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Sorta LIVE— Oasis of the Seas — 9 days from Jersey- 8/4/23

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Well, time to head out to sea again. This time on the first big lady, out of Bayonne. This is our annual family cruise with the 8 of us, ages 64 to 5. 
 

I’ll try not to compare it to last years on Harmony in the 4-bedroom Villa Suite …. Prices have gone through the proverbial roof so we have 4 adjacent balconies this time. 
 

We will head down to NJ around 9:30 this morning, it’s about a 2 - 2 1/4 hr ride. Our check in time is 12:00. 

 

We will be celebrating our 40th anniversary tomorrow.

 

This one won’t be as “live” as our Norway cruise in June but I will probably post every day and try to answer any questions. 
 

Being as this is the transition cruise from Friday departure to Sunday departure, it is 9 days instead of 7, with a stop at Labadee added along with another seas day. 
 

At this point the wife and I will probably only get off at Coco Cay. The kids and grandkids will be a bit more adventurous.

 

More later !

 

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Have a great time!

 

We will be on our family vacation on the Oasis in October. Ages 72 to 11. 
 

Looking forward to your daily updates if you have time!

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Welcome Aboard!!! After a “longer-than-it-should-be” 95 mile ride, we have boarded Oasis. Had a 12:00 time but didn’t make it until about 12:45. No worries, I don’t need to be first anymore. 
 

 Check-in was fairly quick, grabbed a bite at Park Cafe and now heading to the room to get sea pass cards and dining assignment.

 

We have 6 D+’s in our group and wanted to use the BOGO other than nights 1 and 2. Went to Giovanni’s and no problem— made reservations for day 5 at Giovanni’s and day 8 at 150CP. 
 

More later …..

 

 

 

 

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with the ports, please advise if it is still a S#$%-Show with getting off the ship.  I have never seen such chaos on any ship as I did this year on Oasis.   Each port stop, including Coco Cay, involved lines that wrapped around the ship to get off.

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27 minutes ago, BobNoxious said:

with the ports, please advise if it is still a S#$%-Show with getting off the ship.  I have never seen such chaos on any ship as I did this year on Oasis.   Each port stop, including Coco Cay, involved lines that wrapped around the ship to get off.

I’ll let you know. At CoCo Cay we will try to be off by 8:30 - 9. 
 

We did this itinerary sans Labadee twice last year and the lines were not bad. 
 

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1 hour ago, BobNoxious said:

with the ports, please advise if it is still a S#$%-Show with getting off the ship.  I have never seen such chaos on any ship as I did this year on Oasis.   Each port stop, including Coco Cay, involved lines that wrapped around the ship to get off.

We were on her in May. Never had an issue getting off the ship.

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Have a great cruise! The bartenders in Schooner were great a week ago. Enjoyed the piano guy, too. It was my go to place as it was pretty quiet and you could actually get a seat.  We were at capacity - so many kids (including my grandkids) as it was a family cruise too.

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34 minutes ago, maggieq said:

have a wonderful cruise.   Too bad the sun didn’t show up too much today in nj.  
 

if you haven’t seen the diving show- it’s a must.  My new favorite 😊 

Aqua80 is the best Aqua show in the fleet. I would see every show if I. Plus get a reservation. We have it for day 4. I have tried the standby line before and never got a seat.

 

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Happy Anniversary!  Will be on Oasis in October - first time on Oasis class,  got a great casino deal on a grand suite so thinking about this like a great hotel stay; unlikely to get off at any port.  I am pretty much a Celebrity fan, but have sailed enough on Royal to be Diamond without the Celebrity match.  Looking forward to your comments!

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10 hours ago, CTSandy said:

Happy Anniversary!  Will be on Oasis in October - first time on Oasis class,  got a great casino deal on a grand suite so thinking about this like a great hotel stay; unlikely to get off at any port.  I am pretty much a Celebrity fan, but have sailed enough on Royal to be Diamond without the Celebrity match.  Looking forward to your comments!

We love the Oasis class GS’s, especially Coastal Kitchen! Enjoy!

 

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Good morning from off the coast of North Carolina!

 

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As always, Day 1 is a bit hectic. Always seems like there are more people on board on Day 1. 
 

Dinner in MDR was surprisingly good. The issue on Jewel in June was as much food temperature as anything else. Last night, everything was at the correct temperature. All of us enjoyed dinner. 
 

I had forgotten how loud the MDR can be 😳😳. We are in no hurry to rush through and once a few tables left you could actually hear the person next to you. Already I like our assistant waiter, Jayson! He kept the two grandkids well stocked in chocolate milk, which makes everyone’s meal more enjoyable 😂. 
 

After dinner we made a small contribution in the casino but the smoke smell, even on the non smoking side was just too much. We like the casino bar but it is too close to the smoke. A fair number of non gambling smokers too, unfortunately.

 

Headed up to the Royal Promenade to people watch a bit. There were getting ready for the midnight balloon drop.

 

 

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This is as close to those balloons as I got! 
 

Top Tier event today at 10, cheers with an officer at 11:45. Plan is to do both, but we shall see. A little cloudy today which is good if you are out in the Aquatheatre uncovered.

 

More later….

 

 

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