Time for a Poll: OASIS & ALLURE

[Merion_Mom]

So, what do you think?

 

Do you love them?

 

Do you hate them?

 

Are you totally and utterly indifferent to their names?

 

Did you submit one or both of them?

 

If so, what was YOUR other one?

[Guest scfjjb]

Too Big for the Seas! (and I'm not a Carnival cheerleader ... we regularly cruise RCI, Princess and Carnival)

[crusinmama06]

You forgot my choice..."Just open the darn booking already :rolleyes:"

 

I don't care if they call it chicken of the sea, I just want to start making some solid plans. :D

[G'ma]

No Way of the Seas

 

Never.... I was raised in a small town with fewer people than those ships will hold. I certainly wouldn't want to cruise with most of that population.....certainly won't cruise on a floating Shopping Mall/Disneyland......

[LEtue]

I voted "hate them" but that is really just too strong. I just think they sound awful....espectially Allure OTS :(

 

Plus, when I think of Oasis - I think dessert and not water or seas :confused:

[Merion_Mom]

You forgot my choice..."Just open the darn booking already :rolleyes:"

 

I don't care if they call it chicken of the sea, I just want to start making some solid plans. :D

 

Oh, so you would be okay with "Gimme Your FirstBorn as a Down Payment of the Seas", eh, Michele? ;)

[Merion_Mom]

No Way of the Seas

 

Never.... I was raised in a small town with fewer people than those ships will hold. I certainly wouldn't want to cruise with most of that population.....certainly won't cruise on a floating Shopping Mall/Disneyland......

 

Well, to be fair, G'Ma, the question isn't about whether you like the ships or would sail on them, but just whether you like the names. :)

[Elizanessie]

I said Oasis of the Seas way back last year on a thread I started here before they even announced the contest but of course being from the UK I couldnt enter the contest.:(

[Merion_Mom]

I said Oasis of the Seas way back last year on a thread I started here before they even announced the contest but of course being from the UK I couldnt enter the contest.:(

 

Good for you, Liz! Maybe they'll name the third one in your honor: ESP of the Seas ;)

[Elizanessie]

Good for you, Liz! Maybe they'll name the third one in your honor: ESP of the Seas ;)

 

Darn it Carol you found out my secret eh ;) :D

[Pomperaugrr]

I am totally and utterly indifferent to their names. Now if both of my suggestions were picked, instead of just one, it might be different. ;)

 

I don't go on a cruise based upon the ship's name, so the hype is really not an issue to me.

 

Eric

[Cruising89143]

I don't care one way or the other. I don't pick a ship due to it's name. RCI builds the best looking ships in the industry IMHO. I just plan to be on that baby the first cruise. Bring it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;):):D

[kingsgirl]

I chose ***** of the Seas since ***** happened to Mystique and Allure? That was a better combination in my mind than OASIS which gives you the sense it will be the the caribbean the whole time.

 

Eh, don't really care though to be honest. Probably will be 50 years old before I'll sail on it, lol

[shaggyofwv]

Both names stink.

[critterchick]

I hate them. My preferences were Blunder of the Seas and Vasa* of the Seas. If you couldn't guess, I hate the concept, too.

 

*Vasa being a ship in Stockholm that was so large and unwieldy that she sank in the harbor on her maiden voyage, about 200 feet into it. She's in a museum now. Although I imagine that Blunder and Vasa2 will be more seaworthy, I worry about them sinking RCI's profits...

[katerkat]

My choice is missing - I like Allure but not Oasis. So I picked ***** of the Seas. ;)

[rubrrick]

I hate them. My preferences were Blunder of the Seas and Vasa* of the Seas. If you couldn't guess, I hate the concept, too.

 

*Vasa being a ship in Stockholm that was so large and unwieldy that she sank in the harbor on her maiden voyage, about 200 feet into it. She's in a museum now. Although I imagine that Blunder and Vasa2 will be more seaworthy, I worry about them sinking RCI's profits...

 

 

Vasa of the Seas!! Too funny Jean:D :D :D

 

Rick

[madforcruising]

I voted I hate it, but I have to say that this would have been the case for all the choosen names in the contest. I didn´t feel any of those actually fitted.

[negc]

That was a better combination in my mind than OASIS which gives you the sense it will be the the caribbean the whole time.

 

Which, if you read the comments by the RCI spokesman, Harri Kulovaara, when the Central Park "neighborhood" was first announced, you will see that he indicated exactly that. The design of the ships assumes that they will sail exclusively in the Caribbean. Now, that was also apparently the assumption that RCI made when they designed and introduced the Voyager class ships and we now see them sailing in Europe and several other venues, so things can change, but for awhile at least the ships will limit their sailings to the Caribbean.:)

[Alexis]

=crusinmama06;14761815]You forgot my choice..."Just open the darn booking already :rolleyes:"

 

I don't care if they call it chicken of the sea, I just want to start making some solid plans. :D

 

I love that one. ;)

[pcur]

I voted "hate them" but that is really just too strong. I just think they sound awful....espectially Allure OTS :(

 

Plus, when I think of Oasis - I think dessert and not water or seas :confused:

 

Me, too. I think "hate" is too strong....I think the names are cheesy. JMO

[danvan]

i don't care about the names, all i want is to sail on them

[MJL]

I am more concerned about if they are safe, reliable, affordable and if the itinerary is of interest to me. And if I was to pick a name, I would search out some co-branding, like the Chevrolet Suburban of the Seas. Or, the Ford Excursion of the Seas.

 

Mike

[mimikens]

Well, I said I hated them, but in truth, I only HATE, DETEST, ABHOR (not that I feel strongly) Oasis of the Seas. I like Allure of the Seas. It will not stop me from booking the inaugural.

[pmfan]

I would have preferred "Genesis of the Seas".