Just got off the Oasis

[ourfamilylovescruising]

I was giving a free cruise from MGM so we went on the Oasis of the Seas and wanted to let you know our thoughts.

 

The ship itself is beautiful never felt crowded we were on 07/30/17 for 7 nights we had just an inside cabin but it was nice.

 

but wow did we miss NCL food breakfast was so bad not a lot of variety at all the only place we like was Johnny rockets which was an egg sandwich. buffet was just ok nothing exciting

 

lunch was a little better park café had a roast beef sandwich but after 2 days in a row we wanted something different and unless you wanted to pay the only thing you had was the Buffett or hotdogs which were just ok the dinning room on sea days was only open for 45 minutes not sure but ncl seems longer then that so we kept missing it lol

 

dinner's in the main dinning room were most nights good had a few where I didn't like it at all

service was great every time. we did Giovanni's one night and it was good but not great

 

 

but here is what drove us crazy if we wanted anything after 9 there nothing but pizza and it smells great and then you take a bit and it taste like frozen pizza but we fell for the smell every time lol.

we came back from shore one day and we missed our dinner time so we went to the buffet and it was so bad we are so spoiled with NCL there buffet is really good.

 

I know food is different for everyone but in my eyes NCL wins with the variety of food they have.

 

my kids could not get ice cream after 8 or 830 every night because it is closed so all that is available is ben and jerry's which you have to pay

 

my kids are teenagers and they said if you could take a RCCL ship and have NCL run them you would have the perfect cruise line

 

I know a lot of people complain on here so I wanted to say we really missed NCL

we had a great time but found us always comparing the 2 lines

just some thoughts

[Two Wheels Only]

...my kids are teenagers and they said if you could take a RCCL ship and have NCL run them you would have the perfect cruise line

I've said for years......NCL should take a RCCL Oasis Class, add a NCL Haven (at MSC Yacht Club prices), add Food Republic (and go-carts), and that would be my favorite ship. :D

[easyboy]

Your kids must really be experienced cruisers to note the difference!

Thanks for the feedback.

 

 

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[ourfamilylovescruising]

they have cruised 5 cruise lines lol lucky dogs!! my one complaint about NCL is the kids done get credit for cruising with them every other line we have been on does but again they all have their pros and cons lol

[LynnTTT]

I've been on several RC ships and have to say that it's just fine. You imply that a roast beef sandwich is all that was available. And the buffet is open till 9:30. The Sorrento's pizza was fine and it's open 24/7.

Really, people that imply there is "nothing" to eat crack me up.

[perditax]

Former NCL cruiser (getaway/escape) with my first RCL cruise next month on Oasis. I hate long dining experiences so I've gotten really good at finding the good stuff on the NCL buffet (and IMO the quality of the buffet has increased over the past couple of years, with my most recent cruise being on the GA in April).

 

Anyway, it's posts like this that make me worry about the Oasis trip. (I needed to sail out to Orlando this time.) is the windjammer really *that* bad?

[FLAHAM]

I sailed on the Oasis and the Allure in the past two years. They have fine, large buffets with interesting variety. I also enjoyed using the self-serve soda machines with the soda package.

[Cruisercl]

they have cruised 5 cruise lines lol lucky dogs!! my one complaint about NCL is the kids done get credit for cruising with them every other line we have been on does but again they all have their pros and cons lol

 

I believe your kids will get credit & status with NCL once they turn 18yo.

I have read of kids being Platinum when they turned 18yo because they cruised with their parents while younger. I believe this is still true. Do they have Latitudes numbers?

 

If this isn't true I am sure someone will let us know. :) It might be worth looking into.

 

Thanks for your review; I agree about the food on RCCL. :D

[Granny DI]

We were on the Liberty of the Seas in Feb and the Jade in July. Owners Suite on LOS and aft Suite on Jade. The OS suite was so much nicer than the aft suite but it was nothing but a very nice cabin....no goodies, no butler, no coffee machine, etc....DH said no more full suites on RCL. We were on the Oasis several years ago with kids and grandkids. We ate in the Main dining room the first night.....that was enough for us. We did speciality restaurants and the kids did the buffet after that.

Saying this, food is subjective and none of the cruiselines serve the quality of the food we had 20 years ago.

Plan to continue cruising on NCL and RCL but will do balconies on RCL and Suites on NCL. The kids of the OP are right on.....RCL ships are nicer but NCL ships are more user friendly!

[perditax]

(Also interestingly ... another NCL cruiser who got a free cruise recently on Allure via casino status posted their fairly negative review on the RC boards instead. The first thing people did there was accuse the cruiser of lying about being comped a suite by a land-based casino chain. After that they started criticizing the poster's parenting skills. So, OP, I definitely wouldn't take this feedback over to the RC board.)

[ourfamilylovescruising]

(Also interestingly ... another NCL cruiser who got a free cruise recently on Allure via casino status posted their fairly negative review on the RC boards instead. The first thing people did there was accuse the cruiser of lying about being comped a suite by a land-based casino chain. After that they started criticizing the poster's parenting skills. So, OP, I definitely wouldn't take this feedback over to the RC board.)

 

lol I know I read that one too

we still had a great time but for me the food just isn't even close

when your kids cant get ice cream after 830 that is crazy how hard is it to keep an ice cream machine open.

next year we will be doing the Allure again a comp cruise and the bliss for Thanksgiving so we will see what we think when we get off those two

[DMH15]

I cruised RCC once. I remember the food was just ok. Nothing to write home about. Even Carnival's food is better IMHO.

 

 

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[newmexicoNita]

I cruised RCC once. I remember the food was just ok. Nothing to write home about. Even Carnival's food is better IMHO.

 

 

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In all fairness to RCI, it is hard for us to say much, cause we haven't cruised them in years, but when we did, 3 times the food was ok, that is as far as it went, ok.

[LMaxwell]

I think RC ranks at the bottom for food; both in quality of complimentary offerings, and availability. The pizza is not 24 x 7; they close around 2 AM. The Promenade Cafe offerings have gone way, way downhill. I thought NCL complimentary food far excelled RCI. I also liked on NCL how the buffet reopened late at night with fresh food. Oasis-class is an absolute engineering marvel but lacks many outward views to the sea. NCL waterfront concept on new large ships really is a winner in this regard. I think Oasis pool deck and public space configurations are better than NCL. Thanks for the report.

[Dina7]

We sailed on RC Anthem this past Oct. & had the same complaint of no food available after 9-9:30 other than Sorrento's pizza & these little sandwiches in a refrigerated case that have very little meat on them. After having an early dinner, then being out & about on the ship at night, seeing a show etc., would be nice to have a bunch of choices for a little snack other than these 2 lame ones, night after night.

 

When the buffet was open I found the food to be fine, nothing great, but no complaints.