Cruise a holic Posted May 6, 2022 #651 Share Posted May 6, 2022 I haven't followed this entire thread and my question might have been answered. On our Celebrity cruise this past March, at the buffet- it was entirely served by the employees- no dirty hands or people touching everything and putting items back. Can we expect this level of service in August on the Oasis? If no- we will avoid the Windjammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazeleyes46 Posted May 6, 2022 #652 Share Posted May 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Cruise a holic said: I haven't followed this entire thread and my question might have been answered. On our Celebrity cruise this past March, at the buffet- it was entirely served by the employees- no dirty hands or people touching everything and putting items back. Can we expect this level of service in August on the Oasis? If no- we will avoid the Windjammer. Self serve was reinstated for RCCL. Did you avoid the WJ before Covid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted May 6, 2022 Author #653 Share Posted May 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Cruise a holic said: I haven't followed this entire thread and my question might have been answered. On our Celebrity cruise this past March, at the buffet- it was entirely served by the employees- no dirty hands or people touching everything and putting items back. Can we expect this level of service in August on the Oasis? If no- we will avoid the Windjammer. Back to self serve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted May 6, 2022 Author #654 Share Posted May 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Ukigirl said: Benny, you mentioned going to Windjammer later for dinner when it’s not as crowded, what time approximately? Around 8PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted May 6, 2022 Author #655 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Day 6 Cloudy with Sun but I know we are sailing into stormy and rainy weather… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
als1428 Posted May 6, 2022 #656 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Benny, Much appreciate your many observations, comments and especially photos this past week. I’m scheduled to take the Oasis, same itinerary, on July 8th. Leaving from NJ is simple for us as we live in Brooklyn, NY, 30 mins to cruise terminal. Not having to fly, to cruise, is one benefit. The down side of cruising from NY is the limited locations you can travel within a week. It’s either Bermuda, New England & Canada, or Florida Nassau and the ships island. Of course, if your willing to go 10 nights or more, you’ll get more. Hope you have a Great and calm, return trip to NJ (have been on cruises returning from the south and run into winds and rain off North Carolina where it was difficult to transverse the higher open decks) Again, thanks and am amazed you could post so much using the ships vroom and zoom internet. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted May 6, 2022 Author #657 Share Posted May 6, 2022 26 minutes ago, als1428 said: Benny, Much appreciate your many observations, comments and especially photos this past week. I’m scheduled to take the Oasis, same itinerary, on July 8th. Leaving from NJ is simple for us as we live in Brooklyn, NY, 30 mins to cruise terminal. Not having to fly, to cruise, is one benefit. The down side of cruising from NY is the limited locations you can travel within a week. It’s either Bermuda, New England & Canada, or Florida Nassau and the ships island. Of course, if your willing to go 10 nights or more, you’ll get more. Hope you have a Great and calm, return trip to NJ (have been on cruises returning from the south and run into winds and rain off North Carolina where it was difficult to transverse the higher open decks) Again, thanks and am amazed you could post so much using the ships vroom and zoom internet. Amazing. Thanks so much … this itinerary is more for convenience than to explore port of call. You have to like the ship to enjoy this type of itinerary. This week I am sure is an off week, felt like they just restarted cruising as far entertainment is concerned. Cats canceled, Aqua 80 not ready, couldn’t get the sound to work at aqua theater for Phoenix, the two headliner entertainment were good but not great. I guess it does matter when you get the “signature’” entertainment label from Royal. I am only on the surf package too so I am impressed with the performance but I am sure it will vary. Also I believe that the price in the cruise planner since February been hovering around the $2X.XX range so I am sure there were less people on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mac_tlc Posted May 6, 2022 #658 Share Posted May 6, 2022 We have surf+stream. Here is a Speedtest from earlier in the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mac_tlc Posted May 6, 2022 #659 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Stowaway piano player, 60mb file took about 6 minutes to post. IMG_0693.MOV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted May 6, 2022 Author #660 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Day 6 Windjammer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted May 6, 2022 Author #661 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Day 6 Windjammer Lunch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted May 6, 2022 Author #662 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Day 6 Windjammer Lunch I can confirm that on Oasis this cruise they are hand breading the chicken tenders from scratch. They fry it and then dumps it into the pan! Which is why it tastes so good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted May 6, 2022 #663 Share Posted May 6, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, hazeleyes46 said: Self serve was reinstated for RCCL. Did you avoid the WJ before Covid? What we would do if we wanted to eat in the WJ we made sure we went in first. Really made me nauseous when I would see people eating from their plate, licking their fingers then touching the serving spoons or forks- also some would with their hands, pick up food- a roll for example then change their mind and put back and pick up something else- Although you really don't know what goes on in the kitchen- or with your waiter- given the option, we prefer wait service. Not everyone washs after they use the bathroom! YUK Edited May 6, 2022 by Cruise a holic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted May 6, 2022 Author #664 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Day 6 The mud bugs keeps coming back this week… I wonder if they had a surplus? I don’t see that very often! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted May 6, 2022 #665 Share Posted May 6, 2022 4 hours ago, BennyBrun said: Back to self serve. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punnymaker Posted May 6, 2022 #666 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Any word why Cats was cancelled or if it will be back next week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted May 6, 2022 #667 Share Posted May 6, 2022 42 minutes ago, mac_tlc said: Here is a Speedtest from earlier in the week. Ping is just a tad high, otherwise normal speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazeleyes46 Posted May 6, 2022 #668 Share Posted May 6, 2022 26 minutes ago, Cruise a holic said: What we would do if we wanted to eat in the WJ we made sure we went in first. Really made me nauseous when I would see people eating from their plate, licking their fingers then touching the serving spoons or forks- also some would with their hands, pick up food- a roll for example then change their mind and put back and pick up something else- Although you really don't know what goes on in the kitchen- or with your waiter- given the option, we prefer wait service. Not everyone washs after they use the bathroom! YUK I get that and yeah, I think we all know this is nothing new with many people. I just don't think about it lololol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted May 6, 2022 Author #669 Share Posted May 6, 2022 27 minutes ago, Cruise a holic said: What we would do if we wanted to eat in the WJ we made sure we went in first. Really made me nauseous when I would see people eating from their plate, licking their fingers then touching the serving spoons or forks- also some would with their hands, pick up food- a roll for example then change their mind and put back and pick up something else- Although you really don't know what goes on in the kitchen- or with your waiter- given the option, we prefer wait service. Not everyone washs after they use the bathroom! YUK Unfortunately I did witness a few can’t wait till get to the table incidents and started with the French fries and then getting more… it happens at the fried food station a lot ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted May 6, 2022 Author #670 Share Posted May 6, 2022 16 minutes ago, Punnymaker said: Any word why Cats was cancelled or if it will be back next week? No idea but will ask later … perhaps @mac_tlc has the inside scoop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BennyBrun Posted May 6, 2022 Author #671 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Day 6 Sexiest Men Competition…. Usually the cruise director would host this… Dennis did on the Symphony and he was a riot… fell into the pool too … but on the Oasis it’s one of the activities staff … 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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