Introduction: My husband and I had a last-minute opportunity to go on a cruise for the New Year's holiday and we were both extremely excited to be able to get a cabin on the Oasis on such short notice. We booked the cruise directly via Royal Caribbean approximately 3 weeks prior to embarkation. We booked a Central Park View Stateroom (cabin 9649) which we were apprehensive about since we normally elect an ocean view balcony. Being that this was a last-minute cruise we decided to book this cabin anyway since availability was scarce. After doing some research on this website we took other member's suggestions and booked all of our entertainment shows in advance. Being that the cruise was less than 3 weeks out, we surprisingly had all of our first choice options for shows so we were relieved.

Day One:

Embarkation was beyond a breeze. In fact, it was the quickest and most efficient embarkation we had ever had. From curbside to check in we were literally on this ship less than 18 minutes after getting dropped off at the port. This included giving the porters our bags, applying luggage tags, going through security, checking in, taking a mandatory photo and asking a few questions along the way. Read more