Good but there's room for improvement

Oasis of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 17

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Oasis of the Seas

7 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 08, 2016

Ship: Oasis of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11612

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

I have some suggestions:

1) I would suggest upgrading their mattresses to Tempur-pedic or the like, and their pillows as well.  The bed was not at all comfortable, and I was immediately missing my own bed and my goose-down feathered pillows, which made me, enjoy the cruise less.  With a foam mattress, there would be no seam between the two twin beds pushed together for one king size.  The current mattresses, pushed together, are terribly uncomfortable with the two edges pushed together.  The stateroom should be supremely comfortable.  When a person is well rested from a good night's sleep they're apt to do more, spend more etc. on board, rather than trying to recover from a night of tossing and turning due to an uncomfortable bed and thin, flat pillows.

 

2) When you have purchased the Deluxe Beverage Package, bottled water in your stateroom ought to be included, not extra.  Also, the Deluxe Beverage Package ought to be all inclusive, not up to $12, which negates the idea of a Deluxe Package.  It's irritating to find that you've paid for an all-inclusive beverage package, only to find out that it is not all inclusive, nor is it unlimited.  I was told I could only get one bottle of water at a time and the only size available was a 16 oz. bottle.  I drink at least 64 oz. of water a day and having to purchase a 12-bottle case of 1 liter bottles of Evian, in addition to the Deluxe Beverage package angered and annoyed me.  It's bad form, it's not good customer service and all together a shabby way to get more money out of passengers.  If increasing the cost of the Deluxe Beverage Package translates to bottle water in the stateroom, more than one bottle at a time, a variety of sizes, and all inclusive, beyond the $12 limit for alcoholic beverages, then I'll pay it.  It's more honest.  Offer different levels of beverage packages if you must, but a Deluxe or Ultimate Beverage Package should be just that.  It's shabby of RC to charge me for a package and then tell me I still have to pay for more once on board.

 

3) The 'My Reservations' feature on board via the television should update with new reservations for restaurants, shows, excursions, activities, etc.  It serves little purpose when you are unable to see what you've scheduled all in one place.

 

4) When you make a reservation for an activity / excursion, on board or ashore respectively, you should receive a confirmation message via the television 'emails'.

 

5) In this day and age of rapid technological communications advances, Royal Caribbean should have an app (whether it uses the Internet or RC's own Intranet) where the passenger can see on their mobile device, deck maps and directories.  For instance, if a passenger is in their stateroom, on deck 14, and they want to go to a particular shop on the Royal Promenade, they could look it up on the directory (in the app) and then get walking directions for how to get there (like google maps), from their current location.  Or if there is an on board activity the passenger is signed up for, they would get an alert from the app on their mobile device alerting them it's about to commence, like a 15 minute warning.  The app could even include an immediate customer survey after the activity/show/whatever, asking the passenger to rate their experience and would they recommend to others, etc...

 

6) For all the merchandising and commercial products available, why not sell things that are exclusively Royal Caribbean experience related, for example, the different salts that are presented at 150 Central Park (which by the way - was EXCEPTIONAL!!!).  RC could sell the salts in their gift shop.  When you experience something like that, you want to be able to replicate that experience at home afterwards.  It reminds you of the excellence you experienced on your cruise and instills the idea that you'd like to take that cruise again to enjoy those things again.  I would also suggest they sell those shrimp crisps in the shops too.  They were yummy.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
The mattress wasn't comfortable and the bathroom was too small, two very important components for comfort.

Ship tip

Pay for the Specialty Restaurant package for the majority of your evenings aboard. The quality of service and food is bar none. Also, pay for the most inclusive drinks package available. Totally worth it.

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15 Comments

NurseNat78    8 years ago

Carnival has that app! It was great being able to pull up on your phone what's going on around the ship versus carrying around those daily activity papers they lay on your bed!😬 I actually like both lines; but yes RC that would be a great thing to have!!

CathrynO    8 years ago

Really upgrade just enjoy what they give you.

2385joy    8 years ago

I can't believe, how some people complain about everything, I don't travel with complainers

tenacityone52017    8 years ago

It seems the entire cruise was spent in his/her cabin writing this review.....money well spent 🙄

ucfgrad    8 years ago

Drink the filtered tap water & water served when dining. Much safer & no plastic which is a danger to your health & the environment!

idalia1960    8 years ago

Got plenty of bottled water. Read the terms and conditions. Mattress was great so where the pillows. The reason to cruise is to DISCONNECT FROM ELECTRONICS and enjoy the wonderful food, great entertainment and the beauty of the seas. To relax sleep and meet interesting people. Geez next time book a room at the Hilton

canigo    8 years ago

I have no complaints did my homework before I left home. Got plenty of bottle water with no problems. We got turned around a couple times going from here to there but it was no different then going to the larger hotels in Vegas (MGM. Planet Hollywood. Etc) we just went with the flow and had a great time. I sleep very well.

cledwards    8 years ago

Get a suite I am sure you would be much happier

mattward    8 years ago

P.S. we bring our own pillows on every cruise.

mattward    8 years ago

Waaaaaa waaaaaaa waaaaaaa, have some cheese with your whine.

twangster    8 years ago

I just grabbed a water from every bar I passed when heading to the cabin. Always had plenty. RC has to protect themselves from one person buying the package and sharing it including bottled water. I think their approach is reasonable. My bed was great, much like other lines who also push two beds together to make a king. App coming to more ships. Takes time and money.

kknorr0320    8 years ago

There's the Royal IQ app, not sure which ships it's on. As for the water, you didn't have to purchase a case of water. If you're drinking it throughout the day how much do you need at one time? Plus there's plenty of water at meals. Hitting 64 ounces isn't hard. I always get a bottle with every drink and never have an issue.

mban    8 years ago

For some things such as the bedding, I think it is tough to make everyone happy all the time. We were on Oasis in August and I thought the bed and pillows was great! For the water, I think it's their way to make sure that one person buys the drink package and gives it to others. There are a ton of bars, do they have the bottled water? The app would be a great idea and you have some great ideas for features! Lastly, I agree wholeheartedly! We loved the salts at 150 Central Park too and would have been gear to buy some to take home!

ameg03    8 years ago

Like the app idea! I think Quantum Class may be testing that out currently. Royal Caribbean, are you listening??? We need this for the Oasis (by November 20th preferably!)

quinnlefeber    8 years ago

Some people like to complain. Read the terms and conditions of the beverage package silly

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