The Norovirus struck but I will circle back to that.

We flew in the morning of the cruise and since the airport is so close to the cruise terminal we jumped in a cab and were at the terminal in 15 minutes. Just a tip... It is far less expensive to take a cab vs. the transfers the cruise line offers. Check in was a breeze but we were a little early to board the ship so we grabbed a seat and began boarding at about 11:30 in the morning. Had lunch in the Windjammer and was off to explore the ship a bit. We had sailed on Allure of the Seas about 18 months earlier and to be honest the ships are pretty much identical with the exception of a hot dog stand on the boardwalk (Allure has it while Oasis does not.)

I have been on many cruises and have often heard the expression that people that take cruises are newlyweds or nearly dead. In this case, the scales were heavily tilted to the nearly dead category. We are 37 and 38 respectively so we fit into neither category and were certainly a minority. The older population is not normally something that bothers me but since the popularity of the motorized scooter has exploded recently it is a bit of a problem. There are 24 passenger elevators on the ship and that seems like quite a bit but they are only located in 2 spots on the ship so elevator usage is a premium. Once you dive out of the way of these motorized terrors and add the size of these scooters in the elevators you would often wait for 2 or 3 elevators just to find space. Read more