Oasis of the Seas Review

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Crickets!

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nealstuber
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Jun 2014

I decided on the title for this review while we were walking Central Park on our Oasis cruise to Labadee, Falmouth, and Cozumel. As if the ship wasn’t extravagant enough, somebody actual thought to pipe the sound of Crickets into Central park! This attention to detail was reflected in every inch of ship design, and given the massive size of the ship it is almost unbelievable.

A little bit of background, I have been following the Oasis since before she was built. DW and our kids have been able to cruise often, in part by avoiding the expense of airfare, sailing from local ports where Oasis and Allure do not call. That changed when our son won a free cruise for two playing Bingo on the Navigator last November. A couple of unexpected changes at work for DW & I and the stars suddenly aligned for us to make the trek to Port Everglades on two weeks’ notice. DW and I (mid 40’s) left the kids home with Grandparents for a hyper-romantic getaway – our 22nd Cruise. We could not help but draw comparisons between the Voyager Class and the Oasis and we will share our perspectives here. The review will also cover our awesome shore excursions and our impressions of the beverage package, dining and wonderful entertainment.

One of the downsides of booking at the last minute is it’s tough to get reasonable air – we did something that might not be for everyone - but it worked for us: We flew Allegiant Air in to the Orlando Sanford airport and rented a car for the 3&1/2 hour drive. We got a direct flight in the night before and split the trip down with an overnight in Vero Beach. We had a 3pm flight out of the same airport on the way back so we asked for an early debark and were back at the airport 3hrs early. Sounds a bit arduous, but the round trip air was about $250/pp with the taxes plus 3 bags at $20 each. It is tough to beat that from our backwater airport in South Texas. The drive time was less than our connection layover time would have been so we actually got home sooner than we would have with a flight out of FLL.

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