Oasis of the Seas Review

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cowboywong
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Dec 2012
Cabin: Boardwalk View Stateroom with Balcony

My thoughts on our Oasis cruise. We like many others wanted to experience the worlds largest cruise ship. I like aft cabins so I thought a balcony cabin overlooking the boardwalk neighborhood would be good good idea. I picked the highest deck under the flow rider last cabin on the end.

Pros/cons: Pros; Great views of the ocean, the boardwalk area & the aqua theater, no vibration or noise from the engines, no wind and nobody looking onto our cabin from above. Cons: cabin was not a suite so it was just the average size, noise from the aqua theater were LOUD (even with the doors closed), aft cabins are nice but you do walk more to get to the back, very little sun on the balcony and I had booked 11 months in advance to get this particular cabin. So bottom line would I book this cabin again, yes I think I would. If you want a quiet peaceful experience most of the interior balcony over broadway are going to be loud but it was not a deal breaker and I knew it may be a problem. As other reviewers noted interior cabins do lack privacy as they face cabins on the other side. Cabin was small but had adequate storage space. I liked that under the bed it had enough height to store luggage. The only plug is under the mirrored desk so ideally you will need plug cord long enough to reach the top counter. My travel one is short but I managed. If you have allot of electronics it could be a problem. In my carry on I had a 18 bottles of water and 2 rum runners. I did not have any problems from security.

The first thing we did once on board was confirmed our traditional late seating dining assignment. It doesn't matter what cruise line these days you use they don't honor any requests for seating for traditional dining. It took about 10-20 minutes to speak with maitre de. They take your sea pass and you take a seat and wait and they have refreshments available as well a nice touch. We asked for a 8 or 6 top and were happy to have met a wonderful couple from California. We also purchased the Oasis dining package which includes, the Solarium, Giovanies, Chops and Izumi. Solarium was very intimate and good food. Giovanies probably the best meal of the cruise. Izumi was ok but we had the idea of of going for lunch and I guess that screws everything up (we ended up going twice for the same price). The quality was good but the menu is limited at lunch time so check it out for dinner for the full experience. Chops was a disappointment. It is just plain loud, kind like eating in a sports bar. Tables are tight, ceilings are low and service was spotty. I had the oysters, house specialty salad and the porterhouse. The oysters had bbq sauce on them and I am sure that is a crime in some states. The salad was mixed greens and 2 full strips of bacon and oil and vinegar on the side. The menu says vinaigrette I didn't realize I was mixing it myself odd, very odd. The steak was just perfect. This was our first attempt at specialty restaurants on a cruise and I understand the idea but I can't say it was far superior then the main dining room. The main dining room was not very consistent but I am odd duck and always order 2 entrees and my chance of getting something exceptional goes way up. I have always had waiters accommodate the extra plates. Winners: seafood pot stickers, lamb chops, duck, avocado pasta and prime rib. Losers: lobster tail and strip steak. We ate most of our lunches and breakfast in the main dining room. They had buffet setup for both meals so if time was an issue it could be as quick as the Windjammer. If at all possible avoid the Windjammer it was the worst consistency, that is no exaggeration. Park Cafe has exceptional salads, paninis and of course the roast beef sandwich. I recommend ordering 2 with extra au jus and a little horse radish. The guy carving the beef is probably the hardest working man on the ship!

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Boardwalk View Stateroom with Balcony

Cabin B2

I like aft cabins so I thought a balcony

cabin overlooking the boardwalk neighborhood would be good good idea. I

picked the highest deck under the flow rider last cabin on the end.

Pros/cons: Pros; Great views of the ocean, the boardwalk area & the aqua

theater, no vibration or noise from the engines, no wind and nobody

looking onto our cabin from above. Cons: cabin was not a suite so it was

just the average size, noise from the aqua theater were LOUD (even with

the doors closed), aft cabins are nice but you do walk more to get to the

back, very little sun on the balcony a

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