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Oasis of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
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Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Oasis of the Seas

7 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 05, 2014

Ship: Oasis of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 7438

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 10 years ago

Review summary

This was by far the absolute most incredible vacation I've ever had in my life!! I'd been on cruises before, but this was my first time with Royal Caribbean, and it definitely did not disappoint.

 

Things I loved:

- THE CREW! They are the sweetest people I've ever met! They're all so grateful for what they do and they offer excellent service. The entertainment and cruise activities staff are so much fun!

- so many amazing things to do on board: rock climbing wall, zipline, Flowrider, ice skating, putt-putt, ping-pong, not to mention all the planned activities that are available!

- a variety of restaurants that are included in your cruise price: the main dining room, the Cafe Promenade, Sorrento's Pizza, the Boardwalk donut shop, Johnny Rocket's (breakfast is free), the Windjammer (buffet style), the Solarium Bistro (breakfast and lunch is free), and the Park Cafe!

- the dining staff does a wonderful job of meeting dietary needs - I am gluten-free and they always made sure I had what I needed

- the shows are top-notch, really talented people - we saw Hairspray, an acrobatics/music show, and the ice show (my favorite part of that was the sand artist!)

 

Here's what I would plan for differently next time:

- the shows fill up so fast and even though I reserved them online ahead of time, I guess I didn't do it early enough, because we had to miss a couple shows due to our dinner time overlapping with them

- if we wanted to go to a somewhat decent comedy show (for the record, the "adult" version is much worse than the PG-13 I was expecting), we would have had to skip dinner because that's the only time it was offered

 

Overall, I have no complaints and would absolutely do this cruise again in a heartbeat! I wholeheartedly recommend the Oasis for your next vacation!!

 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
wish there were more/better gluten-free options, but I splurged for vacation!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
so many fun things to do!

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
our assistant waiter Kingsley, our waiter Francis, our stateroom attendant Zulfikar, Miguel in guest services, a pool towel attendant Jarren, one of the sports activities staff Andres

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
there were always crew members cleaning or painting, keeping it in great shape!

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
we had a couch which was nice, but it made it very hard to get by the beds....very tight!

Ship tip

The Wayfinder is the most genius thing I've ever seen - don't know why a cruise line hasn't come up with it before this!

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5
pretty smooth getting on and off the ship

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5
paid nothing and had a fabulous beach day! chairs are free so we just moved them where we wanted them and relaxed in the shade. the buffet lunch was also free and while it wasn't the best, it was better than having to get back on the ship just to eat.

Falmouth, Jamaica

3 out of 5
cute shops (overpriced, of course) but you could haggle at the market

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
did the Sail & Snorkel excursion independent from the cruise line. HIghly recommend it!

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