Oasis of the Seas Review

Wife's Father's Day Gift Cruise for my Son and I on the Oasis

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jrcooper7
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

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Sail Date: Jul 2014

After seeing the inaugural voyage of the Oasis of the Seas on the Smithsonian Channel on my Roku I just knew I wanted to experience the biggest cruise ship in the world. So for Father’s Day my loving wife my dear wife surprised me by giving me a cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas July 19, 2014 through July 26, 2014. Since my son’s birthday was on the 21st and he had never cruised before I asked if he wanted to go and he agreed to put down his down payment. I told him we would be visiting Labadee, Haiti, Falmouth, Jamaica and Cozumel, Mexico.

We flew in from another state and we met up in Fort Lauderdale. At the end of the terminal was Bags to Go which charged $10.00 a bag to transfer our bags to the ship so we could spend some time in the city before the cruise took off at 5:00 pm. The city offered a free trolley ride to downtown. We boarded another trolley and bought a $3.00 all day pass. That trolley took us to the beach. After spending some time walking around the beach area we took a different trolley. Then we walked to Port Everglades which was only a couple of miles from the trolley stop.

Needless to say when we approached the ship we were greatly impressed with its girth. Truly this was a very large cruise ship and when we got onboard the features of this ship were quite impressive. It had all the amenities and then some. The Aqua Theater was very large with two giant screens and just enough seating. As we looked up we saw a zip line which we immediately signed waivers so we could fly across right above the boardwalk. What really impressed us was Central Park on the 8th floor of the ship. Truly its 12,000 plus trees and foliage was an oasis. I spent time there reading and listening to the excellent variety of music from classical to light popular.

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The cabin was smaller than other RC balcony staterooms which had a tub, but since we stay so little in it except for reading and sleep, it as OK. It was port side so I could not see the docking as I usually like to do, but still it was quiet and comfortable.

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