Oasis of the Seas Review

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Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Oasis of the Seas
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Boilermaker27
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Oct 2013
Traveled with children

Let me begin by saying I am NOT a veteran cruiser. Cruised several times 20 years ago and then over Halloween of 2012 took a 4 day Disney Dream cruise with my then 16 year old daughter. We decided to travel again over Halloween in 2013 and chose the Oasis of the Seas for a 7 day Western Caribbean cruise. We were encouraged by our travel agent to take the Oasis. The price was reasonable so that's what we did.

We were on Deck 10 and had an ocean view with a balcony. Nice room. It is not fair to compare a ship full of kids on Disney to a ship full of mostly adults on the Oasis. Both have their advantages so l will try to stay focused on the Oasis. My daughter did not participate in the Disney teen program but that all changed on the Oasis. There were far fewer teens on the Oasis and she became good friends with the few that did participate in the Oasis teen program. It seemed to be well supervised and I always felt comfortable when she was with that group. We did not have a 2 way radio on the Oasis as we did on Disney but that was never a problem. As big as the Oasis is, I was always able to find her if needed.

My idea of a cruise is good food, meeting new people with good conversation, sitting on the edge of the pool listening to my ipod and enjoying great entertainment. All of those things happened for me in 'aces' on the Oasis. The food was good. Not great - but good. Good variety, well served and always as advertised. We never ate in any of the 'for fee' restaurants so I am unable to rate any of those. We used My Time Dining and had no problem. Amazingly, I sat with the same people every night and always at the same table. There were great people at the table but the reason I went with MTD was so I could meet different people every meal. Next time I will request a different table each night. Again, my table mates were GREAT but I wanted to meet other people. Dinner was about the only time I really was able to connect with my daughter as the rest of the day she was with people her own age.

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Exactly as I expected. Was well maintained. Balcony size was good. Soundproofing was excellent.

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