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    Parking at Port Canaveral Terminal

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    Yup, that's what I thought. I could see an advantage if they offered a discount for

    prepay...but since they don't...why would you want to prepay?

     

     

     

    We prepaid because we were advised the parking garage could get full and we would be directed to park elsewhere. That being said, the parking garage had plenty of space both precruise and post cruise.

     

     

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    Sabor on Oasis pricing/menu

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    Happy hour? Do tell about this happy hour!

     

     

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    Every day from 3pm to 6pm is happy hour at Sabor. You get a margarita and appetizer for $12. (Chips and salsa are free) I highly recommend the bacon wrapped chicken jalepeno bites. The guacamole is great as well. There is a list of different margaritas to choose from as well. Enjoy!

     

     

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    Parking at Port Canaveral Terminal

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    We were on Oasis last month and parked onsite in the parking garage. We dropped our luggage off around 9:15 and then proceeded to park in the garage. We prepaid, and just showed our confirmation email to the attendant. Super easy process. While it does cost more than other parking options, we will always park on site. Also, the photos of the destroyed cars were from the park and ride lot a few miles away. The cars in the parking garage at the terminal were not harmed in any way. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask :)

    Main Dining room Lobster Night ?

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    I'd like to know this as well. This, being our 9th cruise, we're kind of over the MDR, and want to travel light and not worry about getting dressed for a 2 hour dinner. We've enjoyed it at times in the past, but we're looking forward to a "simpler" cruise this time. I've been wondering if the lobster is available in the WindJammer. I'm sure like with anything else, if you make nice with the waitstaff, they'll help you out, but it would be nice to know if it's available without a special request.

     

     

     

    We were on Oasis last month and our lobster night was on Thursday. Friday night they had lobster tails in Windjammer. I'm thinking it was leftovers maybe? It might depend on what they have leftover and when you go to Windjammer, possibly a first come first serve thing? We went about 6:00 that evening.

     

     

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    Oasis Trip Report 8/13-8/20

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    When getting off the ship in the ports and on the tenders, is there a place you can go to line up to wait for debarkation while the ship is docking and being cleared? On Carnival (Triumph, with 3400 passengers on a spring break sailing) we showed up on Deck Zero about 20 minutes before the published time we were told we could start lining up, and hence were the FIRST passengers off, which meant, first on the dock, first to grab a taxi, first riding down the 4 mile pier in to Progreso, Mexico.

     

    It seems even more important to do this on Oasis with almost double the number of passengers on board. I think we may do ship excursions in Labadee so not as worried there but in San Juan especially would like to get off and in a taxi fast to visit the area my husband wants to see.

     

     

     

    There was somewhat of a line each day when we disembarked but no more than a 5-10 minute wait. They disembark from two different points. I will say, I got confused because in the elevators they tell you to press the star button to go to the deck to disembark. That was level 3, but there was a button for deck three too. We didn't get off and then had a ride to deck 16, and then stopping on each floor. They keep the lines moving very well so there really is no long waits. Just make sure you keep your seapass card out for quick scanning

     

     

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    Oasis Trip Report 8/13-8/20

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    On your day at Labadee , when you returned to the ship for lunch at WJ , did they serve the same BBQ type menu as was being served on the island ?

     

     

     

    I don't think so. They had the whole hamburger hot dog bar everyday at lunchtime (and I think dinner too) but they had a turkey carving station along with other types of food. I saw a lot of Asian type dishes, steamed fish, steak and many veggie dishes.

     

     

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    Oasis Trip Report 8/13-8/20

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    Saturday- Sea Day

     

    This was basically a day where we bought our photos, went to the Boardwalk farewell party, ate a lot, watched the Splish Splash show and packed. We also attended the adult comedy show in the opal theatre. We did attend the Adult comedy show earlier in the week and they stated they wouldn't be telling the same jokes. The comedians were great!

     

    Sunday Morning- Disembarkation

     

    We had luggage number 20. We ate breakfast at Park Cafe before getting off the boat. I wasn't too excited about this as I assumed it would take awhile to get off the ship. We were called off around 8:30, grabbed our luggage, went thru customs and was in our car and on the road at 8:50! Cannot beat that! By far the smoothest transition it could have been!

     

    This trip definitely ranked as the #1 trip we have ever had. We are already planning another trip for next year with our kids.

     

    If anyone has any questions feel free to ask!!!!

     

     

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    Oasis Trip Report 8/13-8/20

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    Friday- Labadee

     

    This was our favorite day of the trip! The weather was great and I enjoyed relaxing on the beach for the day with some Cocolocos! This day was our actual 10 year anniversary and we had a great time. We ate breakfast at Johnny Rockets before we got off the ship. Breakfast from JR is really good, I'd recommend it over MDR for sure. We then headed toward the beach. I will advise water shoes for Labadee. Very very rocky. We purchased two of the full face snorkel masks off of Amazon and snorkeled for awhile. Saw a few fish and sea urchins but the water was more cloudy than we thought it would be. Another suggestion is to bring your own float. There were many who rented floats but more that brought their own. We didn't use floats but many did! We did not eat on the island and ended up going back and going to Windjammer for lunch. The buffet line on the island was long and we just weren't that hungry at the time. We went to the Quest game show which is not to be missed! The show started at 10:30 and we went around 9:45 to get a seat and there was a LONG line. So I'd advise to go early if you want in. There was standing room only by 10:15.

     

     

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    Oasis Trip Report 8/13-8/20

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    Thursday- San Juan

     

    Woke up to horrible weather. Rain and thunderstorms. Our original plan was to walk to one of the forts. We decided to try the MDR for breakfast. This was the longest meal of the week and honestly the food wasn't that great. I got Eggs Benedict and they were cold. We were in the dining room for an hr and a half. We decided we'd walk off the boat and see if we could find a place to buy a few souvenirs. There was a Walgreens right across from the ship that we (along with half of the ship) decided to go shopping at. It was so crowded in there. There were many people trying to sell tours but it was so nasty out we did some shopping and went back to the ship. We were set to leave around two and of course at that point the sun decided to appear. We went to the Sun Deck on 14 to take photos as we were leaving. It was quite a popular place to be. A funny from the trip happened at this point. There was a couple who were playing music (quite loudly) from their phones. Most music was not in English. Then all the sudden as we started to sail away they started blasting the Celine Dion song from Titanic. I couldn't stop laughing. It just seemed like such a silly song to be playing on a ship of all places. After that song, they went back to the non English songs. We got some great photos of the forts upon leaving so hubby was happy. This was the second formal night (lobster night) and it was delicious!

     

     

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    Oasis Trip Report 8/13-8/20

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    Wednesday- St Maarten

     

    We purchased the Sea Trek excursion thru RC before the cruise. This is the underwater helmet dive excursion. We had to meet right off the boat at 9:30am. It was lightly raining and pretty cloudy out. The weather did not look promising. By the time we signed our release forms, the sun had come out! We made our way over to the boat to take us to the dive. It wasn't a far walk at all and I think it's the same place you catch the water taxi from. We then headed over to the floating hut to do our dive. There were probably 30 people in our group and they separated us into two groups. We were in the second group so we were able to snorkel while the first group went down. They provide their own equipment to those who choose to snorkel. Also, you need water shoes for this excursion and they provided those as well if you didn't bring your own. We snorkeled for awhile (my first time) and then it was time for us to do our dive. You go down about a 20 foot ladder (you are helped down) and then walk along a guided path underwater. It took us about 20 minutes. It was by far the coolest thing I've ever done! You are able to take an underwater camera with you if you'd like but the excursion also takes photos which you are able to purchase after the dive. I was a little sketchy on doing this. I wasn't exactly sure how I'd feel being under the water with no way up. I was fine. The helmets weigh 75 pounds but once under only 15. I was afraid I'd be the one whose helmet filled up with water but as long as you stand straight no water enters. Once we were done with our dive, we were offered rum punch (complementary and very good). They show the photos they took underwater on a TV. The photos are put on a Flash drive and sold for $35. You will get all photos of your group, so you have a bunch with strangers. They also have a ton of beautiful stock photos on the drive. The photos included each of us holding a sea urchin, a photo of both of us once we got to the bottom, a photo behind prison bars and various photos of us with fish. We then headed back towards the boat. We were given the option to get off at the boat or stay on and they offered to take us to the city. It started raining again so we opted to just shop around the boat for awhile. We took some photos and shopped for awhile and headed back on the ship. We decided to use our Johnny Rockets meal and went down. They were supposed to open at 2pm that day, and we were there around 1:50-1:55. There were several people in there already. We walked up and were told they didn't open until two. So we said that was fine and stood there to wait. Others walked in behind us and they were seated. So we asked again, and they stated they were only seating inside and we'd have to wait until someone got up. They hadn't even started cooking yet apparently so it was going to be awhile. We ended up going back to the room and ordering room service. The Love and Marriage show was this evening and was hilarious! We did the norm of casino/dinner/walking around for the reminder of the evening.

     

    Next stop- San Juan

     

     

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    Oasis Trip Report 8/13-8/20

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    I know there is an ATM in the casino but do you know what the charge is to use it? Also can you get cash from your onboard account for the casino? I hate to carry around too much cash.

    Thanks.

     

     

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    I'm not sure about ATM fees. We never used it. To be honest I didn't see ATMs in the Casino, I only saw them outside On Air in the Promenade. So if anyone is searching and can't find them in the casino they are definitely outside On Air. We didn't withdraw cash from our onboard account either, but I think I've read somewhere they charge a 5% fee. Sorry I couldn't be more help!

     

     

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    Oasis Trip Report 8/13-8/20

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    Monday/Tuesday were two sea days. We did sea day things, pool, ate, pool, ate....... watched the sexiest man comp and belly flop contest from our balcony. I confused myself and missed the meet and mingle.... for some reason I thought it was sea day 2, not day 2. We are in the MDR these two nights. We actually had the same table and servers each evening. Not sure if it was because we made our reservations at the same time each night or what. We also spent time in the casino each evening. I just play the penny slots and won back what my husband lost!

     

     

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    Oasis Trip Report 8/13-8/20

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    Something I forgot...... we had MTD and reserved a time before boarding. Since we decided to do FNDR we decided not to go to MTD. I wanted to let the dining room know so we wouldn't mess up our reservations for the remainder of the week. We went down and there was a line and a RC crew member asked us what we needed. We stated we just needed to cancel our reservation. They told us it was not necessary and anytime during the week to just let the reservation to run out if it was not needed.

     

     

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    1st Timers on Oasis - Best Cabin Location

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    Scooters are not allowed to be parked in hallways. They are a safety hazard and can block the hallways for others, such as those in a wheelchair. People do park them there, but can and will be told to move them. So, to OP don't get a regular cabin and plan to leave scooter in hallway.

     

     

     

    Good to know! I kinda wondered about that, even the room stewards wouldn't have room to get their carts by. But there were two scooters out in the hallway most of the week.....

     

     

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