Oasis of the Seas Review

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Oasis of the Seas - Pros and Cons

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Sail Date: Sep 2014
Cabin: Superior Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony

We sailed on the Oasis of the Seas on a 7 night (Med / Netherlands) cruise starting from Barcelona on 23 September. This is our fourth cruise with RC on smaller ships and there is no doubt that this ship has the wow factor - it certainly creates quite a stir, as we were greeted by large crowds and local press at various ports. As usual with RC the checking in (and out) was smooth and we found our ocean view balcony cabin (12608 aft) to be clean and spacious with plenty of wardrobe space and hangers. A number of people we spoke to agree that the entertainment on this ship is very good and we particularly enjoyed the comedy club which is strictly for adults. Our cabin attendant Camilla was fabulous as was the Champagne bar attendant, however generally we found the staff on the ship not as friendly as those on other RC cruises, albeit they were efficient and professional.

We ate in various places and the Chops Grille remains our favourite speciality restaurant. We were however surprised that the Windjammer on this ship was no bigger than the smaller ships and the food selection not as varied…it's also the first time we have had to queue on an RC ship which does seem rather odd considering it's one of their biggest ships. The overcrowding issue also applied to the upper decks as it was not always easy to find a sun lounger which did create tension amongst certain guests when trying to make an early morning claim via placing their towel on a sun lounger but unaware that staff will remove the towel after 30 minutes if the lounger remains unoccupied. We went on a morning trip to Marbella and Puerto Banus which we enjoyed and did our own thing when we docked at Vigo, which is well worth a visit as we didn't realise how big the city is. Overall, we had a lovely time however, it felt as if there was about 1,000 too many people on this ship and therefore didn't meet our expectations in full, but we would sail again on the Oasis.

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Superior Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony

Cabin D3

We found our ocean view balcony cabin (12608 aft) to be clean and spacious with plenty of wardrobe space and hangers. The central location of the cabin on the ship is nice and quiet and also particularly good if you suffer from sea sickness as we felt little motion.

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