Great cruise on Oasis

oasis-of-the-seas Nov 5th 2016. First cruise out of Port Canaveral  for 8 days to Labadee,  Jamaica,  Costa  Maya and Cozumel.

We had a great time in an oceanview balcony room on deck 11. We ate dinner  in the main dining room twice, the Windjammer once and specialty  restaurants  the rest of the time.  We did not prebuy a restaurant  package because we had on board credit to spend. Once on board they were selling 3 dinners for $90. We chose Giovanni's  Table, Izumi and 150. Giovanni's  was very good. We chose the Hibatchi dinner at Izumi. Shrimp and beef combination was sensational. The 6 of us in our group all agreed this was our best meal. 150 was a complete dissapointment. The beef short rib  was small and cooked like a roast with no sides. The waiter had bragged about the squash soup. It didn't  live up to the hype. Desert was ok but didn't  save the experience.

On Monday we were sitting in the promenade and were approached and offered a discount for the Solarium Bistro.  First he offered 40% off. We hesitated and he went to 50% off plus he said we could get the lobster for free if we came on Tuesday  which was the normal lobster night in the main dining room. Normally they get  another $5 for the lobster. We agreed to purchase and go on Tuesday. I can say it was a great choice as the meal and experience  was great.

All the shows were very good too. I am not too interested in sitting for 2.5 hours but I did it for CATS. I can't  get excited about the story but every singer and dancer were quite good and in that context I enjoyed the show. The quality of entertainment justifies the premium the ship costs as well as the interest provided by the neighborhoods.

I  had a personal priority to go to Sabor. We had experienced  Sabor on Freedom of the Seas and it was so good we couldn't  wait to go again. The menu on Oasis was not the full menu we had on Freedom. Instead of it being one price it was a-la-cart. They treated this venue more like a place for a snack instead of a specialty restaurant. With all we did during the week, Sabor fell through the cracks. The smaller menu just wasn't as compelling to us.

On Thursday, day 6, I saw them offering a drink card for $79. That's ten drinks that anyone can use. We didn't make the purchase but I know some readers want to know if it was offered.