We went on the Oasis, August 28th 2010. When we arrived at the port we were directed into a huge warehouse looking room, and waited in line for customs. This went relatively quickly. However when we got to the RC window there seemed to be a problem with our account. After looking at our papers for over five minutes we were moved to another window to see what our problem was. Was told there was a small balance due. Apparently there was an error on RC part, because it was taken off our account and we were told we could get on the boat. Took a bit longer than most people... When we entered the ship it was absolutely beautiful. We went for a drink and waited till 1 pm to go into our room. Our room was small but worked for our needs. Weird that they have no electrical sockets in the bathroom however they have a huge makeup mirror with a chair in the outer room. One of the first things we noticed in the room was that it was extremely warm. The master switch was on and our balcony was completely shut, yet the temperature in the room was warm. We had a balcony room overlooking the boardwalk, and our view was the top of the carousel!!! Not a good view at all. Our luggage was delivered by 130. We unpacked and on we went to look around the amazing ship. At 4 pm we were directed to the safety drill. Located in the main dining room. The Captain came over the speaker and informed us that due to Hurricane Earl that we would not be able to go to the Virgin Islands!!!! So disappointing.. They changed our port of calls to Costa Maya and Cozumel. They were also scheduled on different days than the original port days. By 1130 that night RC had refunded our excursions payment to our account. It was done by a cruise credit. Which you had to use or you would lose. Our room continued to have AC issues throughout the entire cruise. We went to cruise services several times, yet the problem was never solved. Made staying in the room and sleeping very uncomfortable. (At least 80 degrees in our room) The temperature outside was in the high 90's. We also had an issue with some sort of grinding noise.. Loud grinding noise coming from the floor below our stateroom... two afternoons this went on.. We brought this to cruise services attention and they denied having any work going on in our area.. However the second evening of the grinding we found a bottle of wine from cruise services in our room for our trouble. Nice touch... You will find that the entire week you couldn't feel the ship move AT ALL.. If you didn't look out the window you would not even know you were on a ship... Pool area was never overly crowded could always find a chair. My hubby loved the zip line... went twice... didn't see many people on the rock wall.. But the flow rider was always busy.. If anyone says the ship doesn't feel crowded with over 6000 passengers, and 2000 staff are lying. On the promenade deck at times it was just like the mall on Christmas Eve!!

MY TIME DINING-I had scheduled before we left, our dining times to go along with our daily activities, however due to the port and at seas days changed I was needing to adjust our reservation. I called the restaurant and was told that we could not change our reservation. That we could just come and wait in line to get a table. (lines that could take over an hour to be seated) Because my time dining required pre paid gratuities the service was somewhat lacking. Waiters not at all friendly.. The floor the my time dining is on looks out to the running track, as the set time for dinner (floor below) had an ocean view. They also had entertainment, as our dining had none. The food was good but not great. WINDJAMMER- We ate there for breakfast and lunch most days, great variety in food, food was good not great. Although it got crowded we never had a problem finding a place to sit. JOHNNY ROCKETS-we went here one day for lunch and it was awesome, the onion rings where out of this world. Paid a small service fee but was worth it. We went one day for breakfast and it was of the same quality as the WINDJAMMER. Nothing special. CUPCAKES- LOVED THE CUPCAKES.. Enough said. $2.50 per cupcake but was very worth it.. WIPE OUT CAFÉ-pizza was the main offering and hot dogs. They only had water and lemonade to drink, and both times we went...they were out of lemonade. We didn't eat at any other specialty restaurant because of the extra fee, and from what we could tell a lot of people thought the same, many were empty each night.

PIZZA-they had alright pizza but only water to go with it. Read more