Oasis of the Seas Review
Oasis of the Seas Jan 18 2014 - A Family Cruise
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Our family left a day ahead of time in case weather held us up. We stayed at our favorite place – Bahia Mar in Ft Lauderdale. This hotel is right on the beach. I had booked and paid for 3 rooms for 1 night. When we got there The Bahia Mar only had 2 rooms booked. When we checked my confirmation it said three rooms but only gave me 2 confirmation numbers. Thankfully, the Bahia Mar said since the body of my confirmation said three rooms they would give them to me. I would suggest NOT booking through Hot Wire, who made the bookings. Two days after booking with Hot Wire I went back into Bahia Mar’s site and I could have gotten an ocean view and breakfast for the same price as a marina view. Oh well, we always learn.
The BIG news. The day before we left I received a phone call from Royal Caribbean asking if I wanted to be upgraded. I of course said YES! We were upgraded to a Loft Suite. What a thrill! It was a beautiful room and our Room Steward Cherry and her assistant Dwi were awesome! More on them later.
Accommodations: We originally had a Jr Suite booked and as I said earlier we received a call from Rosie asking if we wanted to be upgraded. After some hemming and hawing I said yes. We went from a 9th floor Jr Suite to a Loft Suite on the 17th floor. I loved the room, except for one tiny little problem. It is very much out of the way of everything. Elevators are a rarity during the busy times. Thankfully, we like walking stairs. When you walk into the room there is an entry way with a place to put your room keys (at least that’s what we used it for), next is a guest bathroom (husbands), then the living room with a sleeper sofa and windows from the upper floor to the floor. Way impressive! Go up the stairs and the bedroom is right by the upstairs railing, next is a dressing area and master bathroom with a shower that had…count them three shower heads! Different types of shower heads, a massage, normal, and last but not least a rain shower head. I used this bathroom, so we had a his and a hers. Downstairs was a walk in closet across from the guest bathroom and a normal closet upstairs. The curtains were automatic – hit a switch and they opened or closed. The lights had a master switch console that dimmed and brightened the lights. I felt very spoiled – oh wait I was very spoiled this cruise!
Cabin Review
I loved the room, except for one tiny little problem. It is very much out of the way of everything. Elevators are a rarity during the busy times. Thankfully, we like walking stairs. When you walk into the room there is an entry way with a place to put your room keys (at least that’s what we used it for), next is a guest bathroom (husbands), then the living room with a sleeper sofa and windows from the upper floor to the floor. Way impressive! Go up the stairs and the bedroom is right by the upstairs railing, next is a dressing area and master bathroom with a shower that had…count them three shower heads! Different types of shower heads, a massage, normal, and last but not least a rain shower head. I used this bathroom, so we had a his and a hers. Downstairs was a walk in closet across from the guest bathroom and a normal closet upstairs. The curtains were automatic – hit a switch and they opened or closed. The lights had a master switch console that dimmed and brightened the lights. I felt very spoiled – oh wait I was very spoiled this cruise!