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Oasis of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

maryjw1

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 54

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 12, 2017

Ship: Oasis of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 3844

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Favorite part was the ability to have free dining. Having 2 grandchildren that were teens and 4 adults eating when we wanted was great.

Activites provided for teens was great also.

What I would change is that we didn't know for 3 days which restaurants were on the my time meals till we searched it out..

Lines to activites were short as there were many.

In the beginning of trip we should be told what tips were and should choose what we want to give not see it on tv screen. People traveling with children should not be charged per child only per adults for tipping!!

That was way out of proportion to what it should be.

We enjoyed the cruise very much tho and are planning a holiday one

mary williams

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Very good

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Good

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Games and everything was good for all ages

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Our state room man was excellent and right on things

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Plenty of room. Wheelchair had plenty of room.. Room adjoins ours was great. Children could visit grandparents any time

Ship tip

Plenty of room and you're not crowded by many people as you think it would Big ship

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5

Great zipline

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Falmouth, Jamaica

3 out of 5

Beach very rockie

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Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Loved the street shopping and playa Mia with inflatables in water and buffet lunch.. wish we had more time there

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9 Comments

Katievp 7 years ago

We don't have unruly kids but they're still catered to on our cruises just they're father and I are. They age of the passenger doesn't matter. If the staff waits on them in any way they should be compensated. Did they eat? Were their beds made? Did they attend the the clubs even once? If so, they were waited on. It doesn't matter if their brats or precious little snow flakes.

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emtgirl 7 years ago

been on cruises with our kids when they were growing up we did pay for them but they were behaved...

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emtgirl 7 years ago

Matt ward, do you have unruly children, because on all the cruises I've been on I haven't seen any. As a matter of fact I think they keep children busy with activities. was on a celebrity cruise a few years ago, and you know who was unruly, it was all the springbreakers that were terrible. They were so bad that they were running up and down the halls yelling. maybe they should charge premium for people like that.

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grandmarnnurse 7 years ago

Sounds like you are new to cruising. Gratuities have always been per person in cabin. I even had to pay third person fare plus gratuities for my 10 month old granddaughter! But I knew this going in. I always prepay mine before boarding.

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ahowell54 7 years ago

Tips are known ahead of time if you check the RC website. You can make changes if you want. I have done that one time at the end of the week because service across the board was bad (not on RC)

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cjordan36 7 years ago

Mattward you must have some very unruly children. Not all children are like this. l know ours are not. On the last cruise we went on all the kids I saw were very well mannered. Every time I see a child misbehaving I see a parent that is twice as bad.....

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Rockette614 7 years ago

@maryjw1 what restaurant is my time dining

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mattward 7 years ago

I feel they should pay a premium for the amount of noise they make. Some parents just can't control their children.

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mattward 7 years ago

Kids/teens can make more of a mess than adults. Why should they be 'free' and not have to pay gratuities?

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