Oasis of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Reviews

I've cruised on many cruise lines. Some are good, some not so good. Royal Caribbean with their Oasis of the Seas is great, not just good.

For those who are fans of good food, RCI is your first choice for broad choices in dining. Every meal was amazing. Some meals were so amazing, I called on the kitchen staff to compliment them.

Service across the board was spectacular. The staff on board treated everyone like they were special and we felt it.

I'm not a fan of huge ships (and this one really took the cake on that), but the processes they had in place for moving the people were efficient (except in one port - took quite a while to get through security). Areas not related to security didn't have much of an impact due to the huge ship passenger population. In fact, the overall feel was of a smaller ship.

One hidden gem on the ship: The Solarium Bistro. We enjoyed breakfast, lunch and some dinner there without any crowds. They have a Mediterranean fare and it works well in this location. 

As soon as I returned home, I looked up locations and pricing for future Royal Caribbean cruises. That's a good sign, indeed!

My favorite part of the cruise is the central park.  I love the flow rider and the all the shows. I wish I had a suite. Didn't expect to meet so many great people. Staffs members are very nice even though most of them don't speak good English,  but they go above and beyond to make sure it's the best vacation you ever have. 

Overall we had a great experience. Nice friendly staff, clean and well maintained cruise ship, plenty to do for the us and our two girls.

The only two complaints we had were that we paid for a beach and water park excursion at our 3rd and final port, Cozumel Mexico. The beach was fine but the water park was closed and our kids are to small for the ocean water park, no one told us this. This was very misleading and we did not get our monies worth. Since the excursion is part of the overall package offerings we definitely felt cheated. 

The food was average not as good as our previous Royal Caribbean cruise.

The food was awful. The temperature of the food was below room temperature. The variety of food was poor and food taste was horrible. The tea and lemonade was always sour and not even good once you added sugar. The restaurants were not good as well. Shrimps were so soggy in American icon that my husbabd and I started vomiting. 

Nice ship..food was good. Head waiter was good. Overall worth the money. 

Balcony room with ocean view recommended. Balcony w park or boardwalk view has no privacy.  Shows were good amd quality. Need more live bands. 

portsto visit are not that good labadee beach no good Jamaica beach not clear the best was Cozumel the shows wre booked did not know had to make reservation  could not see any shows

 The entertainment was superior and the ship was beautiful!  Central park was a breath of fresh air on a ship and nice to have with the nature surrounding you in the middle of the ocean.  The restaurant 150 Central Park was quite an enjoyable experience. 

The food was not as good as I've had on other ships such as Carnival. Their selection at the buffet was repetitive. They never had a midnight buffet or extravaganza food for show and Windgammer would be closed much earlier than other ships.. The pizza was terrible and they didn't have real maple syrup, only processed corn syrup. 

My favorite part of the cruise was the shows that were offered. There was always something to do on the Oasis of the Seas. Besides being a beautiful ship it was well maintained. Staff in the Windjammer, our stateroom attendant and our waiters for our night dinner in the Silk Room were very courteous. Loved the band by the swimming pools during the day. This cruise was money well spent!

I consider myself a seasoned cruiser so take my word for it when I say, "This cruise stood out from the rest".  I have chosen most cruises either for destination or because they are a good bargain.  I chose this one for the ship - Oasis of the Seas - and it exceeded my expectations.  I am hard pressed to find something I did not like or would change (with the exception of one of the Ports).  The ship is simply amazing with so much to do and see onboard.  My stateroom overlooking the Boardwalk was spacious and very comfortable, the staff was friendly and helpful and I can't even begin to tell you about the food.  My last two cruises were on another cruise line and I had to use Specialty restaurants almost every night in order to get what is in the main dining room on the Oasis.  I did go to a couple of Specialty restaurants just for the experience though.  150 Central Park was superb!  I highly recommend this cruise.

My family and I had a great experience aboard Oasis of the Seas. The food was top notch! We were delighted to see escargot (which we love) and New York cheesecake on the menu every night. The dining room staff were attentive, polite, and provided personalized service which we found to be outstanding. We enjoyed Cozumel and Jamaica. We found Royal Caribbean's private island (Labadee, Haiti) to be a little artificial and had limited excursions -- we could have done without this stop -- although they made up for it by offering an extensive buffet on the island with salad, jerk shrimp, BBQ ribs and more. The ship is massive and has something for everybody. The comedy show seating was very limited so be sure to book your tickets early. We went on a 7-day trip and we will gladly go on another 7 days to see everything. This is my 11th cruise and no other ship has come even close.

Great specialty restaurants.  Loved Central Park.

The Ship itself was our very favorite part of the cruise.

There is something for everyone to do or do nothing !

Many good restaurants to dine in and great pools on board.

We had a fantastic cruise and love Royal Caribbean !

M. Sinert

   After years of hoping to sail on the Oasis one day, that day finally came. Sadly, all that excitement and anticipation turned to disappointment when it came to the food included in the sailing price. I was shocked to see that they actually had selections on the dining room menu that had a premium charge connected with them. Isn't it enough that most ships now have premium pay restaurants which are supposed to provide an exceptional dining experience. When I first started cruising, 30 years ago, the main dining room provided an exceptional dining experience at every meal. Those days are gone and they must have disappeared in the past 3 years (last time I cruised).

   I was concerned that on such a large ship there would be long lines, difficult embarkation and debarkation but there were few times when you had to wait in lines and they were no longer than on smaller ships. Entertainment remains spectacular with ice skating shows, Cats, Come Fly with Me aerial acrobatics and the Aqua Theaters diving and synchronized swimming show. And there remain many clubs and music venues to chose from. I was disappointed with the TV choices in the stateroom and now you have to pay $11 for a pay per view movie. Very minimal amount of movies shown on the big screen outside.For people with children, this seems like a very good ship to choose. There are Dreamworks character appearances, Dreamworks TV programs, special pool areas for kids and special kids programs. 

   There are some really nice adult only areas too. The solarium area is quieter, more plush and inviting but too warm at times. And Central Park is a great place to enjoy the tranquility of the area as long as blaring music from the main pool area isn't drifting in there.

   Overall, it is a great ship. I guess I just can't get past the fact that if you want to have really good meals on board or juicy thick hamburgers and creamy ice cream, expect to be paying the premium charges for places like Ben & Jerry's, Starbucks, Johnny Rockets or one of the numerous specialty restaurants. Personally, I would rather see the cruise lines charging an extra $250 up front and have all those special things included in the price instead of nickle and diming you to death once on board.

I loved the ship. However, I was not able to see many of the shows onboard. Royal Caribbean has all guest reserve a seat to any show. All the theaters onboard are too small. They can't accommodate all the guest onboard. Royal Caribbean knows this is an issue but does not add additional shows. This practice angers many Royal Caribbean cruisers 

My favorite part of my cruise was when my daughter saw her room and saw that it had her birthday decorations she was over the moon excited to see it as well as the ocean. 

The Suite was the best part of the cruise. There are many cruises that have the same itinerary but few ship with cabins and views like those available on the Oasis of the Seas.

I am looking forward to going on this ship again in March.  All of the crew was very friendly & would visit apart their country.  The ship was a little hard to navigate, I kept getting lost.  We tried several different food options & generally pleased with them.  I do wish they would offer more healthy snack options like carrot sticks.  The only dining options open late were sandwiches or pizza.  Embarkation went pretty smoothly quickly.  The shows were all fantastic.  They only had 2 of the ice shows & we got there too late the first show (with reservations) to get a seat so had to stand.  The ice rink is only available for open skating just 1 day so keep an eye out for it.  We went to the dining room several times (MTD) & were seated pretty quickly.  I would recommend that you 0get a table for 2 as the large table we sat at 1 night took 2 & 1/2 hours.  The Splish Splash show was only scheduled 1 time & that was cancelled for technical difficulties.  We did enjoy the movies in the Aqua Theater.  We had to opportunity to go on a galley tour for $20 each & it was fantastic.  We were served snacks & champagne after the tour.  We also went on a garden tour in Central Park.  I would definitely recommend both tours.  They should be on a Do Not Miss list.  Leaving the ship in port went quickly as long as you remember to have your sea pass card & picture ID.  Running out of ice seemed to be an issue as well as the soda machines were picky & you had to try several times to fill your soda mug.  They didn't seem to have iced tea available until noon.  My friend did not like the piano player but there was so much to do & listen to that we just tried something else.  These issues were so small that they would not keep me from cruising on the ship again. 

I would recommend this cruise to others depending on what they want in a cruise. This ship was way to large and to many people for us.  Everywhere we went it was crowded, the elevators, the pool, the hot-tubs, restaurants, stores, etc.....Getting on and off also was very long lines.  This is something we did not experience in a smaller ship and feel that we both enjoy the smaller ship much better.  The food was good, but not as good as the other cruise line we have been on twice.  Our room was very nice and the bed was very comfortable.  All the service was very good.

We didn't like the additional charges for what appeared to be everything.  There were many other restaurants, but they all cost more just to eat there.  That is just crazy. And an additional $16.95 for a filet mignon when that was included on the other cruises we took.

One annoying item was the fact that they ran out of towels on the pool deck several times, but not only was that annoying, it was more annoying that I waited in a line 30 people deep to get that towel only to find out there were none

by time I got up there.  The attendant said it would be about 15 minutes till there were more towels.  The interesting thing was that there were many towels laying all by themselves on lounge chairs for long periods of time and nobody there to use them.  I don't believe this is right for people to do this!  I never do this, I just deal with finding a chair when I get on deck!

The pools were extremely small and were constantly wall to wall people, people just standing in the water not doing anything but staying wet and cool.  Can't the pools be a little bit bigger?

We did attend the art auction and had previously purchased some small art on the other cruise line, but this auctioneer was extremely obnoxious and rude!  And on several occasions he be-littled people for getting up, he tried to embarrass them or make them feel guilty for leaving.  My sister in law overheard him talking to his assistant a few days later complaining about how bad the art sales were, but said it in a nasty way. 

Another item my husband suggested that there should have been some maps readily available in a printed form or on the daily newspaper that was given to us in the room.  It was hard to find your way around the ship the first few days because it was so large, and I think we never even saw the whole ship during our week.

So, to sum this up, John and I will probably not go on another large cruise ship again.

Cruise was great we love the ship and crew this is our second time on the Oasis we have a vacation planned on the Harmoney next year Royal Carribean is the only way to go.

Loved sitting on the balcony watching the ocean go by and coming in and out of ports.  The food was good.  The shows were entertaining.  Comedy show was really funny.  Come Fly With Me was really good.  The second half of Cats was better than the first.  Cabin comfort was really good. Bed was really comfortable.  Ship was beautiful and amazing.