Fun and fast but lots and lots of crowds and people

Oasis of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Reviews: 10
Helpful Votes: 107

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Oasis of the Seas

7 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 10, 2011

Ship: Oasis of the Seas

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Enjoyed the ship fine. Too many people and hated the private island compared to holland americas. Would try a better itinerary with RC as the ship was nice and new, but room was small and staff was better on HAL, food better on HAL. Private island very much better on HAL. So overall think we will stick to HAL.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Balcony room was very small compared to HAL. Room attendant was complaining about company which turned me off a bit. Was a clean and very large ship, lots of fun but way way too many people. No quiet spots it seemed and didnt like you need reservations for shows but they were all very good.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

Very cool ship, oldest had so much fun on surf wave machine and youngest had a blast in kids club. Soo many people crowds everywhere. Was fun but a bit of a busy party atmosphere crowded with so many people. If your going to enjoy being busy and staying up very late tbis is a great time. If you enjoy relaxing peace and quiet for a holiday this isnt your ship i think. But if you have lots of young kids in your group you cant go wrong, they will enjoy it no doubt!

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

2 out of 5
A bit dirty, and not amazing beach, enjoyed Half moon cay much much better with HAL which we did back to back.

Falmouth, Jamaica

3 out of 5
Cruise port was great, thats about it.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

tlj0788    6 years ago

Going on Holland Rotterdam in April glad to hear the good review on it. I was worried that it would be boring.

CruisingGs    6 years ago

I love the private island for Rcl The first time we went we didn’t understand the layout and we thought it sucked There are several different beaches- the 1 side is awful, the others are paradise, beautiful clean etc Maybe that was the issue? Sorry you didn’t like it

Thor24    6 years ago

Don’t understand how it’s too many ppl. The ship is so big and so much to do I barely felt like it was crowded. Only time is the 1st day for the video and the days when they be on deck 5 & 6 for festival or parade

IkeDeb    6 years ago

Thanks for the info, we have checked lines outside of Carnival. We like Carnival but would try another line.

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