Another solid cruise on the Oasis

Oasis of the Seas Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
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Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Oasis of the Seas

7 Night Western Caribbean & Perfect Day (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 26, 2023

Ship: Oasis of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 7636

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

Lots of detail in the other sections. Overall it was a very enjoyable cruise and I would not hesitate to cruise on the Oasis again. Please recognize I have mainly highlighted where things were not the best and could be improved.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
First time having a Junior Suite and having priority embarkation was amazing. Definitely use the suites embarkation line, even if you are only in a junior suite. We were among the very first people on the ship, walking onboard at 10:32am.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Casino Royale

2 out of 5

First, I actually won in the Casino but I did not like the tip hustling, by multiple dealers and even the pit bosses. It is in bad taste for a dealer to ask “is this one for me?” as she grabs a $25 chip when coloring up after a small win. This is even after I was tipping while playing. This is just in bad taste. There was another time during a stop at their private island when all tables were open in a pit EXCEPT the one game I wanted to play and literally there was not 1 player at any of the tables. They said they would open the table in 45 minutes (were not willing to shift a worker to the closed table game) but over an hour later they still did not have the table open. Then they finally shifted a worker to the closed table!?!The casino team seemed genuinely unhappy. I will save specific names and feedback for the cruise line survey. The smoke from the casino was bad, moving into the main dining room. This was even mentioned during the Captains Corner event at the AquaTheater and a staff member mentioned they just bought “diffusers” or something similar to try to help this issue, but they may not have been installed yet.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

AquaTheater

5 out of 5

The show is great and a must see. New crew was just starting up. It was great seeing the teams interact during the rehearsals.

Theater

5 out of 5

Cats talent is remarkable. The show is better now that it is only 90 minutes long, rather than 2 hours.One Sky performance was great. The first show was stopped half way through due to a technical issue with the prop plane wings not folding back up. The show was automatically rescheduled later in the cruise and it ran flawlessly.

Studio B

5 out of 5

Great ice show performance!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Pink stains on the carpet and the thermostat did not seem to work but. It to the point that we needed maintenance to come. Overall, the junior suite was nice.

Ports of call

Nassau, Bahamas

2 out of 5
Would NOT recommend the Pearl Island cruise ship shore excursion. We saw a worker sell drugs to a passenger from a non-Oasis ship. It just made the tour feel unsafe. This was shared with the Guest Services team as well.

Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

5 out of 5
South Beach is my new favorite location, then Oasis Lagoon.

Falmouth, Jamaica

3 out of 5
Walked around me the cruise port and had enough after 20 minutes. This port is a great day to just stay on the ship.

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

4 out of 5

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Did self assist and there were 250 people in line waiting to step off, once they opened the doors about 7:10am. Customs was efficient with the facial recognition. The cheapest Uber option to MIA was $31, and this was with 7 ships in port.
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5 Comments

Ruby13     11 months ago

Excellent ship

cruising2004     11 months ago

Glad you had a wonderful experience. Thank you for your detailed review.

javawoody     11 months ago

Appreciate the feedback

Cruiseracer     11 months ago

Thanks for the review

Gwbigdog     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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