cruze daddy Posted October 28, 2017 #1 Share Posted October 28, 2017 On another site, someone said that RCL is no longer using the Island Oasis drink mixes and that Island Oasis has pulled all their big ice machines. Can anyone confirm this? Not too happy if this is the case as I have purchased the refreshment package for our upcoming cruise in December, and I really like the Frozen Mojito, And other virgin drinks that they make with these mixes. The poster said that very few bars now have blenders and the drinks are no where nearly as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan-P Posted October 28, 2017 #2 Share Posted October 28, 2017 On another site, someone said that RCL is no longer using the Island Oasis drink mixes and that Island Oasis has pulled all their big ice machines. Can anyone confirm this? Not too happy if this is the case as I have purchased the refreshment package for our upcoming cruise in December, and I really like the Frozen Mojito, And other virgin drinks that they make with these mixes. The poster said that very few bars now have blenders and the drinks are no where nearly as good.On the last cruise I was on (Adventure), the Island Oasis branded mixers and ice machines were gone. However, they have another brand of mixers (in the same type of containers even) and hand scooped ice into the commercial blenders. Every bar that used to have the Island Oasis machines had blenders too. All frozen concoctions (mojito, lemonade, margarita, daquiri, etc...) were as good as always. Dan. Sent from my SM-G935R4 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamTimeDining Posted October 29, 2017 #3 Share Posted October 29, 2017 On Oasis last month, our bartender had nothing but BAD things to say about the blender quality of the Island Oasis units. They had swapped them out on Oasis and the new blenders seemed faster and quieter and the crew had nothing but good things to say about them. I don't recall if the liquid mix is gone or not, but I had some various daiquiris and they were all delish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sea shepherd Posted October 29, 2017 #4 Share Posted October 29, 2017 They switched to sunsational drink mix and vitamix blenders. Same ones smoothie king uses. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KALCJ1 Posted October 29, 2017 #5 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Funny was just taking with friends about how all the drinks taste the same. I'm all for new drink mixes. 🤞they taste better. IMHO there's a lot of room for improvement on the drinks!! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruze daddy Posted October 30, 2017 Author #6 Share Posted October 30, 2017 thanks for the feedback. Thought of cancelling the package, but with reading the comments, I think I will keep it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BND Posted October 30, 2017 #7 Share Posted October 30, 2017 On Oasis now. I love mudslides and they are now using milk instead of island oasis ice cream mix and I have seen no island oasis anything. It's not stopping people from drinking though lol. As for blender quality, I'd say yes, they've gone way up. No chunks of ice at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryL31 Posted October 30, 2017 #8 Share Posted October 30, 2017 God, I hope so! The Bloody Mary mix (pretty sure it was Island Oasis on Adventure and Liberty) was awful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffles2 Posted October 30, 2017 #9 Share Posted October 30, 2017 The Coco Locos were never as good after they started using Island Oasis....plus there were little balls of ice in the drink that hurt my teeth. They lost a lot of business from me after they made the change.:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Dancer Posted October 30, 2017 #10 Share Posted October 30, 2017 The Coco Locos were never as good after they started using Island Oasis....plus there were little balls of ice in the drink that hurt my teeth. They lost a lot of business from me after they made the change.:rolleyes: We never had ice chuncks in our drinks. A few seconds longer in the blender and problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foodluvr Posted October 30, 2017 #11 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Agreed, used the Sunsational mixes on our Oasis cruise last week. I also found the drinks tasted better (less sticky syrupy) and better blended! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted October 31, 2017 #12 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Hopefully whatever they are using now is not as sickening sweet as the past mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesr3939 Posted October 31, 2017 #13 Share Posted October 31, 2017 October on Oasis I found the Bloody Mary's a little better than before and that was without instructing the bartender on how to doctor it. I just asked for "spicy" and it was good, not great but better than in the past. They weren't pouring mix from a labeled carton just the normal plastic jug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTCruiser76 Posted October 31, 2017 #14 Share Posted October 31, 2017 The Vitamix blenders are the best mixers going....if they switched to them, that's a good thing for us. Nice and smooth drinks going forward. I have used a consumer version of the Vitamix for years and love it. The commercial versions should be just as good or better !! Great news ! Lets hope the mixes are just as good as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foodluvr Posted October 31, 2017 #15 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Hopefully whatever they are using now is not as sickening sweet as the past mix. Agree, I found it much better. Not as syrupy and sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_G Posted October 31, 2017 #16 Share Posted October 31, 2017 The Vitamix blenders are the best mixers going....if they switched to them, that's a good thing for us. Nice and smooth drinks going forward. I have used a consumer version of the Vitamix for years and love it. The commercial versions should be just as good or better !! Great news ! Lets hope the mixes are just as good as well.Those Vitamix blenders aren't cheap. A little surprised they forked out the money for them if indeed they did. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offnoncruiser Posted November 1, 2017 #17 Share Posted November 1, 2017 We just got off the Liberty on Sunday, and I did notice that they were not using the Island Oasis blenders and mixers. Hadn't been on RCI in a while, so didn't realize this may have been a recent change. I though all of the drinks were much better tasting (Sunsational mixers I believe) as compared to the Island Oasis mixer drinks. I believe they were using the Vitamix blenders (didn't actually look at the brand, put the picture a few posts above seems to match), and these new blenders are MUCH, MUCH, MUCH (can I emphasize this enough) quieter than those turbine engine Island Oasis mixers! I hope Celebrity switched over as well! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBTN Posted November 1, 2017 #18 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Island Oasis is terrible. Glad to see it is going away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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