we really enjoyed it.  I'm not sure when Jay is going home, I'll have to ask my wife if she remembers.  When we jumped into the elevator this morning for debarkation a couple squeezed through the door after us.  I was smashed into the luggage cart and Jay told the man this was a priority elevator and they couldn't care less.  I just use people's attitudes as fuel to work harder and put in more effort so I can book another cruise.

We use TSA Cable locks on our bags.

So I decided not to do a live blog during our cruise so I could just relax and enjoy my vacation but I would love to tell you all about our first SC experience.  We learned a ton during this cruise and had some wonderful experiences and some not so great moments.  The not so great moments were from other guests that were "upset" because we skipped lines or had seats reserved for shows ect...  Star Class is something everyone should do at some point.  I can tell you everything we were able to do and things we requested but its more than that.  Our Genie Jay was the kindest and most outgoing person we could have ever hoped to meet and we consider him a member of our family now.  Its such a personal experience and I am sure its different for everyone.  
The thing I enjoyed most was not having to worry about scheduling anything or waiting in line at all.  If we had any issues our Genie took care of them and he made arrangements on the fly for us.  He texted and asked if our daughters would like to go ice skating and he would meet us at Studio B.  When we arrived the line was probably 200+ people deep and he walked us right in and they were on the ice in probably 5 minutes.  After the 20 minute session they were told they could go back out if they wanted.  That is just one of the many things he did for us and it really made our cruise that much more special. 
I'll try to separate everything out day by day and if anyone has a question about Star Class I would be more than happy to share what I know.

So I decided not to do a live blog during our cruise so I could just relax and enjoy my vacation but I would love to tell you all about our first SC experience.  We learned a ton during this cruise and had some wonderful experiences and some not so great moments.  The not so great moments were from other guests that were "upset" because we skipped lines or had seats reserved for shows ect...  Star Class is something everyone should do at some point.  I can tell you everything we were able to do and things we requested but its more than that.  Our Genie Jay was the kindest and most outgoing person we could have ever hoped to meet and we consider him a member of our family now.  Its such a personal experience and I am sure its different for everyone.  
The thing I enjoyed most was not having to worry about scheduling anything or waiting in line at all.  If we had any issues our Genie took care of them and he made arrangements on the fly for us.  He texted and asked if our daughters would like to go ice skating and he would meet us at Studio B.  When we arrived the line was probably 200+ people deep and he walked us right in and they were on the ice in probably 5 minutes.  After the 20 minute session they were told they could go back out if they wanted.  That is just one of the many things he did for us and it really made our cruise that much more special. 
I'll try to separate everything out day by day and if anyone has a question about Star Class I would be more than happy to share what I know.

Allure is a wonderful ship, we really enjoyed it.  I'm not sure when Jay is going home, I'll have to ask my wife if she remembers.  When we jumped into the elevator this morning for debarkation a couple squeezed through the door after us.  I was smashed into the luggage cart and Jay told the man this was a priority elevator and they couldn't care less.  I just use people's attitudes as fuel to work harder and put in more effort so I can book another cruise.

So I decided not to do a live blog during our cruise so I could just relax and enjoy my vacation but I would love to tell you all about our first SC experience.  We learned a ton during this cruise and had some wonderful experiences and some not so great moments.  The not so great moments were from other guests that were "upset" because we skipped lines or had seats reserved for shows ect...  Star Class is something everyone should do at some point.  I can tell you everything we were able to do and things we requested but its more than that.  Our Genie Jay was the kindest and most outgoing person we could have ever hoped to meet and we consider him a member of our family now.  Its such a personal experience and I am sure its different for everyone.  
The thing I enjoyed most was not having to worry about scheduling anything or waiting in line at all.  If we had any issues our Genie took care of them and he made arrangements on the fly for us.  He texted and asked if our daughters would like to go ice skating and he would meet us at Studio B.  When we arrived the line was probably 200+ people deep and he walked us right in and they were on the ice in probably 5 minutes.  After the 20 minute session they were told they could go back out if they wanted.  That is just one of the many things he did for us and it really made our cruise that much more special. 
I'll try to separate everything out day by day and if anyone has a question about Star Class I would be more than happy to share what I know.

So I decided not to do a live blog during our cruise so I could just relax and enjoy my vacation but I would love to tell you all about our first SC experience.  We learned a ton during this cruise and had some wonderful experiences and some not so great moments.  The not so great moments were from other guests that were "upset" because we skipped lines or had seats reserved for shows ect...  Star Class is something everyone should do at some point.  I can tell you everything we were able to do and things we requested but its more than that.  Our Genie Jay was the kindest and most outgoing person we could have ever hoped to meet and we consider him a member of our family now.  Its such a personal experience and I am sure its different for everyone.  
The thing I enjoyed most was not having to worry about scheduling anything or waiting in line at all.  If we had any issues our Genie took care of them and he made arrangements on the fly for us.  He texted and asked if our daughters would like to go ice skating and he would meet us at Studio B.  When we arrived the line was probably 200+ people deep and he walked us right in and they were on the ice in probably 5 minutes.  After the 20 minute session they were told they could go back out if they wanted.  That is just one of the many things he did for us and it really made our cruise that much more special. 
I'll try to separate everything out day by day and if anyone has a question about Star Class I would be more than happy to share what I know.

Ill gladly push that button in the name of research on our upcoming SC sailing.   Are we talking going to the MDR and ordering additional tails?