Very nice but not outstanding!

Item: Oasis of the Seas
Rating: 3.7
Author: CornergasKim

Oasis of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

CornergasKim

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 22, 2019

Ship: Oasis of the Seas

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

It was a Good experience, but I do not think it was “luxury” as promoted

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Everyone was friendly and things seemed to run quite smoothly, but eve after I clarified NUMEROUS TIMES, they tried to prevent my husband from boarding because he was an hour behind us. They toldHim that our group” was closed once 3 of the 4 of us boarded

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Food was plentiful but boring. Pop was flat

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Comic was great but stage shows were bleh. Sound was poorly monitored and music constantly drowned out vocal

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Staff was friendly but reserved - bar staff was awesome but terribly overworked. Out housekeeping staff was pushy

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Poor layout - no access to the balcony if the pull out bed was out

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

4 out of 5

Beautiful but the vendors were so pushy that my family members were frightened to pass by

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 out of 5

No real “local” feel in this port

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Beautiful landscape and people. So glad we took a private tour ($25) vs a ship’s excursion ($85)

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Get like a herd of cattle made to wind around corners and stand in line

5 Comments

15mustang 4 years ago

We have cruised Allure which was a wonderful experience. We have oasis booked for a future cruise. If you didn't enjoy an oasis class ship, not sure what you want. Maybe try a smaller ship.

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Fiesta83 4 years ago

The wife and myself has sailed Carnival a total of nine times and RCCL Twice. Our last cruise was on Carnival SUNRISE which Carnival packed entirely too many passengers on that ship. The ship had at least 1000 more passengers which made the cruise uncomfortable and too packed and that's why Our next cruise shall be with Royal Caribbean on Oasis Of The Seas

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bobduck1993 4 years ago

Glad it was a good experience even though not exactly what you had anticipated!

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mike19701 4 years ago

Unfortunately, sounds like nothing would be good enough.

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DerekMire 4 years ago

What was promised

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