I must say that I have been reading the Cruise Critic forum and message boards for three years and I have never felt compelled to join or leave a review until now. I am an extremely detail orientated person and have tremendously high expectations/standards. In addition, I am from the north and speak forthright. With that being disclosed; the Oasis of the Seas met 95% of the high quality principles I had anticipated.

This review is limited to the Eastern Caribbean July 3, 2010- July 10, 2010 cruise only and readers must keep in mind that it's my experience and opinion. I am in my 40s and my profession is a Tax-Investment Advisor. I traveled with my FiancE who is in his 50s and he is a Vice President-Senior Chief Operating Office in the field of Finance. We planned our cruise six months in advance for vacation purposes. We are Gold Members on RCL and between the both of us we have cruised Holland America, Carnival and Celebrity.

Boarding- What a breeze and a breath of fresh air, especially considering our airline ordeal. Overall, a smooth transition to board and took less than 10 minutes. Make sure you wear flat shoes as the ramp is an uphill climb to the 5th deck gangway for boarding. I had an ordeal with the airlines as my purse was in Airport/Homeland Security custody due to being considered left unattended at our connecting airport, with my passport inside. My purse was returned two minutes after our flight boarded and the gate supervisor refused to hold the plane, fully knowing that we had a cruise to board by 3:30pm and knowing that the next flight out was six hours later, in which we would have "missed the boat." We ended up spending an enormous amount of money and time renting a car and driving to FLL arriving at the airport to retrieve our luggage just in the nick of time to board the ship. We had our luggage by 5pm. Debarkation was 30 minutes behind, but went very smoothly. Read more