Mathias

Could you check out the Boardwalk and report on what is between The Dog House and Johnny Rockets? Previously the space in between those venues was planned to be the new Crown Lounge, but that was relocated to deck 15.

According to thepointsguy link above, the Crown Lounge was relocated to the former teen disco space on Deck 15. Looking at the the deck plan it is still lookated at the Boardwalk on deck 6 https://www.royalcaribbean.com/cruise-ships/allure-of-the-seas/deck-plans/2307/06 If the Crown Lounge is not on the Boardwalk, what will they put there instead?

Yes, the pesky parrot is replacing the champagne bar. Allure never had the bionic bar. If the amplification would have happened during the year 2020 that was originally planned, they would probably have replaced the champagne bar with the bionic bar. Now the bionic bar is considered antique and therefor pesky parrot is replacing the champagne bar.

In https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2025/02/15/where-save-and-splurge-cruise Allie wrote that "you can negotiate specialty dining prices. On my recent sailings with Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises, I saved anywhere from 30% to 50% by simply inquiring about a discount." Anyone else negotiated their specialty dining prices? How did you go about it and what results did you get?

How freely can you choose the three restaurants once you are onboard the ship? It of course depends on the sailing, but what are your experiences? Almost all restaurants and times available or are the options really limited?

As I am at the diamond-level in C&A, I look forward to visit the new Crown Lounge on the Boardwalk. That being said, I find it strange that they reserve this big part of the Boardwalk just for diamond and above members. On the other Oasis-class ships they don't have the Crown Lounge placed in a prime location.

I looked at the new deck plans for amplified Allure, and it was interesting to see that the new Crown Lounge will be located next to Johnny Rockets at the boardwalk, right across Playmakers.

Thanks for all the replies. I have now received my photos. I contacted [email protected] by email and they responded within a day with the download link. @Jodie Fanshaw If you have not received your photos yet, you can try contacting [email protected] and see if they can help you. I don't know exactly what they need, but I sent them the name of the ship, cruise date, booking ID and stateroom number and they were able to find the photos and send me the download link.

I appreciate all the replies I get. However, it seems like no one really understands what I'm asking. @YellowBrickRoad You wrote that you went to the kiosk, picked your digital photos, and then started downloading them. To what exactly did you download the photos and how? On Symphony of the Seas the Focus Photo Gallery had several touch screen stations. I did not se any place near the touch screen where I could have plugged in a laptop, USB Flash Drive or something like that. How do you for example transfer the photos from the kiosk (save image) to your laptop or USB Flash Drive without the download link? Several people now have said that they did not need an email link, they just went and downloaded the photos when they were onboard. Sorry for asking the same question over and over, but I don't understand how the downloading is done without the email link. Edit. @ScottD Ok thanks, now I might understand. So the downloading of the photos people mention is done directly to the phone in the app, and not at the Focus Photo Gallery. Too bad that the onboard staff didn't know about this and just said they send out a download link after the cruise.

@josefina022 & @michaelp1446 Thanks for replying. Can anyone of you explain how you downloaded your pictures onboard the ship? Do you mean that you received the download link by email before your cruise ended? Or did you connect your laptop / USB Flash Drive to the photo kiosk and somehow downloaded them directly at the Focus Photo Gallery? The staff at Focus Photo Gallery told us the download link would be sent by email 4-7 days after the cruise. This is also the information Royal Caribbean has written on their site => https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/when-will-my-photos-be-ready-for-viewing

@Jodie Fanshaw Were you on Symphony of the Seas Sep 24 – Oct 1? We were on that cruise and purchased the Digital Photo Package. We were told we would get a link by email to view and download our photos within 4-7 business days after the end of our cruise. We are still waiting for our download link. @michaelp1446 Can you please specify what you mean by They hand out download links to the email when you are on the cruise? The staff told us we would get the link within 4-7 business days after the end of our cruise.

Yes, we finally got ours. In the summer of 2022 I booked a cruise for this year in May. Got the OBC added a couple of days before the sail away. Not enough time to use them in the cruise planner, but had no problem using them on the ship so it didn't matter we had to wait almost a year for it to show up.

Royal Caribbean can't be contacted via e-mail. Or they can, but they likely won't answer you. The best you can do is calling them if you want to be in contact. RCs customer service on the ship is usually great, on land it's bad/none existing. Pro Tip! Transfer you existing booking to a good travel agent. Then if you want to change or update your booking, do it thru your travel agent. Then they will be in contact with RC on your behalf! Saves you a lot of time, money and trouble.

We did a tour at Roatan, and it included the chocolate factory. I was not impressed. It was small and nothing special. They try very hard to get you to buy some overpriced chocolate that does not taste good. The rum distillery we stopped at during the tour was much better.

According to another Finnish news site, https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/turku/art-2000009366830.html the damages might not actually be that big. Google Translate: Virto cannot say how extensive the damage was caused by the fire. According to him, the fire itself did not have time to spread widely, but it spread a lot of smoke on at least three decks of the ship. UPDATE: Several news have now been released that the fire was not that serious. No one was injured, and the ship itself was not badly damaged.