Oasis of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Reviews

My sister and I just returned from 7 days Eastern Caribbean on the Oasis of the Seas. Let me just start my saying we are from south Florida and should have known better than to book a cruise for October. I honestly would steer clear of October since it is very rainy even in the Caribbean. We had 2 1/2 days of SUN out of 7 but the ship made up for that. The ship is hands down amazing. The best show on the ship is Come Fly With Me!!! Then the ice skating show and then the Oasis of Dreams show which is a spectacular water show. AMAZING! I promise you these shows will make you feel like you are watching Olympic type professionals. They did a fine job. The food was delicious every where you went. Wind Jammer was nice and had a lot of variety. My only complaint is the service in the Park café for lunch is horrible. The servers were not nice and not helpful at all. They ran out of chips and when you asked questions you got attitude. Everyone else on board greeted you with a smile and were pleasant. My one complaint with Royal is that they close the windjammer to early between lunch and dinner. They closed for lunch at 3:30pm and the only place open for a meal was the Hot Dog stand and Park café. These are complimentary places to eat unless you pay to eat somewhere else. I found that to be an inconvenience because everyone crowded in like cattle to Park café for salad, soup, and sandwiches which by the way the roast beef sandwich was superb!!! Additional advice if you are using your debit card you will have a plethora of holds on your card. Say you bought something for $20.00 they hold $60.00! it makes no sense to me, but it is a lesson learned and we will put cash on our seapass account next time. Oh and if you are going to St. Maarteen be prepared to get bombarded on the beach with woman every 1 min asking you to buy stuff. They do not care if your eyes are closed and you are relaxing, they keep asking!!! I understand that may be there source of income but if I said no politely 10x then why ask again. Royal may want to consider stopping to them as the second trip rather than the last, as many items they were selling many ppl purchased in St. Thomas ( hats, shirts, bags, etc). I do try and support every island so we ate and drank while we were there :). St Thomas is a beautiful island and our tour guide Gwenneth was the BEST and she took us around for 3 1/2 hours for $25.00 can not beat that!!! she took us everywhere to every nook and crennie on the island.

We loved this cruise. The ship was huge! So many activities to choose from. Food was amazing. Service was impeccable. Always knew what to do and where to go. The staff was always friendly and went out of their way to make sure our experience was above expectation. 

Wonderful time on the Oasis of the Seas. Loved our family dinners in the main dining room with Ronnie as our server. He made each night very enjoyable. Only downfall was our dinner at Giovanni's. Service was very rushed. Atmosphere is cozy but very loud. Food was OK, nothing special. Do not feel it was worth the extra money.

Limited shore excursions were of moderate quality.  While not a fault of RC, traffic congestion made land tours unpleasant, what with delays and vehicle fumes.

Exceptonal service. Excellent Food. Variety of restaurants. Many activities to choose from. Alot of programs for children. The wait staff provided excellent service in the dining room. The rooms were kept cleaned every day b y the room attendants.

The ship was very  lively and the staff worked hand on hand to attend to 

the needs of each and every guest.  The dining hall  staff are a wonderful crew

of people.

My favorite part of the cruise was when we got off the ship in St Marten, we road 4 wheelers around the island. What I didn't like about Oasis of the seas,

You have to pay for popcorn (really), you have to pay for all the specialty restaurant, like 42.00 per person for one restaurant in particular and it's the same steak you get at dinner at night IN THE DINING ROOM, no rib eyes  steak or new York strip, a daiquiri is $11.00, carnival $6/7, . There are no iron on board except for you have to pay for someone to iron your clothes. I hate the fact that you had to make reservation to see the shows. I hated that oasis of the seas allow cruiser to make reservation in advance before they got on the ship. So when you tried to make reservation when you got on the ship, all shows were sold out. When you spend your hard earn money to enjoy all that the ship has to offer you find high prices and sold out show. I brought 4 other couples along with me. Everyone of them STATED THAT THIS WAS A SENIOR CITIZEN  SLOW CRUISE AND DIDNOT WANT TO COME BACK TO  ROYAL CARRIBBEAN. THE SHIP PLAYED WALMART MUSIC. WE WERE LOOKING FOR CARIBBEAN MUSIC. PLEASE PASS THIS REVIEW TO ROYAL CAARIBBEAN AND TELL THEM OUR GROUP FROM NOW ON IS CARNIVAL BOUND FROM NOW ON.

This ship is amazing!  With over 6,000 passengers and 2,000 crew you would think it would feel crowded, but it doesn't.  If a show is getting out or an event is taking place obviously it gets a little crowded, but overall, so much space to roam.  We took our adult children on this cruise as a Christmas present and the week together was magical!  Time to do things together and apart.

The boat is clean and the crew is super friendly!  Couldn't be more pleased! We used the luggage valet to the airport.  For only $25 per person, once you put it in the hallway the last night, you don't see it again until you arrive at your home airport!

The main dining room service was exceptional. Also there are so much activites to do on the both you will never be bored. The shows are top notch, best i have ever experienced at sea. 

Island stops were great although we had an issue with beach loungers on the island of ladadee Haiti ( couldn't wade out into water due to too many rocks on the bottom and I'm currently working on issue with royal Caribbean) everything Else was great so much to do and see well worth it

I have some suggestions:

1) I would suggest upgrading their mattresses to Tempur-pedic or the like, and their pillows as well.  The bed was not at all comfortable, and I was immediately missing my own bed and my goose-down feathered pillows, which made me, enjoy the cruise less.  With a foam mattress, there would be no seam between the two twin beds pushed together for one king size.  The current mattresses, pushed together, are terribly uncomfortable with the two edges pushed together.  The stateroom should be supremely comfortable.  When a person is well rested from a good night's sleep they're apt to do more, spend more etc. on board, rather than trying to recover from a night of tossing and turning due to an uncomfortable bed and thin, flat pillows.

2) When you have purchased the Deluxe Beverage Package, bottled water in your stateroom ought to be included, not extra.  Also, the Deluxe Beverage Package ought to be all inclusive, not up to $12, which negates the idea of a Deluxe Package.  It's irritating to find that you've paid for an all-inclusive beverage package, only to find out that it is not all inclusive, nor is it unlimited.  I was told I could only get one bottle of water at a time and the only size available was a 16 oz. bottle.  I drink at least 64 oz. of water a day and having to purchase a 12-bottle case of 1 liter bottles of Evian, in addition to the Deluxe Beverage package angered and annoyed me.  It's bad form, it's not good customer service and all together a shabby way to get more money out of passengers.  If increasing the cost of the Deluxe Beverage Package translates to bottle water in the stateroom, more than one bottle at a time, a variety of sizes, and all inclusive, beyond the $12 limit for alcoholic beverages, then I'll pay it.  It's more honest.  Offer different levels of beverage packages if you must, but a Deluxe or Ultimate Beverage Package should be just that.  It's shabby of RC to charge me for a package and then tell me I still have to pay for more once on board.

3) The 'My Reservations' feature on board via the television should update with new reservations for restaurants, shows, excursions, activities, etc.  It serves little purpose when you are unable to see what you've scheduled all in one place.

4) When you make a reservation for an activity / excursion, on board or ashore respectively, you should receive a confirmation message via the television 'emails'.

5) In this day and age of rapid technological communications advances, Royal Caribbean should have an app (whether it uses the Internet or RC's own Intranet) where the passenger can see on their mobile device, deck maps and directories.  For instance, if a passenger is in their stateroom, on deck 14, and they want to go to a particular shop on the Royal Promenade, they could look it up on the directory (in the app) and then get walking directions for how to get there (like google maps), from their current location.  Or if there is an on board activity the passenger is signed up for, they would get an alert from the app on their mobile device alerting them it's about to commence, like a 15 minute warning.  The app could even include an immediate customer survey after the activity/show/whatever, asking the passenger to rate their experience and would they recommend to others, etc...

6) For all the merchandising and commercial products available, why not sell things that are exclusively Royal Caribbean experience related, for example, the different salts that are presented at 150 Central Park (which by the way - was EXCEPTIONAL!!!).  RC could sell the salts in their gift shop.  When you experience something like that, you want to be able to replicate that experience at home afterwards.  It reminds you of the excellence you experienced on your cruise and instills the idea that you'd like to take that cruise again to enjoy those things again.  I would also suggest they sell those shrimp crisps in the shops too.  They were yummy.

This was a great cruise to get away for a week.  The weather was favorable, the stops were fine and RCL's Oasis of the Seas was very nice.  It's amazing all of the amenities that can be put on a cruise ship.  I was very pleased with and how well we were taken care of by ALICIA UPEGUI.

The ship is absolutely beautiful!  It is also immaculately clean.  We had a balcony cabin midship on the 10th deck.   Unlike other cruise ships we've been on, our cabin had very little storage areas.  There wasn't even an over the bed storage 

cabinet. There were only a couple of drawers to hold our clothes, and the bathroom shower was very small.  In order to dry off without hitting the glass doors,

you needed to step outside the shower.  The balcony was also very small and we 

were disappointed that they provided you only with a chair and no lounge chair or at least an ottoman to put you legs up.  

The food in Central Park 150 and the service was wonderful!   The food in American Icon was also very good and the service was excellent!  The food in the Windjammer left a lot to be desired.  (Myself and my husband have really loved the food on every other cruise ship that we've been on.)  First of all, there wasn't an omelet/egg station, something that we really missed.  There was no pizza bar, and there wasn't a pasta station which we also really enjoy.   The food that they did offer was okay and the servers were good.

One last thing, the Oasis of the Seas had a most wonderful smell throughout the 

whole ship.  It was extremely pleasant up until the very last day.  The air must have been infused with the aroma, however on the last day, the ship had an unpleasant smell.  The smell of an old ship, probably.  Our cabin attendant was wonderful, very

pleasant, and will to be of help.   The shows on the ship were very good and experiencing "Central Park" and "The Boardwalk" was something to really appreciate.  The casino was very nice and the the people that worked there

were helpful and pleasant.  So all in all, the ship was good, however, I wouldn't recommend it to someone that hasn't cruised before, however if you want to experience Central Park and the Boardwalk, it would be worth trying the Oasis.

I just feel that because of the age of the ship and the last time that it was refurbished, they could have done a better job of bringing the ship "more up

to date."  

everything, food, service  crew, room attendant, diner waiter.  the ship is beautiful. central park is wonderful. the trees and the flowers are all real. 

The Oasis of the Seas is a fabulous ship. Our loft suite met all of our expectations. Suite class is the only way to cruise. The perks are well worth the cost. The staff of this ship really made our vacation. Friendly, professional and great at what they do. And how do they remember all the guests names? There was more to do than you could fit into 7 days. My only complaint was the airline reservation process. I booked our cruise far in advance and the flights were changed, we were given the wrong information and then changed again. It took me 12 hours of phone calls to get our departing flights corrected and confirmed. I blame this equally on Hilton Honors and , their representative. I understand that Royal Caribbean books the flights, but they were not who I was working with. My suggestion would be to book your own airfare. Otherwise, book that suite and sail away into paradise.

had a good time, ship is very big and an a lot to do. this will be the last time on a Oasis class ship, going back down to Freedom class. didn't like the need to pick shows 3 months in advance. only a 90 seat comedy club on a ship with 6,000. sometimes had to wait to eat. but happy I went to have the experience of the big ship, very smooth at sea. 

The captain skirted Huricaine Matthew and the weather was great! Ports of call were beautiful. Food was good too. We mostly ate at the Windjammer buffet. Free shows especially the ice show were wonderful. All crew were professional and helpful. The captain gave us daily weather updates on the in room TV. Would recommend the luggage valet service for only $25 per bag. You sit your bags out the night before you depart and you don't see them again until you pick them up at your destination airport.

Very disappointed in the staff was not friendly never smile or not attentive food had not flavor. The ship was nice but way to big would not sail with Royal again this ship is for people who has lots of money the dollar you to death.

Wish the wheelchair I requested was in my room when I got there and it was very frustrating not to be able to take the chair off to the destinations. Also, I was promised by the person I booked the cruise with that there would be an anniversary "surprise" waiting for us when we got to our room and there was not. Also, we were told we would have a certain onboard credit of a certain dollar amount and it was much less. Overall, the crew was great and the ship was beautiful.

First time on the Oasis and probably our last.  Had several small issues but enough to make our time in the Customer Service line a real pain.  Had a beautiful room overlooking Central Park but all we could see was the top of trees.  Dinner at Chops was great, well worth the extra expense.

We like the idea of sitting with the same people nightly for dinner.  We had dinner reservations nightly and that was chaos.  Each line, with and without reservations, was pretty long.  Bad thing is people were walking by the table throughout the meal.

The noise on the ship was amazing.  I'm sure there were places to sit and have a relaxing drink but we didn't find them.