GameKing123 Cruise Review on Oasis of the Seas on Oct 28, 2018

I understand why your adult children were bored. The Canaveral sailings are dull. Especially at night. On my last sailing the night club was even closed one night. The Latin club which is always packed on other ships was empty after the first night when everyone figured out the band was boring. Miami/Lauderdale is the way to go for Royal. Canaveral is a snooze cruise.

We still love cruising, but have noticed the cuts over the years. I also think the “wow” factor diminishes after experiencing something a few times as well. Just look on this site at reviews for any cruise and you will find wildly different reviews from those on the same cruise. Another issue seems to be as a society we have become so used to access to constant entertainment and stimulation via our phones, tablets and other electronics that we have forgotten how to entertain ourselves or just relax and do nothing. You’re on vacation, try reading a book, relaxing on a deck chair and enjoying the ocean, doing a crossword puzzle or taking a nap. I look forward to unplugging for a week and not using my phone or other electronics, but many seem to go into withdrawals after an hour without it, let alone a week.

I have cruised the Oasis and thought it beautiful, but I have to agree about the activities and fun factor. That’s where Carnival wins, hands down. We left Carnival in 2007 to cruise RCCL and NCL, but even though the ships were gorgeous and the food great, we felt we didn’t have as much fun as we did in Carnival. We returned to Carnival this year and were so glad we did. We had so much fun, we booked a B2B for next year on the Magic.

I think it the size of ship and amount of people on it that causes this. When you get close to 10,000 passangers and crew you loose something. We prefer smaller ships.

It's hard to feel the "magic" anywhere that you have experienced a few times already. Just to spend quality time with family is pretty special, don't wait for the venue to dictate if you have fun or not. Some times you got to make your own magic... I personally like the low cost / low frills model. I don't need a lot of extras so I can cruise cheap. If another person needs more to be entertained, it is available for a higher price. But cruising is not the only fun vacation so variety may be the best thing.