We recently returned from our Oasis sailing which sailed October 30 to the Western Caribbean. We flew day down a day early and stayed at the W Ft. Lauderdale, GORGEOUS hotel, would stay there again in a heartbeat. Had dinner at one of the best restaurants I have ever dined at, YOLO(you only live once)...about a $15 cab ride from the hotel but VERY worth it (Meatball slider, chopped salad, steak, carrot cake and bread pudding(don't miss this). Walked about half way back to the hotel to burn off some dinner and caught a cab the rest of the way back. Next morning had some coffee and pastries at the hotel and off to the pier...

Check-In...arrived at the pier at 10:15...I can see how this system would work well if you were not arriving early but if you are, not the best system I have seen. There are 2 sides for check in...goes according to deck number...you go through security and then onto check in. You stay on the same side for check in as you do for security...this is where it went down hill. I do not remember the exact number but there was about 5 check in desks for each deck...that was pretty good, or would have been pretty good if there had been more than one open. So, now we have 3 or 4 lines for our deck with 10 or so people in each line and 1 check in desk open...woman directing people from each line skipping over one line a few times, etc...some very unhappy people with that. Finally after about 20 minutes they brought in more employees and the lines started to move. From there we went upstairs to the waiting area to meet some very pushy and rude employees at the pier who told us we could only sit here, not there, etc. We are platinum and had a group of 19...we wanted to sit in the 2 rows facing each other but they were just totally rude about it. Anyway, we waited about a half our and off to the ship we were HERDED...I mean someone should have really had a cattle prod here! I will rate things on a scale of 1-5, 1 being really needs improvement to 5 being amazing. Check in to on the ship: 3 1/2

About the Ship...first impression is not that different than others...just walking into the Promenade you don't see the magnitude of this ship. Once you get down the hall and you need to walk all the way to the other end is where you see how large it is. Try to get a room in the middle if you can. The ship was very nice, although being so large it made it hard to find people if you were looking for them. Loved the boardwalk and central park, great ideas for something different. Zip Line was OK, but you will spend more time in line, taking off all jewelry and being harnessed in for that 15 second ride than it is really worth. Carousel was fun but only needed to do it once. Pools were never too crowded, I was surprised by that...our favorite was the Beach pool, but people LOVE to save those lounge chairs all day! Everything was clean and in place and as is expected. Ship: 4 1/2 Read more