It's been a few years since our last cruise and we were really excited about going on the Oasis of the Seas. We were not disappointed. My husband and I started out driving from Chicago to Walt Disney World on to Vero Beach the night before the cruise and finally to Port Everglades. We parked with Park and Go, I would recommend them to everyone. They were great.

Embarkation went really quickly. We arrived around 1130am. We did enter through a different door though than the main crowd since we were in a junior suite. Didn't know that this was a perk, but we were thankful we didn't have to go through the crowds. Entering on the promenade was very nice. It was only crowded at the entrance since people tended to walk in and gawk...standing in place, holding up the people behind them. After getting past the gawkers, the crowd wasn't bad at all. From there we explored the ship and waited till our room was ready.

As soon as the announcement was made, we went to our stateroom to dump our carry-ons. This is the first time we have ever had a junior suite and what a great room! We had JS 6640 on the Starboard side and IDEAL room. Close to elevators, just a short walk to the donut shop and boardwalk and on the "action" side of the ship. We had a great view of every port and could watch the pier runners everyday we were in docked. I would definitely book this room again. It was large, with walk in closet, large bathroom with tub, huge balcony and best of all the best room steward on the ship! Halsted was outstanding!! We made a very good friend in him. Read more