Live...Live....Live from the Oasis 8/28/10 with Merion Mom

[ladylawyer]

Carol, remind me not to book a BW or CP balcony, only book an ocean Balcony, so glad I did:D

 

Thanks again for all the pictures:cool:

 

Lorna, I need to talk to you;)

 

Carol:)

 

Carol, I should be around all weekend, if you can wait. Otherwise, I'll email you with my cell number.

[flames]

Carol, I should be around all weekend, if you can wait. Otherwise, I'll email you with my cell number.

 

Lorna, it can wait tell next week, I am going away this weekend, I think I have your cell number but I will call you at home next week one evening:)

 

Carol:)

[amethyst365]

And those guys CAN wear speedos! :D

 

woohooo!!! thankyou so much for the aqua pics!!! yyayyayaya. hi ya Jesse :)

he is on the left of the main pic just walking in - oops- must be the last diver to dive...:) and yes thats him diving! woohoo thanks so much, he comes home in 4 wks yahhoo then back on again april.....

 

love your pics - we have been looking forward to them! thankyou:)

 

ps oh and yes they r all VERY fit:D

[amethyst365]

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WOW you got lots of action pics for me!!!! THANKYOU!!!!!!:D:D

[RenieRaider]

Thanks for the photos carol!

I am so excited!

[Merion_Mom]

The famous Laundry Lady:

 

Yes, hundreds of people can see your balcony - it's on the BOARDWALK!!!!!! (and right next to the Concierge Lounge)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EVERY day there was new underwear hanging there! :eek:

 

Brace yourselves............here is another day. She was quite relentless:

 

[Merion_Mom]

We were invited to tour the Bridge. If you have been on a Bridge Tour on a Sovereign class ship, and then on a Voyager class ship, you know what a shock it is to see a MUCH larger Bridge.

 

Well, as you may expect, the Oasis' bridge is ENORMOUS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Merion_Mom]

You can see how many souls were on board the 8/28/10 sailing:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Merion_Mom]

Window washers - the bridge staff must be able to see!!!!!

 



 

 

 

 



 

 

The Bridge overlooks the helipad, which is inaccessible to passengers on the Oasis, unlike other ships. We were invited to a Champagne Sailaway Party on the helipad one afternoon. Dirtgirl and IBookHePays were there, too!!!

 



 

 

 

We could see Freedom in the distance. (I used the 10x zoom on my camera to get this picture)

 



 

 

 

 

Make no mistake. They are watching you!

 



 

 

 

 

[Merion_Mom]

The famous beer cooler package:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was walking past the Cupcake Cupboard one day while Alexandra was giving a cupcake making class. She said that I could take some pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

Formal Night Food Porn.

 

Fisherman's Platter:

 

 

 

 

 

Lorna's dessert:

 

 

 

Very famous dessert that matches the one in my signature:

 

[Merion_Mom]

Time for some Rising Tide Bar pictures:

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

It was raining!

 



 

 

 

 

This is the driver!

 

[Merion_Mom]

This is what you see when you are sitting in the bar and look up:

 

 

 

A view of the bar from the Deck 6 stairway at the aft end of the Royal Promenade.

 

 

 

 

 

This is the Rising Tide's "station" in Central Park. The bar rises from the Royal Promenade (deck 5) to Central Park (deck 8.)

 

 

 

 

 

If it's raining in Central Park, just grab an umbrella at one end, and put it in the umbrella rack at the other:

 

[Merion_Mom]

Some interesting snapshots of our TV screen:

 



 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Balloon Boy without me horning in:

 



 

 

 

 

Champagne Sailaway mentioned on the TV:

 



 

 

 

 



 

 

 

[Merion_Mom]

Having formed the idea of dinner, we now wanted some.

 

But we weren't "that" hungry.

 

AHA!

 

Vintages!

 

TAPAS!!!!!

 

DELICIOUS. Great service, although they ran out of chicken, so Lorna ended up having crab croquettes and ...................... crab croquettes.

 

 

My paella:

 

 

 

 

 

Lorna's crab croquettes:

 

 

 

 

 

Lovely, crisp white wine recommended by our waiter. Used BOGO coupon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Merion_Mom]

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

[Merion_Mom]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Random picture of Captain Trym Selvag (from the P/D/D+ party):

 

 

 

 

 

Interior of Boleros, when it is not packed with chain-smoking passengers:

 

[Merion_Mom]

I love this picture! The Freedom was docked next to us at Costa Maya:

(I was an idiot and did NOT take a picture of the Majesty docked by us in Nassau)

 

 



 

 

 

 



 

 

 

We were told that the entire crew of the Nordic Prince would have fit into one of Oasis' lifeboats:

 



 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

[Merion_Mom]

You know how the Schooner Bar always has that distinctive smell, because of the tar-impregnated ropes? We had a heck of a time finding them on the Oasis!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now, who would you rather have play for you in the Schooner Bar?!?!?!?!?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[joey1]

Merion Mom - Was the Champagne Sail Away for D/D+ or a different group? This will be our first cruise as D+ and we are excited!! I have seen a list of the coupons that are in the book. Did you go more to the CL or the DL? What was on the menu for Breakfast/Lunch in the CL. I think that this is a new feature isn't it?

 

Thanks for all the great info. We have around 73 days to go!!!

[beachlovergirl]

Merion Mom - Was the Champagne Sail Away for D/D+ or a different group? This will be our first cruise as D+ and we are excited!! I have seen a list of the coupons that are in the book. Did you go more to the CL or the DL? What was on the menu for Breakfast/Lunch in the CL. I think that this is a new feature isn't it?

 

Thanks for all the great info. We have around 73 days to go!!!

 

 

Carol - Do they serve any type of breakfast items in the Diamond Lounge?

 

Thanks,

Dee

[Merion_Mom]

Merion Mom - Was the Champagne Sail Away for D/D+ or a different group? This will be our first cruise as D+ and we are excited!! I have seen a list of the coupons that are in the book. Did you go more to the CL or the DL? What was on the menu for Breakfast/Lunch in the CL. I think that this is a new feature isn't it?

 

Thanks for all the great info. We have around 73 days to go!!!

 

Carol - Do they serve any type of breakfast items in the Diamond Lounge?

 

Thanks,

Dee

 

We only poked our heads into the Diamond Lounge once, on the day that we boarded the Oasis. It was empty. I do not *think*, however, that they SERVE breakfast - just the usual table set with some breakfast items.

 

The menus for breakfast and lunch are posted in this thread.

 

Breakfast: post #479

 

Lunch: post #473

 

I believe that the Champagne Sailaway was a D/D+ thing, but I have no way of verifying that now.

 

And it WAS just Champagne. I have seen gatherings on the Helipad for suite passengers, and they had huge spreads of food. This was Korbel, and only Korbel. ;)

[chazg]

I love this picture! The Freedom was docked next to us at Costa Maya:

 

 

(I was an idiot and did NOT take a picture of the Majesty docked by us in Nassau)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were told that the entire crew of the Nordic Prince would have fit into one of Oasis' lifeboats:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oasis next to Majesty

 

(How do you post the larger pictures?)

[Merion_Mom]

Oasis next to Majesty

 

(How do you post the larger pictures?)

 

Instead of using the message board's "attach files" function, upload your pictures to a photo website (I use webshots, but there are LOTS of them). Then you go to that website and it gives you the code to insert the photo into your post.

[orchid4me2003]

Thank you for posting your great photos! checked them out on webshots.

 

Muriel

[RenieRaider]

Good Morning!

 

Please tell us more about the Beer cooler...... They allow Glass Bottles on top deck????

 

Do you buy the cooler in one of the stores? Or from a Bartender?

 

Thanks!