CanadaRob

Travelled with two wheelchair people on Oasis Feb 19, they booked the aqua theater show  like anyone else, lots of seating at the top , sometimes people will stand there as well, but will move, if wheelchairs present

At night in CP there is very little activity outside of the guitar player or keyboard, actually quite nice to sit out and listen to it. Nothing like the aqua theatre show, but during the day, if you’re a day napper, it’s tough with the noise from the pool deck 

16 minutes ago, Jasukkie said:

It depends who I'm cruising with. 

 

If I'm with someone new to cruising or young, Oasis class. 

All-around, Anthem is a solid choice.

Just me or with frequent cruisers who don't need the bells and whistles, Radiance class. The outside Windjammer is a huge plus for me. 

I'm more focused on itinerary and price though. 

Love this ^^^^^^^^^
 

agree!  The old ladies are so nice, hard to get new cruisers excited unless it’s super port intensive

22 minutes ago, DyanaT said:

Heading to Alaska but kids are obsessed with Flowrider from previous WARM cruises… have any Alaska cruisers actually seen people using it? I peeked at the Daily Activities and it’s open… but geez it must be cold. Maybe a wetsuit? 🤷‍♀️

Yup, Alaska last August, friends kids 10 and 12 used it everyday, no wetsuits.  Temps were in the teens in Celsius

Wife Anthem

Me jewel

2nd would be any Quantum class

Also agree with an intermediate class, quick google search does not yield any real results. With Utopia in the pipeline, the opportunity to downscale is a project planning cycle away.  How long is that? 3 years? 5 years? If there is a pivot, it is not anytime soon 

11 hours ago, ramja96 said:

So I have to buy a package to get my diamond "reward"??? That doesn't sound like much of a reward. 

No, you can just use your 24 hours, no purchase required

15 hours ago, dleahy4444 said:

It seems that most of the posts about the quality of the food since the new menus seem to indicate that the quality has gone down, but of course that is subjective. Considering that I’m committed to an upcoming cruise and cancelling isn’t an option, I’m hoping that the food isn’t as bad as it seems. Anyone enjoying the new menu on the Oasis? 

Got off Oasis, 2weeks agp, ate in the MDR every night except last one, food was as good as my previous October Odyssey sailing. The deal for us is is we both can’t see something we want we don’t go, hence the last night, wife didn’t see anything that she would want, I felt pretty similar.  Had salmon a couple of times, pasta(I don’t eat pasta at home).  Generally food was good, our service was not, so I can’t blame a lukewarm entree on the kitchen when we waited 20-30minutes for them sometimes.

2 hours ago, elizabethbp said:

I will be on the Oasis in July and have been to Nassau before but cannot recall if RCCL has any one to assist when get off the ship to take you to the place where you can get taxis. Does anyone know?    

 

I have never been on a ship that docked in Cape Canaveral.   We intend to take the bus to Disney.   Will this be an issue for me getting to it?

 

 Any help is appreciated.

 

Thank you.

If significant mobility issues would check curb free with Cory Lee, is a cruiser who does different cruise lines in awheel chair also may be good to ask on wheel the world FB group

9 hours ago, ahahn078 said:

You can order everything at once. In fact, the servers want you too, at least based on my experience on the Anthem.

Oasis at end of Feb, we wanted to try/share a 2nd entree and  they said sure but it’ll come out after your others. We said, what? Just bring it we want to try it, they again said no, the station manager came and explained that this is the norm, now, I questioned this, but also noted, this was my first cruise since the menu rolled out.   It came up again, when my wife requested the lobster tail with xx and was told again yup they will come out at separate times, after questioning it again, they brought it out together which was worse since we were told no,  this is the new policy and then they did it anyway 

1 hour ago, pasodancer said:

Banana Chocolate Smoothie!

Tell me more-these are 2 of my favourite things

2 hours ago, teddybear231 said:

South Beach is much quieter, but that's because it is a bit of a distance. We thought we could walk but wound up hopping on the tram.

 

I think Breezy Bay at Chill Island is a great location, right by the pool and food stands and not too far from the pier.

Did walk it last time and we were late getting off(i guess?) S/beach was packed so , hiked back, got my steps in and sweat on which led to the water being even better when I finally found a spot at Chill

I always prepay, its converted to CAD pre cruise, done and paid before I get on, less on my account to account for  

No cons,

changing rooms? No big deal, still on vacay

same ports? Find something else to do or if Cococay stay on or go to the Oasis lagoon

Same issue for us, usually spend 2weeks min at location because of flight costs.

11 minutes ago, BirdTravels said:

I personally would never spend the money on a Park or Boardwalk balcony. I would save my money because I will not use the balcony and the blinds will be drawn to avoid peeping people. 

So you vote for the inside CP view? Would you do that over a regular OV?

I would take the Balcony, even if it is a neighborhood balcony

4 hours ago, DallasGuy75219 said:

The app is showing the new menu for my Oasis cruise in 2 weeks. 

Which week are you on? We are on Feb19

8 hours ago, CruisingNole said:

No, Royal has definitely had an across the board decline. Without a doubt.

Hmm I guess I haven’t seen it, 9night Odyssey in Oct was pretty much exactly like the last 4 years on any other ship, I’ll see what Oasis holds 8n a couple of weeks, loved Jewel the last time too, but that was afew years back

Have used CBS-cocoa beach shuttle for round trip shuttle last time and were solid. 

On 11/20/2022 at 12:00 PM, davekathy said:

RC entertainment staff needs to realize not all 70's music was disco. 👎👎 There was a lot of other good music produced in the 70's.

Hmm, disagree that if you want a dance party with the 70s featured it is disco.  80s would be all the electro stuff, which was danceable.  I wasn’t dancing 8n the 90s so not sure what that would be.

On 12/14/2022 at 9:20 AM, The Fun Researcher said:

Thanks for all the replies!  Sounds like 270, the solarium, and the outdoor seating at the Windjammer are consistent winners.  Can't wait to try them! (and Northstar, and iFly, and... 😊 )

 

I know what makes 270 so cool, but is there something about the Solarium that makes it special versus those on Oasis class?  I do love the Solarium on the Oasis class so if it's as least as good as the we'll be happy clams.

To be clear, the Quantum Ultra classes, (Odyssey and Spectrum)do not have the outdoor WJ area

But yes, another vote for the solarium

4 hours ago, etravel said:

George...I'm pretty sure we are leaning that way! So for Naples is there an excursion or excursions you prefer? We are thinking about the Capri and the Amalfi Coast..looks nice! The couple we are going with have been to Pompeii so I don't know that we will do that although I'm sure it's amazing..Then there is also Sorrento & Amalfi Coast do you prefer Capri or Sorrento? 

I would say Herculaneum is a must, can find Pompeii Herculaneum combo normally, Herculaneum much better preserved in some areas than Pompeii 

much smaller, former beach/resort town for the Roman emperors etc

OUTDOOR w/jammer seating, 

11 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Odyssey isn't much of a winter ship.

 

Send Quantum back😉

Seriously send over Ovation/Anthem/Quantum and let the Asian market keep Spectrum and send them a 3 month Odyssey sampling

I would/will miss the twice daily, I like to cruise and feel like a king(like the rich folks) this is another one of those little things, that is value added to me.   It makes cruising Royal no different than most hotels in the world, so what's the big deal?  If the product is so much like a land product, maybe charge for everything more in line with similar mainline/not high end land products.   Would it stop me cruising? Not in and of itself, but still not a fan, Royal will do what its gotta do for their business projections,