!! Oasis !! 9 Days Medley Cruise ^_^ The Ultimate Review and Complete Pictorial Guide

[gambee]

Gambler, your review inspired me. I just book the Freedom of the Seas for a 7 day sept 4 with my mom. I hope it is a good ship, but I'm so excited to go with my mom for some mother-daughter time!

 

I hope you have a fabulous cruise with mom :)

 

Bon Voyage!

[gambee]

I love your night time pics. It looks so quiet and serene!!

 

Yeah, those are always fun to see. Specially on a ship with so many people aboard!

[gambee]

Gambee,

 

This review is fantastic! I'm doing the Western Itinerary however I enjoy the photos of the ship. It's amazing how serene it seems even though there's 5400 people on board. Its going to be a long wait until January!

 

Thank you :). By the way, check out my Allure review, that was doing the western route.

[gambee]

Thanks for pointing out the sailboat art. You can be sure I will be checking it out when we sail Oasis in November! :cool:

 

I loved it, there are much more. I only posted a few of them.

[gambee]

Hi Philip, great to see you back with another great review. I had to figure out that I need to view it on your website http://www.cruisewithgambee.com to see the photos as the bandwith or internet is not strong enough at home to see them. Caught up now.

 

I also wanted to express my condolences on the family bereavement and wish your uncle well in his recovery. He was a hoot on the last review! Hope someone has gone to visit him wearing a horse's head!! Congratulations on your citizenship and your grad school. Busy times ahead. Looking forward to the Escape review.

 

Photo question, what size do you select to put on CC? I had trouble with my photos on my Divina review. All the best and Keep on Cruising! Ken

 

 

Glad you're all caught up, thank you for your kind words. I truly appreciate them.

 

For CC I use 1024x683. I would suggest nothing longer than 1024. I tested many sizes and that one was the one which fit best.

[Ocean Boy]

I love your night time pics. It looks so quiet and serene!!

 

It looks quiet and serene because it really is. It is pretty amazing how peaceful this ship can be at night considering the number of people aboard.

[artypharty]

 

 

One thing that I realize now is that should have placed the mattress against the wall since there was no sofa. Moving that heavy mattress each morning and night was a real pain in the butt.

 

 

While this was a sort of a down day, it was still one of my favorite days on-board Lady-O.

 

 

End day 7.

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We had a large family ocean view on the last family trip. My adult daughter snored so loud I moved the entire bed to the hallway in the cabin. Worked like a charm, but I thought who else would actually move their bed? Thank you.... and, it was quite difficult sliding that bed around every morning and night. :o

 

Thank you so much for the review, really enjoying it! We haven't cruised on any of the big girls yet, but your review makes me excited to give her a try!

Edited April 19, 2016 by artypharty

[islandwannabee]

Gambee,

 

I was also on this cruise with my hubby. Wish I would have known you and your mom before going. Now I almost feel like part of your family, lol. I keep searching your photos and guess what saw me, although it was the back end, haha so I won't point it out. I can't thank you enough for doing this and me getting to relive the best cruise we have ever taken again.

 

Cindy

[Ctrinh225]

I guess I gotta get you a t shirt for Harmony when I do the 3 day teaser! I feel like I'm part of your family now. [emoji12] Thanks again for the wonderful review!

 

 

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[gambee]

Day 8

 

 

 

 

[gambee]

The cruise was quickly coming to an end, we had just those two sea days left. We woke up to what looked like another amazing weather day.

 

 

I had completely neglected backing up my pictures, and I decided to go ahead and make sure that all my data was safe. It was really wreckless of me of doing that, specially considering that I almost lost all my data during our Divina cruise.

 

 

Since mom went to mass, I decided to go have breakfast at the windjammer that morning.

 

 

The ship was moving ever so slightly, but definitely the most that I felt this ship move. One person said that maybe the captain had the stabilizers off to save gas after the stop in St Thomas.

 

 

 

Edited April 19, 2016 by gambee

[gambee]

 

It was around 8:20am, still nice and quiet. The calm before the storm :D

 

 

I am almost sure that is the Diamond area, and suite guests? I actually had the opportunity of going in one night when there was no one there, but for some reason did not do it.

 

 

 

 

[LuCruise]

That's awesome that you were on a 9 day cruise. The 7 days went too fast so a couple extra days is perfect. Loving your review.

[gambee]

 

And here we have one of the infamous chair hogs. She was carefully setting them all up for her family.

 

 

It was quite funny, she re-checked everything like 3 times. At one point she folded the headrests, but then decided to put them back. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to be a chair hog :D

 

 

 

 

[gambee]

 

It was still a bit early and the buffet was not as busy yet.

 

 

 

 

[Jase0581]

Thank you for this wonderful review. I am loving it, and it is reinforcing my desire to try out one of the Oasis Class ships.

[gambee]

 

OMG!!! I just realized that I did not have one french toast on this cruise :eek:. I guess I will make up for it on my Escape cruise :D

 

 

So much good food, why do people complain?

 

 

 

 

 

[gambee]

 

 

REAL EGGS!!!! :eek::eek::eek: Non of those pureed eggs from the room service.

 

 

Edited April 19, 2016 by gambee

[gambee]

 

Did I serve myself too much food? You bet! And the worst part was that my stomach was not feeling all that well at that moment. The ship was also rocking a little, definitely the most I’ve felt one of these beats rock. But no where near what I have felt on other vessels.

 

 

But Yeah, way too much food. The worst part of that I am the kind of person that hates disposing of food. When we were young, our parents told us the story of all the children dying of hunger. That really stuck, and up until now we (all my cuzs) only serve enough to satisfy ourselves. I guess that day my eyes had a larger stomach, I actually felt kind of bad when I could not finish it all :(

 

 

Service in the windjammer is really good, among the best i’ve seen. They refill your coffee constantly, and ask you if everything is good. I can honestly say, that I have not experienced that on any other ship, and that includes Allure.

 

 

[gambee]

I ate most I could and went for a little walk.

 

 

 

 

OMG!!! I never played mini-golf!!! I need 9 more days on one of the O/A/H sisters! Maybe H ;)

 

 

 

[gambee]

The flow riders had some private sessions going on. And my camera had a ton of dust on the sensor!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gambee]

It was really exciting, his father was cheering him on and what not.

 

 

 

 

 

This is a great spot for parent to see their kids playing basketball.

 

 

[gambee]

 

 

 

 

[gambee]

I went for a walk looking for the library. I found the diamond lounge instead.

 

 

 

Then I found this guy by the entrance of the Diamond lounge. It was gorgeous!

 

 

Why is it so hidden?

 

 

They should put it somewhere that gets more traffic.

 

 

[gambee]

 

The library was occupied by a group.

 

 

 

Then I went to check on mom. The mass was still going on.

 

Can you see mom?

 

 

I just waited there for a little while, and once she was finished, we went to get her some food.

 

It is not NYC unless you can see a street sign :D