Oasis of the Seas 9/17-9/24 Review

[1stTimeCruiser2008]

Sorry I promise I will finish the last day next week. I got slammed at work this week plus had to get ready to head to disney tonight for the weekend :). And since the powers that be still have my picture website blocked at work I can not finish it at work but I will try and get :confused:it up on Monday or Tuesday night.

 

I'm so jealous!!

Have fun at Disney

 

:D

[petesweet]

Oh my god he was hysterical. I never understood how people made such a big deal about a cruise director until now. I would love to sail on another cruise with him.

That is how I always felt - until I got back from our cruise last week. Richard Spacey is definitely one of a kind.

 

Loving your review.

 

Kathy

[ILuvCruisin']

wonderful review...thx so much for taking time to post it

[gypsyvanner]

Y'all ROCK!!!! What a wonderful review! :) Thanks a million for posting all the terrific photos and info! It must have taken so much of your time, and we really appreciate it! :D

[metairiegal]

I'm not sure if you mentioned this already, but is Starbucks sold on the Oasis? If so, where?

[1stTimeCruiser2008]

Did you have fun at Disney?

 

I can't wait to read the rest of your review:D

[steeners81]

Im back. Its bad when I could not figure out how to find my review. I am leaving to go on the Celebrity Summit in 6 days so I need to get this done. Real quick we had a great time in Disney if anyone is a Disney fan and loves Halloween I suggest going down there for the party.

 

 

This was our teaser we head down for a week in Jan.

 

 

Back to the review

 

 

So on Friday we decided to sleep in and eat breakfast on our balcony. We had checked between 8:30 and 9 for our food to be delivered. I rolled over and checked my watch and it was 8:45. I freaked that we missed room service ( Yeah not like I couldn’t have just walked up a few flights of stairs for breakfast) but a few minutes later our phone rang and we were told room service was on its way.

We luckily had a beautiful morning but breakfast was eh. Some stuff we ordered did not show up-hashbrowns, apple juice, bananas (they said they ran out on the ship).

 

 

 

 

There was a lot of bacon but it was not cooked enough for me. The pastries were good though and you can not go wrong with cereal.

 

 

 

After this we headed to play bingo, yup we lost.

 

though with this many cards you think we would have won something

 

Then it was off to lunch, we decided to hit the park café again.

 

I love those salads. I got a bag of doritos there to. I love Doritos the only thing that would have been better is if they had cool ranch. Oh a little tip, don’t think I had mentioned yet… I like the flavor enhanced water and they had a lemon lime flavored and the only place I could find it consistently was the Park café.

Cody got the roast beef sandwich..again

 

Picture of some of the pastries at the park cafe

[steeners81]

 

 

Fruit cups and paninis at the park cafe

 

So after lunch Cody headed up to sign up for the crew vs guest pool volleyball while I decided to wander. I wandered right to the windjammer for lunch to try a piece of chicken and rice.

 

It was yummy. Plus there was no way I could go through a whole cruise and never had eaten at the windjammer for lunch.

Then I headed up to watch the volleyball game. They got killed…badly. One tam did manage to beat the crew though and you could tell they were not happy about it.

To anyone who is curious that is Richard Spacey the CD

 

After this we headed up to the adult volleyball competition. Well Cody headed up and I decided to wander a bit and eat some more ( I am a bottomless pit…wish I had the metabolism to go along with that). First I browsed through the Del Sol store on board

 

 

then I headed to the wipeout café.

The pretzel dog was really really good

[steeners81]

After my 2nd lunch I realized I had not tried the ice cream yet.

Chocolate and strawberry together...yum

 

 

At this point I was beginning to feel a little sick so I stopped eating..for a bit.

 

 

Got a quick picture of the dodgeball team, they came in third (Yay) out of three teams lol.:p

Afterthis we decided to head back to the cabin and pack. Cody wanted to play volleyball at 4 so we were short on time. Normally I have to be very careful what I pack because I head straight to the airport but since I was spending time at Codys after I could use the throw all my crap in a suitcase and I will sort it out later method. It worked beautifully. After we packed we walked out on the balcony and could not believe how flat the water was. I felt like we were on a lake instead of the ocean.

 

Also in our room we had a plate of cookies from our cabin attendant staff.

I only tried one but they were good.

[steeners81]

Cody headed to go play volleyball while I made my way down to the skating rink to see Frozen In time. I had scanned my ticket and found seats with Codys family when I remembered there was a necklace I wanted to buy so I figured I had time to run and do that. Apparently someone gave Codys family an attitude about saving seats. I had to laugh because A) I had already scanned our tickets and B) there was only like 50 people in the theater at the time and we were not in prime seats. I don’t get people some times.

 

On the way i saw Shrek playing with the touch screens

 

 

 

Frozen in time

 

 

Ok I didn’t love the show. I loved the show on Liberty so was really looking forward to this but just left feeling eh. The sand artist was great but the show not so much. I actually wished I had went to play bingo instead.

 

 

 

After dinner we stopped by the Diamond lounge (in Blaze), they were checking cards. We just popped in, looked around, then headed out...it was pretty crowded.

 

 

 

Then we headed to dinner...the menu for tonight

 

[steeners81]

 

 

We started off with

 

Spinach Dip

 

Shrimp Cocktail

 

Onion Soup

 

All were very good but the spinach dip was my favorite

[steeners81]

Shrimp and Mahi Mahi tempura...this was awesome

 

Roasted Turkey

 

Key lime Pie

 

 

After dinner we headed to the farewell dance party with the dreamworks character in the promenade. It was fun we took out spot up in the diamond lounge again.

 

 

Then we headed back to cabin and had this on our bed

 

[steeners81]

After this I made Cody do what I do on the last night of every cruise…take pictures of everything.

 

 

I will post a lot of random pics at the end of the review.

 

During our picture taking we ran across Po from Kung fu panda and we got out pic taken.

After this we stopped at the cafe promenade to grab a sandwich.

 

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the bread was good the filling not so much

 

We headed back to our cabin where i had my creamsicle cupcake waiting

 

At this point we decided we wanted room service. Looking back we weren't hungry we just wanted to have some honey stung chicken

 

i got a Caesar salad

 

honey stung chicken

[steeners81]

Compass

7-1.pdf

7-2.pdf

[steeners81]

Tomorrow night I will hopefully finish up with my overall view of the cruise and some random photos

[brookmill18]

Thank you so much for writing this report--we are first time cruisers and your information is wonderful!! I hate to add to your list, but could you send me the kids' schedules as well--we don't know quite to expect and would love to see it! Thank you again for all the time that went into this report!

 

juliettehart@me.com

[jetravel]

What a wonderful review. I am booked July 2013 :eek: so far away! It will be my daughter's 16th birthday, - girls only cruise. Although looking at the pictures, I am bummed that my son will not be going as he would love all the characters.

 

If the kids compass includes teenage activies, if you could email it to me. If it is younger crowd, then I do not need it. jbode@atlanticbb.net

 

Thank you!

[ZoeyVictoria]

I felt the same way about Frozen in Time. By the last day of the cruise, Dave and I were splitting up so we could catch more of the things we had missed. I did the ice show, he did bingo. I wished I had gone to bingo with him because I just didn't get into the show. I thought it was a bit boring and I was constantly nervous for the skaters who kept falling and falling and falling... I made reservations for the ice show on the Allure in two weeks just in case, but I suspect two people in the standby line will wind up in our seats.

[EMMOM]

What an awesome review thank you for taking the time to writed it and post all the pics. If you happen to have the compasses for the kids club 13-17 years old can you please email it to me lorettadurkot@yahoo.com

[steeners81]

What a wonderful review. I am booked July 2013 :eek: so far away! It will be my daughter's 16th birthday, - girls only cruise. Although looking at the pictures, I am bummed that my son will not be going as he would love all the characters.

 

If the kids compass includes teenage activies, if you could email it to me. If it is younger crowd, then I do not need it. jbode@atlanticbb.net

 

Thank you!

 

What an awesome review thank you for taking the time to writed it and post all the pics. If you happen to have the compasses for the kids club 13-17 years old can you please email it to me lorettadurkot@yahoo.com

 

 

I only have the ones for up to 12 year olds. I never saw the teen ones

[steeners81]

I felt the same way about Frozen in Time. By the last day of the cruise, Dave and I were splitting up so we could catch more of the things we had missed. I did the ice show, he did bingo. I wished I had gone to bingo with him because I just didn't get into the show. I thought it was a bit boring and I was constantly nervous for the skaters who kept falling and falling and falling... I made reservations for the ice show on the Allure in two weeks just in case, but I suspect two people in the standby line will wind up in our seats.

 

Yeah the story just didn't interest me and they fell a couple of times which made me nervous also. You can give it a shot on the allure it is a different show.

[digitalknoll]

Hi there,

Let me say thank you for all the great info on the Oasis. I am leaving for the eastern trip in two days and your info had been very insightful. I have onle question for you if you have time. Were you able to get right to your stateroom once you boarded the ship the fist day? reason is that i'm bringing garment bags with me and i dont want to have them checked in with the regular luggage (wrinkles). i was hoping to be able to go straight to the room. i think we will be boarding around noon if that helps any.

 

thanks again for all the great pics and info!

 

-DK

[CroozinFamily]

All staterooms are available at 1pm. So, it depends on what time you board. If it is before 1pm, then you will have to hold onto your garment bags.

[digitalknoll]

ah, ok. thanks. now i know when to board.

 

Cheers!

[farmgirl63]

I only have the ones for up to 12 year olds. I never saw the teen ones

 

Loved your review! Would you please email me a copy of the 12 year olds activites? Thanks for all your help and hard work.

 

tammy@montamtours.com