Oasis of the Seas Review
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A relaxing seven-day trip! Our trip began in Tallahassee on October 6th as we drove to Gainesville to attend the Florida/LSU football game (what a game!). After the game we drove to Orlando and stayed at the Marriott Fairfield inn near the Orlando airport (a 45-minute drive to the port). We arrived at the port around 11:00 am and, for the convenience, we parked in the port garage - $136 for the week. Security and Check-in were efficient and within 15 minutes we were in the waiting area to board the ship. We were in the waiting area about 15 minutes and were in the Windjammer having lunch by 12:00 noon. As always, the paella was excellent!
This was our fourth cruise on the Oasis class ships and our second on the Oasis of the Seas. The Oasis of the Seas is a beautiful ship and was clean and well maintained, although the ship is beginning to show wear on the carpets and furniture and on the pool deck. Since this was fall break for several southeastern states, there were a lot of families and kids on this cruise.
We stayed in cabin 10209, a veranda room overlooking Central Park. As part of the package for staying in a veranda room overlooking Central Park, we received a complimentary bottle of wine and a lunch in Giovanni’s. The lunch at Giovanni’s was excellent. The room was well maintained and outstanding service was provided by our Cabin Attendant (Debra Jack)! The only minor issues we had were that our luggage arrived after dinner and our safe would not open the first evening; we called to have this remedied and they addressed the issue within 20 minutes.
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Central Park View Balcony
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St. Maarten
Our first stop was St. Maarten. Since we have been here many times before, we chose to take the water taxi ($7 round trip) into town to do some shopping. While the island has recovered from the hurricane, there were still numerous buildings needing repair. We walked down Front Street to shop at Regency near the old church. Prior to the storm they were located just passed the McDonalds, but after the storm the McDonalds did not reopen. We have been shopping at Regency for years and always enjoy talking to the owner. They also have great prices on cologne.
San Juan
Since we were only inport a few hours, and had to return to the ship by 1:30 p.m., we opted to just walk around Old San Juan near the ship. We really enjoyed visiting with the local street artist along many of the streets near the port. While we were heading back to the ship and looking lost, a local person offered some advice, telling us that San Juan was built on a hill and that we just needed to walk down hill to the ship.