Like many others when I'm booking my own holidays I love nothing more than getting on line and finding out as much as I can about where I'm going, what the hotels/ship looks like and does it have decent restaurants etc.

Now Royal Caribbean have taken things one step further and with the help of Goggle street view guests can now take a virtual tour of the "Allure of the Seas" before ever stepping foot on board.

It took eight days and more than 20,000 images to compile the tour and now with just a few clicks you can virtually walk down the famous promenade, stroll through central park, browse the 22 dining options or check out some of the many unique features she has to offer including the Aqua Theatre, two rock climbing walls and the high dive aquatic performance venue to name but a few.

Royal Caribbean never cease to amaze me with their innovative ideas and designs and I've had great fun this afternoon exploring the ship.


If you would like to swap the virtual tour for the real thing then now's the time to get booked up as their free flights promotion finishes at the end of July!!