As frequent cruisers,we found the Oasis embarkation process to be the smoothest and fastest we've encountered.
The ship itself is a vision of architectural fantasy. It is truly an awesome ship. It is beautiful and her crew members are absolutely fabulous. They are so anxious to please the guests in any way possible.
Our cabin overlooked Central Park with a very calm and pleasing view. Central Park is not the busiest of the neighborhoods, so it was a very good place to be, although I think I would opt for an ocean view next time. The cabins overlooking the Promenade or the Boardwalk tended to be noisy until late evening and I wouldn't recommend them to people who go to bed early. Those interior, outside cabin do lack one thing -- the ocean. You get the feeling that you are on a floating resort or hotel, rather than a cruise. The cabins themselves were smaller than the lower category cabins on the Carnival ships. The bathrooms have one very nice feature -- a shower enclosure which keeps you from flooding the bathroom floor when you shower. However, the size of the sink is a joke. It is about the size of the sink in airplane bathrooms. It's difficut to get your hands under the faucet to wash them. That surely could have been a better design. Closets and drawers were adequate for two people, but again, smaller than on Carnival ships. It's a good thing they don't keep the lifevests in the closets, or there would have been no space for clothes.