Come Cruise with Me-Oasis Review-11/2/13-Tons of Pics-Family Cruise #3 (Long)

[4evercruiser]

I am so sorry for your loss. We went through the same thing last year with our cat, Stormy. He went into renal failure and we had to put him down. I was devastated. My prayers are with you.

[joekatie]

hope all is well and you had a great holiday.

[momof4_tn]

Sorry for your loss. I hope you are able to come back and continue. I just booked this itinerary on Oasis for similiar time of year with my family.

[bionicman97]

Did you think I would ever finish this review? This may hold the record for longest pause during a review ;)

 

First off, I’d like to thank everyone again for your thoughts and well wishes after the loss of Dory. It’s been a little over 5 months since Dory passed away. Time definitely does help, but it’s weird too. Sometimes it feels like forever since it happened, and sometimes I still think I hear the jingling of her collar (which had a distinctively different sound than Nemo’s).

 

I’ve tried to come back several times to finish this review. Of course I left off the reviewwith those last few pictures of Dory. Usually I would look them over and then decide to try again later. But later has come and I’m not a person to leave something incomplete.

 

So on we will go.

 

It’s been quite a few months since we were actually on the cruise. Fortunately, I take extremely detailed notes and had a few pictures from the cruise, so I think I can manage ok. To expedite this, I have already completely written the review with image links in word. So now it's a massive copy/paste job.

 

Hope you enjoy the rest!

[bionicman97]

After we finished up with lunch, it was time to do a little exploring and get Keith to one of his favorite places on the ship, the Fisher Price playroom. Dad and Keith got a little ahead of me, because I was getting my camera out.

 

The first place we came up to was the pool

 

 

The opposite side

 

 

While I was taking a picture of the kids area, my dad and Keith stopped and went to a chair. I look over and my dad is taking Keith’s shirt off.

 

 

The following dialog ensues:

 

Me: Why are you taking his shirt off?

Dad: He asked me to. I guess he’s hot.

Me: He’s not hot. He thinks you are going to put him in the pool

 

This kid doesn’t waste any time.

 

I put his shirt back on and we continued our tour. Next up, we passed by regular pool area. It looked really nice

 

 

 

Next up – Quick trip through the Solarium Bistro

[bionicman97]

The next place we passed through was the Solarium Bistro. I had had plenty of food at the Windjammer and figured I could at least go 30 minutes without eating, so we just passed through.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next up – Keith’s favorite place

[bionicman97]

Once we made it through the Bistro, it didn’t take us long to get to Keith’s favorite spot on the ship, the Fisher Price playroom. He absolutely loved this area.

 

 

 

 

 

[bionicman97]

The Fisher Price play area is much more impressive on the Oasis then it was on the Freedom or the Navigator. Keith played in here until around 1:15. After this, we went back to the room to unpack some of our stuff. Our Room was a Boardwalk balcony room. It ended up being a really nice location.

 

Keith had a nice surprise from his Papa and Gamma when we got to the room

 

 

 

Some more of the room

 

 

 

 

View from our balcony to get an idea of where we were located

 

 

Up next – more from the balcony

[bionicman97]

A few more pics from the balcony

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bionicman97]

Just realized I forgot to show you all half the room. Here are some from the balcony looking in and the bathroom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Up next – more of the ship

[bionicman97]

We had two adjoining rooms on the boardwalk. My Aunt Pat was in the other room. We also used it for some storage. At 2pm, while Heather and Keith took a rest break, my Aunt Pat and I went for a look around the ship. Here are a few from that walk.

 

The boardwalk

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bionicman97]

Next up, we went through some of the promenade

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bionicman97]

A few from the dining room and around the promenade

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bionicman97]

After going through the remainder of the promenade, we decided to take a quick look at the theater, then go through Central Park. We also stopped by Dazzles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bionicman97]

Next up, we made a quick trip through the casino, got a closer look at the theater and then went by the ice skating rink.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bionicman97]

Around 3:15pm, Heather and Keith caught up with us.

 

Keith was still taking it all in.

 

 

 

Here is one of Heather and Aunt Pat

 

 

The promenade

 

 

Keith

 

 

And Papa and Keith headed for the Boardwalk

 

 

Up next – The Boardwalk and Muster Drill

[bionicman97]

Up next, we went up to the Boardwalk. Keith absolutely loved this place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bionicman97]

Battery is down to 5% on my computer, so more to come tomorrow :)

[Arizona Cruz Chic]

Great review Curtis, so glad you were able to come back to finish it.....I remember the first part and needing to take time for family with the loss of your Dorie.

 

I think Keith had a great time!! in the Fisher Price Playroom he must of been like a kid in a candy store and not know what to play with first, it had everything!!!

 

Good choice on the boardwalk balcony, great entertainment for Keith.

 

Charge up that computer battery!!!! :D

 

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[510picker]

Welcome back my friend! Will definitely be following along.

[Familygoboston]

Good to see you are back ! I am enjoying Keith's journey on Oasis!

[usckatieh]

Glad that you're back! Great review so far!

[bionicman97]

Great review Curtis, so glad you were able to come back to finish it.....I remember the first part and needing to take time for family with the loss of your Dorie.

 

I think Keith had a great time!! in the Fisher Price Playroom he must of been like a kid in a candy store and not know what to play with first, it had everything!!!

 

Good choice on the boardwalk balcony, great entertainment for Keith.

 

Charge up that computer battery!!!! :D

 

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It definitely was a kid in the candy store feeling! We definitely enjoyed the location :)

 

Welcome back my friend! Will definitely be following along.

 

Thanks :)

[bionicman97]

Good to see you are back ! I am enjoying Keith's journey on Oasis!

 

Thanks :)

 

Glad that you're back! Great review so far!

 

Thanks:)

[bionicman97]

At 4:15pm, it was time to head to the muster drill. Our location was the main dining room. Didn’t bring a camera with me, but I did have my iPhone.

 

 

 

After the muster drill, we started heading up towards the top of the ship for sail a way

 

 

 

 

Up next – Sail-a-way