Overview: This was our 4th cruise on Royal Caribbean and our focus was to experience the Oasis - so we did not do much site seeing on any of the ports (did some shopping) as we spent the majority of our time experiencing the many offerings on the ship. We had a blast experiencing the oasis - everyone should cruise this ship at least once. The ship is huge and a wonderful feat of engineering, entertainment and comfort - we truly enjoyed the ship, but have decided that the smaller ships (Voyager) offer a bit more intimacy and personal touch. When we sailed we had 5800 on board and the following cruise was going to have over 6400 - there are over 2000 crew and the majority of the crew stated the ship was "too big" and liked the smaller ships for the same reason mentioned above.

The food was good in the main dining room (we had My Time Dining) and we asked to keep the same wait staff - we were accommodated almost every evening. Entertainment of Hair Spray, Come Fly With Me, Water Show and the Salsa Band (Royal Promenade) were super - rest of the entertainment was very good also. Tip: We booked our show tickets online before departing and this worked very well - recommend you do too as well. We were able to set our dining times and schedule our shows/entertainment via RCCL website...saved time and made our trip that much better.

Embarking - best I've seen. We were on the ship in less than 25-minutes from the time we pulled up and were dropped off. We flew into Miami airport and took the shuttle to the ship ($58/one way for two persons) and arrived by 1030 and were on the ship by 1100. Read more