Ovation of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Tips

Take your own bottled water and remember a small clothes line to wash out your smalls

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Walk around and get your bearings. You don't need to do everything to have a great trip.

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One step under the Oasis ships. Enjoyed Sorrento's

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Sail with Norwegian instead.

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Weather in Alaska in May is mix of winter and spring...plan accordingly!

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Prepare for the weather and don't let it bother you. You are in Alaska!!!!

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Be patient if boarding at Vancouver. Be open minded and kind to the staff who all go above and beyond to try to make this a memorable trip for us.

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Eat at the pub...the food is excellent and cheap for the high quality...especially the burgers.

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If you sail in a suite (Grand or higher), go to the suite lounge. Free drinks in the lounge from 5pm-8pm every night plus the lounge has amazing views of the aft. Also a quite place to play card games, just sit, or hangout in.

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It's a large ship. Plan your activities and don't be a cabin rat

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Review the offered items well. Make sure you know where all the food is

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Don’t book shore excursions: too expensive and not worth the price; public transportation with hard seats side placed(backs towards the window) buses instead of soft cushioned front oriented motor coach’s seats. we couldn’t see the Victoria city scenery .

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Go on airplane mode and enjoy the moments. Try something new with activities, food, and entertainment.

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Getting off the ship is very disorganized. Huge line starting at one end of the ship on deck 4 and then going around the casino from one end to the other on deck 3. Then down the steps out. Only one doorway was being used to get off with 5000 people. Get in line 45min early if you have something scheduled. The port coming in is crazy being dropped off in between the ships. Lots of confusion there also. You can make an early flight out just make sure you carry your luggage off and get in line at 5:45 am. We were at our gate in 1 hour. Also do not do the sky-lift in Juneau unless you have plenty of time. We got to the top and I had to get right back into the 45min line to get back down. They should make you aware of the line up there to get down. You can easily miss your ship doing this.

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Purchase the drink package, drinks were $14 without.

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Make sure you know the location of your room exactly !!!

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There are many nooks and crannies with interesting things. Be sure to explore the ship.

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DO NOT BRING KIDS UNDER 6!!!

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Only complaint I had was there was no coffee in the room other than instant coffee. If I would have known I probably would have brought a french press. They did have an electric kettle which would have worked because the starbucks was crazy expensive. Other thing is keep your drink in your hand, I was at the pool and turned around to get my shoes, my drink was with my towel and in the amount of time it took me to put my shoes on while I was standing there, they came and took a full drink. After paying so much I was def upset, I wish they would have asked seeing as I was right there, so keep it in your hand if you want it.

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If you want to roller skate, be sure to book a reservation as soon as you are onboard. It was only offered on Day 3 and sold out quickly. If you want to participate in a first-come, first-serve activity (like bumper cars, 3 on 3 basketball, archery, etc), arrive at the SeaPlex 30 mins beforehand.

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