larger ship not always better experience

Item: Oasis of the Seas
Rating: 3
Author: gtford289

Oasis of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

gtford289

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 15

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 03, 2016

Ship: Oasis of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11717

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

i would recommend slightly smaller ship unless you are traveling with kids with very short attention spans. service and things you come to expect on royal caribbean cruise ship were lacking - for example: only got 3 towel animals (i know, kinda picky, but we enjoy the surprise of what it will be tonight); my time dining on ship this large is challenging as well - stick with early/late option; be advised- if you are crown & anchor members, this ship did not have a repeaters party, very disappointing as well. overall, we did have a great trip; most of the staff were very nice and made some new friends!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

prefer more variety from evening to evening - pizza needs improvement

Entertainment

3 out of 5

all shows were great - EXCEPT CATS!!! most people were trying to come up with an exit strategy half way thru first half!!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

the staff at the pub bar were amazing!! miss u guys - really appreciate them turning on the nfl season opening football game for us when it was cut off on big screen by the pool to turn on a movie

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

it was fine because it was on deck 11 - would be unhappy with boardwalk balcony if on lower deck

Ship tip

better purchase the beverage pkg - they no longer offer 'drink of the day'

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5

4 Comments

jstcruizin 8 years ago

On our recent majesty cruise there was an invitation in our cabin to the repeat guest party but on our freedom cruise nothing, I had read that it was only for platinum and above but was told by a royal rep. that every ship does it different . Will see if our upcoming oasis cruise does it.

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JennaFullmer 8 years ago

It's crazy you would measure a good time based on a towel animal. You could have taken the folding class and learned to make some. Royal does a good time providing plenty of things to do for all ages and attention spans.

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scott333 8 years ago

Preach it lol

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samanthafowler 8 years ago

Last time we were on the oasis we had a repeaters party by the diving pool. It was fabulous

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