A beautiful ship to see, but boring productions to watch

Overall, our experience with this cruise was good. The ship itself is beautiful. It includes certain features which sets them apart from other cruise ships. For example, Oasis has a "central park" area which has live plants and adds a nice 'earthy' aroma to the environment. It was nice to walk through at night with greenery all around, specialty shops& restaurants, and live music. This boat also includes a 24/7 golf course, flow riders, a zip line, rock climbing, ice skating rank, and aqua theater. The size and design of this ship provides an easy flow of traffic and the only time it felt congested was before or after headliner shows.

The royal promenade was the main shopping area in the ship. It is huge, and the cruise conducts discount sales almost daily. There are several bars in this area all with different vibes. The champagne bar is elegant and glamorous, the schooner bar is a nice area to overlook the promenade and is especially fun at night with live piano music, boleros is a fun dancing bar, and finally on air is a nice place to sit back and watch sports or to participate in daily games.

The boardwalk felt like you were walking down the strip in California. The carousal was beautiful and was surrounded by a specialty hot dog restaurant, Saboros (Mexican), candy shops, beach shops, etc. The end of the boardwalk led to the aqua theater and rock wall.

I could go on and on about everything there is to see/do on this ship, but what impressed us the most was the service provided in the main dining room. Sherman, Olga, and Guilherme were fantastic and the surrounding waitstaff were excellent as well. Being in the service industry myself, I know it's hard to always have a smile on your face when you're having a bad day or to maintain "the customer is always right attitude," with people who are just being completely rude. But the waitstaff clearly strived to be professional, personable, friendly, and thus they positively attributed to our experience.

We preferred the food in the main dining room which was consistently good. We dined at Giovanni's (Italian restaurant) and the food there was excellent. We also tried Izumi (sushi/hibachi) and found the food to be just okay.

One major decline on this ship was the entertainment. I'm sadden to say this because we expected it to match up with everything else on the ship but unfortunately we were more entertained at Karaoke than we were during the shows. Al Romas, the comedian who had a show every night, was a huge disappointment. We saw him three times and its such a shame that we could predict the joke he was about to tell. All three times he used the same material and only veered off when someone in the audience had a different answer than the norm. I wish he could have developed more original material because he is funny but when you are the opening headliner, closing headliner, and performing in your nightly venue, you need to use different jokes.

Cats the musical was 2 hours long. It was boring and a show I've heard the ship has had for years. Although I can appreciate the stamina and talent of the cast, I saw many people walk out due to the dullness. We couldn't even make it through to intermission. This cruise ship is making so much money so why are you putting on the same show 3 times during an 8 day cruise!?

We did enjoy the Frozen on ice show and the aqua theater production however, yet again we heard from several cruisers that it's the same choreography. Needless to say their entertainment is dated and with a cruise line charging cruisers so much you would expect a variety of shows and an authentic performance.

Oasis is a beautiful ship but with the prices they charge, everything should be top notch.