Oasis of the Seas Review
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Myself and husband both aged early 30s spent two week's on Oasis of the Seas in August 2012 and did a back to back cruise to the East and West Caribbean. We flew B.A. to Miami the day before and stayed in the Crowne Plaza overnight. Our transfer had us at the sea port quite swiftly, and from the moment I stepped off the bus to actually stepping onto the ship, it must have only taken 15 minutes! I have to say, absolutely fantastic. I can't praise the staff at Royal Caribbean enough, customer service brilliant.
Once on board, we entered opposite Guest Services and we were totally gob-smacked. ... How can this float? It's absolutely huge, but so much fun, and so much to see and do. Our drill was very well organised, our muster station was in Studio B, and a safety video was played. No need to try on the life jackets, but they were on view in each muster station. The down to earth Captain gave a talk over the speaker system and after that it was up to our rooms to unpack!
Our cabin was an ocean view, large balcony on deck 14. Now, I must say this folks, I did find the large balcony a total waste of money. You get the same table and two chair's everyone else get's plus on the 14 deck there is an over hang from above so less sun hits the balcony. We did however find our cabin very nice, plenty of storage, bearing in mind we had three suite cases and I managed to find a home for everything. Suite cases went under the bed, plenty of hangers in the wardrobe and draws for smalls. Bed very comfy, T.V. great and thought out the ship I found their use of I.T. was fantastic. Bathroom very modern, much more pleasing on the eye than other ships. You get a small bar of soap in the bathroom and shampoo in the shower. Formal night's I noticed that's when we got the towel animals, and chocolate on the pillows. All the room attendants on our floor were so friendly, and it was a please to talk to them as they work so hard, cleaning all rooms twice a day.
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Superior Ocean View Stateroom with Large Balcony
We cabin was an ocean view cabin on deck 14, mid ship with a large balcony. There was an over hang from above - deck 15 which some might say stops the sun from hitting your balcony. Also, with a large balcony you do not get anything more than standard table and two chairs. Our cabin was nice, modern and very clean. Our bed was large, comfy and linen to a good standard. Our layout was good, bed nearest to the patio door. We had three suit cases, and managed to fit them under the the bed. I managed to find a home for everything which was impressive as I did take everything but the kitchen sink!!! Bathroom was much improved, light and modern with a better shower enclosure. Whilst the towels were of a very good standard, I just wished the bath towels were bigger. Television was great, the information system was brilliant and you are able to see how busy the restaurants were. Some good T.V. shows, and I liked the morning show that was recorded the night before by the cruise director Amy and Zack. If you like a cabin on the higher decks as we do then I'd say book a cabin maybe on decks 8/9/10 as it's quicker to get about... The lifts are always busy. And don't worry about movement, we honestly never felt the ship move - I know that is always a key factor when choosing a cabin. If you book a cabin looking inwards, especially at the back of the ship where the sports area is (zip line etc) then the higher up you are the more you will be seen on your balcony.