Beautiful ship, excellent food, good entertainment and wonderful service
Oasis of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western
8 Night Western Caribbean Holiday (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)
Sail date: December 23, 2016
Ship: Oasis of the Seas
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 11239
Traveled as: Family (older children)
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
The Oasis of the seas is an extraordinary and unique ship with the hollowed out center allowing for inside balcony rooms overlooking the central park and promenade decks. This really sets the Oasis class apart from other lines especially for days at sea as you feel like you are in a seaside resort town.
The entertainment and activities are very good, but they are the same as other cruise lines, better in some areas, but worse in others. The first suggestion is to improve the comedy clubs. Everyone likes a laugh, including children, yet the comedy club is adults only and there was only one comedian for the whole cruise, so you could only really see his show once. We tried seeing him at the larger Oasis theatre, but the show was the same jokes, which was disappointing. Perhaps for the volume of customers you could have two comedians with an early family friendly show and a later adult show and rotate comedians part way through the cruise when stopping in ports. Our cruise stopped at 4 places and at three of these ports there were other Royal Caribbean ships docked that comedians could be swapped out from. This would be a great improvement to the comedy element of RC cruises.
The next suggestion is to have a retro night club, not a modern disco, but something from the 'on the town' type films of the 40's & 50's where there are drinks, music and a short show with singing and dancing. You have the Dazzle bar which is a great venue, but is under utilized and you have the dancers from the Oasis theatre. I can't think of a movie at the moment, but you've seen them, a black and white film where people go from club to club and there is a show with showgirls dancing or telling jokes, an orchestra and bar. You could lift songs from the films - you have the venue, the singers, the musicians and the bar!
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
Onboard Activities
Entertainment
Children's Programs
Service and Staff
Ship Quality
Cabin / Stateroom
Ship tip
Read the daily program and explore all the venues on the first day as the ship is large and there is so much to do, you don't want to find out on the last day something that you could have been enjoying days earlier.
Ports of call
Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)