Oasis of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Our favorite part of this cruise is the beauty of the ship, the wonderful quality of food, and the exceptional service. What we didn't like about the ship are three primary things: 1.) There is not enough entertainment for everyone on the ship to attend. We didn't reserve anything when we first got on the ship (it was our first time cruising with Royal Caribbean so we did not know this was a necessity) so we were unable to see any shows; 2.) The chairs on the balconies are extremely uncomfortable. I love to sit out on the balcony is silence and read for hours at a time on Sea Days. But, the chair was so uncomfortable that I could only stand it for about 30 minutes at a time. We saw other RC ships that had really nice chairs, and we have been on several Carnival ships with comfortable chairs; 3.) The ship staff did nothing to prohibit people from saving chairs on Sea Days. The entire Solarium area was saved by 8am with people's towels, and many of them wouldn't return for hours at a time. On Carnival, they go around every 30 minutes and gather up towels and belongings to allow other people to have an opportunity to enjoy the area. As a result, there is always plenty of seating and nobody feels the necessity to save seats. RC has a rule that seats cannot be saved for longer than 30 minutes, but it was not enforced.

We find ourselves wanting to nit-pick a cruise experience because we expect everything to be perfect.  We make these comments with that in mind.  There are a few areas in which RCCL can make changes to make a great experience a GREAT experience.  Here are a few:

- Restructure MyTime dining to include the other dining rooms not just the one assigned (ie. Deck 3).  Waiting in line for 45 minutes is not acceptable to then find out that you are being sent to another dining room.  Doesn't Mytime Dining mean "My Time"?

- Do something about the smoke emanating from the casino.  IT STINKS.  Just walking anywhere on Deck 4 (ie. reassigned dining room) is uncomfortable.

- Servers on Deck 4 were not as good as that found on Deck 3 or Deck 5 dining rooms, are they second string? 

- Good service marks go out to Charlene, American Icon Bar Server, Jackie, our room steward, Olga and Bilyania, our bar servers.  They made this experience wonderful.

- Experience the ice show, and any musical playing on the cruise.  We saw CATS again with a wonderful performance.

The Oasis of the Seas is a wonderful ship and we had a great time!  All the entertainment was outstanding (don't miss CATS,)!  We loved all of the venues for specialty entertainment (Jazz 4, Bolero's, Dazzles, etc.).  Recommend spending time the first day getting to know the ship.  While it is the biggest ship I have been on, it is easy to navigate from venue to venue and once you know the ship, it seems much cozier!  Hard to believe with 6,000+ people how uncrowded it can seem.  If you are sailing at a peak time (when school is out) make sure to make your reservations for the shows, dinners, etc. ahead of time....and don't be late for the shows.  They start on time and 15 minutes prior to the show they allow the people in the "stand-by" line to enter. 

Plenty of options for food and beverages.  The solarium is a great place to unwind.  Look for our favorite bar waiter, Anthony!  He does a great job.

We found all the crew and staff to be very nice, friendly and accommodating.  Cruise Director Drew Devine and his assistant, Margo, are outstanding.  Watch their morning show!

Food on the ship is very good, but not great!  They do have the best sandwiches available, however, at Park Café.  Ask for the Beef on Wek!  Amazingly good!

We stayed in a balcony cabin (12653) over Central Park.  Not recommended.  View is very limited (as opposed to the Boardwalk neighborhood where you can at least see the ocean behind the ship) and while on your balcony you don't feel as private as you would in an ocean balcony because all you do is look at other people's rooms and they at you! 

All in all, we highly recommend the Oasis of the Seas!  Enjoy!

everything 100% , the best food, the shows omg!! the service incredible !! hope they keep doing it the best cruise ever !! I feel free to recommend  to any one,

is a grat place to be

We were on the Oasis for 8 nights beginning 12/31/2016.  The ship was very nice.  Even thought the ship is huge, it never felt crowded on board.  There was always a place to sit on the deck, sit for breakfast/lunch etc.  The emphasis on cleanliness was impressive.  From the hand sanitizer in the Windjammer to the recommendation to open public restroom doors with a paper towel, everything was immaculate.  Service was also commendable, especially in the restaurants.  We were on a different cruise line a couple of years ago and the service was not even comparable to what we received on the Oasis.  My only complaint was with respect to our excursion on St. Kitts.  We did a nature kayak excursion which was not well organized at all.  The excursion vendors need to be better vetted before they are considered for booking by Royal Caribbean.  We were also less than thrilled with the beaches on the Royal Caribbean private Island of Labadee, Haiti.  The beaches were very rocky (hard to walk on).  I would have rather had another island as a stop on the itinerary.

All in all a lovely vacation.

Many people shy away from big ships as they fear facing masses of people.  In truth the Oasis of the Seas is big enough to allow people to be spread across many activities, restuarants, shows, etc.  We stayed on the 8th floor, which was great as "Central Park" was right there with a great bar, cafe, restaurants, etc.  The specialty restaurants were excellent and worth the upcharge.  Yoga on the helipad was awesome!  The Aquashows were amazing.  The "All Access" tour of the ship, including the bridge, was well worth it.  

My favorite part of the cruise is the food at the buffet  restaurants. The food at the Silk dining room sucked. The chicken was dry and hard. The spaghetti was uncooked and not enough tomato sauce. I would recommend to you that when a customer requested to be on a share table that you should accommodate her. But I would not recommend this to anyone else. I have been on the ship for eight days and for six days I have been asking to put me on tables with other people. That did not happened. Only twice they place me on a share table with a couple, because I complained every night and that was it. There were 4 empty chairs next to me. They did not even attempt to fill the whole table. So I am very upset about that. If I wanted to eat alone I would have stayed home. Also, because I purchased two excursion with another company, they would not help me directions or anything else about the tours. I missed my tour excursion in Cozumel, Mexico because I did not know where to go and No one would assists me. So The glass bottom boat left me. I wasted my time and my money. I spent a fortune at the Vitality Spa for my teeth whitening except my teeth did not get to be white. The sad thing about that is the lady tried to convince that my teeth were white!!!! To satisfy me, you can send me two free tickets and all will be forgiven.

It was a great experience for the whole family, my kids, 22, 17 and 13 loved it.

Huge ship with tons of activities for everyone.

Great customer Service, all the staff was wonderful.

Hallways to cabins need to be remodel, dirty carpets in some places...

The Oasis of the seas is an extraordinary and unique ship with the hollowed out center allowing for inside balcony rooms overlooking the central park and promenade decks. This really sets the Oasis class apart from other lines especially for days at sea as you feel like you are in a seaside resort town.

The entertainment and activities are very good, but they are the same as other cruise lines, better in some areas, but worse in others. The first suggestion is to improve the comedy clubs. Everyone likes a laugh, including children, yet the comedy club is adults only and there was only one comedian for the whole cruise, so you could only really see his show once. We tried seeing him at the larger Oasis theatre, but the show was the same jokes, which was disappointing. Perhaps for the volume of customers you could have two comedians with an early family friendly show and a later adult show and rotate comedians part way through the cruise when stopping in ports. Our cruise stopped at 4 places and at three of these ports there were other Royal Caribbean ships docked that comedians could be swapped out from. This would be a great improvement to the comedy element of RC cruises.

The next suggestion is to have a retro night club, not a modern disco, but something from the 'on the town' type films of the 40's & 50's where there are drinks, music and a short show with singing and dancing. You have the Dazzle bar which is a great venue, but is under utilized and you have the dancers from the Oasis theatre. I can't think of a movie at the moment, but you've seen them, a black and white film where people go from club to club and there is a show with showgirls dancing or telling jokes, an orchestra and bar. You could lift songs from the films - you have the venue, the singers, the musicians and the bar!

My favorite part was the ship was beautiful.  The food was a disappointment in choices and quality after my first cruise.  Service was OK at best.  If this would have been my first cruise, it would have been my only cruise.

One of the most amazing experiences I've ever had  (and I've been a few places worldwide and seen some other amazing things). Our ocean front balcony room provided the perfect intimate setting for me and my hubby. The staff was generous and very helpful. Opportunities for improvement would be centered around the port itinerary. We arrived in the Bahamas at 7am, but most activities did not start til ~10am and we had to be back on the boat by 1:30pm. It was just not enough time. Also, we spent about 30min in line to re-board the boat. The experience in Haiti was much better logistically. I still gave five stars despite the Bahamas itinerary because the Ship, Staff, and Onboard activities superexceeded my expectations. 

As a gluten free person, I did great! Super wait staff. The island was beautiful, the Ice show was cool. It was a great experience. Whole boat was spotless!

Our family had a great time on this cruise. For as big as the ship was, we really didn't have to wait for food or really much of anything. The food was great. We had My time dining, but when I got on the ship I made our reservations for the week. The only problem we encountered was getting back on the ship in Nassua and the aqua show and skating shows were canceled every night. 

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Have been on several RC ships and this dining room food was not as good.  Over cooked....Chops was much better......Also, very disappointed on getting off ship at Port Canaveral.  Took an hour to get off. The line wrapped half around the ship.  They encouraged people to many times to carry there own bags off to be the fastest,  which to many people did.

Great ship, huge, but very nice.  Service was ok.  Food quality was disappointing.  Almost have to go to specialty restaurant to get decent food.  Which is sad.  

The ship is awesome and the experience onboard is second to none. The only issues were the disembarking process. Very long lines and seemed there was plenty of room for additional lines if staffing had been made available. The photo lab could not deliver our pictures before we disembarked which was unfortunate. We were initially promised the photos at a set time this changed a couple of times before we were told the lab would be unable to complete our order. My wife was very disappointed!! The services and facilities were great however the photo issues were disappointing and prevent us from having additional photos of our cruise.

Greatest Cruise Ever !!!! Will be booking next cruise soon. Oasis is the biggest ship we ever sailed on. Great food, shows, entertainment, fun, family , friendly staff, my room attendent was the best "Joel on the 11 deck.

Dining room food was above average, but specialty restaurants were disappointing.  Customer service staff was very helpful, but food service staff at morning dining room was at times disconnected, i.e., standing around rather than serving coffee or bakery. Professional entertainment was very good, but "Cats" was disappointing.

It took a long time to board the ship when we arrived around noon the line was very long. There was no line for Crown and Anchor members till you were inside past security. Once we got to our cabin the carpets were soaked from shampooing I guess something happened on the last cruise because there was a funny smell also. All around the ship it seemed you had to wait online for everything just to many people. I will look for a smaller more personal ship next time.