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

Oasis of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

jimosbo

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 15, 2017

Ship: Oasis of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9176

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

This was our first cruise on one of the world's largest cruise ships. Spectacular ship and for it's sheer size, is very well run/organized. All Shows are outstanding - professional entertainers, set decorations, costumes, seating, etc. We were fortunate in having a travel agent that made all our advance reservations for shows and we made our excursions in advance. Wanted anytime dining but heard rumors that you had to wait for extremely long periods. So we early dined.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Food was good, but not exceptional.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

This ship, because of it's size, is extremely crowded. We really didn't pursue many activities.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Top Shelf - Best part of the cruise. Saw the four major shows - professional min all areas.

Children's Programs

Did not use.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Excellent crew throughout. Hector, our cabin steward was outstanding, as were our dining staff at Table 979, 5:30 seating, Grande - Head waiter. waiter & wait staff.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

No leather protector for bed (Suitcase unload/load). No lotions, conditioners, etc available for use.

Ship tip

Book shows you want to watch, well in advance. Worth the extra effort - all shows very professionally done.

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5

Took the new Historical tour - then lunch on island. Enjoyable day.

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Falmouth, Jamaica Did not visit port

Shop.

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Cozumel, Mexico Did not visit port

I took scheduled excursion tour - my wife took a quick trip downtown (shopping briefly)

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3 Comments

malinda23 7 years ago

We are first timers too. Im worried about sea sickness...how was the ride?

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dsctravel 7 years ago

We did MyTime and were able to book reservations for each night in advance via the cruise planner online. We first reserved all of our entertainment then made dinner reservations around the entertainment and port schedules.

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ja3 7 years ago

I don't know how long the wait would have been on your ship, but when I went we had a huge group and the most we waited was 20 min. So, we just made sure to get our name in before we were super hungry :)

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