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Item: Oasis of the Seas
Rating: 2.6
Author: lmikehopper

Oasis of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

lmikehopper

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 27

Overall rating:

2.6 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 01, 2017

Ship: Oasis of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8568

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Ship is amazing but way too crowded especially in the pool areas. Food at complimentary venues was not very good. Specialty restaurants were over priced and with the exception of the Italian place, were not impressive.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Long Lines and slow service

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

If you want a good (and safe) meal, prepare to dish out the bucks for the specialty restaurants. Under cooked meat and eggs

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Pools were completely over crowded and filthy

Entertainment

1 out of 5

The booking process was flawed and resulted in the loss of reservations for the Aqua theatre and comedy shows. On the morning of day 2 I went to guest relations and was told there were no longer any shows available for anything. We did see Cats in the afternoon of our last day. It was terrible and we walked out after 30 minutes

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

One of the few bright spots on this cruise was our room steward. He kept our ice bucket full and our room tidy.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

The ship itself is amazing. We especially enjoyed Central Park. That being said, with 6100 guests its just too small, especially the pool areas were too over crowded.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

Book your shows well in advance of your trip. Try lunch in Central Park it was the best complimentary meal we had. If you are a pool person, you wont like this ship. Specialty restraunts are pricey, Steak house 50.00 per person and if you want lobster, that's an extra 30.00

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

2 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

1 out of 5

beaches are very rocky and hard on the feet. Say multiple people on crutches after leaving here. as you come off the ship go to the beaches on the right as I heard they are much better

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Falmouth, Jamaica

3 out of 5

Margaritaville was a big hit

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Traveler Photos

Watch out for under cooked chicken and eggs.

3 Comments

lgtripletdad 7 years ago

I just returned from a 7 day on Oasis. I'll agree with the food comment. It is pretty bad when your favorite thing on the buffet is mashed potatoes. I love a good hamburger but even their burgers are mushy, not firm. The chef does a great job of making everything bland as to not offend anyone's taste buds.

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ahowell54 7 years ago

Love Oasis of the seas!!

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MyLadyNMe456 7 years ago

So, what cruise line are you working for?

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