Oasis of the Seas Cruise Trip Report
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After our snack at Vitality Cafe, the teen girls went off on their own, and Chris, Kellye and I set off to explore more of the ship. We walked out of the spa area and caught the Rockin' Rhythm Nation parade getting started. (so it must have been about 5:45pm, according to my Compass.)
This is where the globe outside the Globe & Atlas Pub opens up and a catwalk rolls out.
By this point, the Drink of the Day had kicked in and we were officially members of the Nation of Why Not. We hopped on an elevator and, for some reason, thought we needed a picture of our fresh pedicures.
We went to Deck 8 to see what trouble we could get into at Central Park. I think this was when we made our reservations for Chops on Tuesday night. (Sorry, things are getting a little fuzzy here. Wonder why?)
Outside of Chops, we decided there is no better time than now to break in Rising Tide Bar. Why Not? (ok, that's gonna get old.)
For any who don't know, Rising Tide Bar is unique to Royal Caribbean's Oasis Class ships. It's an oval-shaped bar with a few tables, a stand-up bar in the middle, and a working bar on one end, with bartender. The entire bar travels from Deck 5 Royal Promenade to Deck 8 Central Park every 15 minutes.
We hopped aboard just as a zany character from the Rockin' Rhythm Nation Parade was exiting. We checked out the menu.
and I ordered something that might have been the Italian Tea (because I don't see anything else on the menu that corresponds). Foo Ball decided to share with me.
Kellye and Chris went out on a limb and ordered a standard bourbon and Coke and Jack on the rocks with a splash of water.
On the way down, Chris had the Flip Cam and was playing with some small children, yelling "help us, we're sinking..."
Some photos of the Royal Promenade from Rising Tide Bar. This is the only way you can get this perspective.
We enjoyed Rising Tide so much, we decided to take it back up to Central Park. Off we went through Central Park back to our rooms to get ready for our dinner. We had My Time Dining reservations for 8pm.
Next up - My Time Dining and an empty ship (?)
This is where the globe outside the Globe & Atlas Pub opens up and a catwalk rolls out.
By this point, the Drink of the Day had kicked in and we were officially members of the Nation of Why Not. We hopped on an elevator and, for some reason, thought we needed a picture of our fresh pedicures.
We went to Deck 8 to see what trouble we could get into at Central Park. I think this was when we made our reservations for Chops on Tuesday night. (Sorry, things are getting a little fuzzy here. Wonder why?)
Outside of Chops, we decided there is no better time than now to break in Rising Tide Bar. Why Not? (ok, that's gonna get old.)
For any who don't know, Rising Tide Bar is unique to Royal Caribbean's Oasis Class ships. It's an oval-shaped bar with a few tables, a stand-up bar in the middle, and a working bar on one end, with bartender. The entire bar travels from Deck 5 Royal Promenade to Deck 8 Central Park every 15 minutes.
We hopped aboard just as a zany character from the Rockin' Rhythm Nation Parade was exiting. We checked out the menu.
and I ordered something that might have been the Italian Tea (because I don't see anything else on the menu that corresponds). Foo Ball decided to share with me.
Kellye and Chris went out on a limb and ordered a standard bourbon and Coke and Jack on the rocks with a splash of water.
On the way down, Chris had the Flip Cam and was playing with some small children, yelling "help us, we're sinking..."
Some photos of the Royal Promenade from Rising Tide Bar. This is the only way you can get this perspective.
We enjoyed Rising Tide so much, we decided to take it back up to Central Park. Off we went through Central Park back to our rooms to get ready for our dinner. We had My Time Dining reservations for 8pm.
Next up - My Time Dining and an empty ship (?)
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Glad you're here, Jen. What do you think so far? Are you thinking Oasis for your cruise?
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We freshened up a bit, then Chris and I set off to explore the ship a little and we all agreed to meet at the Opus 5 Dining Room (Main Dining Room, Deck 5, reserved for My Time Dining) at 7:50pm for our 8pm reservation.
I don't remember where Chris and I went, but I do remember we got caught up in all the magic that is Oasis and lost track of time. This was the first time I noticed that there are very few clocks on the ship. We use our iPhones as our clocks and we don't wear watches, so we were a little lost without clocks all week. This was one of the very few disappointments (I won't even rank it as a complaint) that we had about Oasis. Recommendation: bring a watch.
We showed up at Opus 5 right at 8pm. There was a line on each side of the entrance, with a roped area between the lines for people leaving and/or re-entering the dining room.
One line is marked "Guests with reservations" and the other is marked for guests without reservations. We stood in the appropriate line for about a minute. It was longer than the other line at the time. A hostess with a clipboard approached us, welcomed us, and asked us to move over to the other line "to expedite".
At the front of each line were two hostess stands. Each had a computer where they could, I assume, look up your group and which tables are available at that time. Once they had designated a table, they gave a slip of paper to a "runner", who escorted us to our table. On the way to our table, behind the hostess stands, but before getting to the large doors at the dining room entrance, there were nice lounge-type sofas, chairs, bar stools and tables. There were decorated shelves lining the walls on both sides, and self-service wine tasting kiosks. We never used these, but I wish I had thought to do this. It would be nice to try different wines before dinner so you might know what you'd like to order in the dining room. I guess, having the wine package, we didn't need to do this.
We were assigned to Table 808 with Celeste (waiter) and Donnel (assistant waiter). Celeste's service was mediocre at best. For example, Katie had to ask her three times to bring tea for her, after Celeste had asked what she wanted to drink.
Donnel, on the other hand, was just wonderful. He was very attentive, and the girls fell in love with him. He is from Jamaica and had a great sense of humor. I'll talk more about Donnel later in the week.
The food in the Main Dining Room was not good. We were on Carnival Conquest in 2004, followed by Liberty of the Seas in 2007. In 2007, we noticed that we didn't like the quality of the food as well as that of Carnival, but we came onto the Oasis with a clean slate and an open mind. Only to be disappointed. I can't really pinpoint it, but most of the entrees were just mediocre, some with very little flavor. One of the later nights, I had a "baby scallops with ziti" entree and I just couldn't finish it. It was really bad. On the steak night (I think the first formal night), several of us ordered the filet mignon, and it was sliced in three or four slices and had very little flavor. It was only offered cooked two ways: medium-rare or medium-rare. There seemed to be no marinade or seasoning.
Appetizers were better, for the most part. The escargot was marginal, and served in a metal tray that lost its heat very quickly, rather than in a ceramic crock. There was more garlic than escargot. Shrimp cocktail was ok. The caesar's salad was consistently good and refreshing, portioned right and with good dressing. The best were the vidalia onion tart (borderine AMAZING), and the garlic soup, which I remember loving on the Liberty.
We didn't get dessert most nights, but I am a chocoholic and we ordered a chocolate souffle one night. It fell flat. (no pun intended). It was simply not good.
I understand the part about having to cook for 6000 passengers, etc., but if Carnival can somehow provide quality food, I don't know why RCI can't. All that said, I will say that I still wouldn't "complain" about the MDR food. It was just a disappointment. It did not ruin our vacation.
Oh, and we found the MDR service to be v e r y s l o w w w w. It took an hour and a half almost every night, without dessert. It was hard for the servers to get back to us to refill waters, wine, bring more bread, etc. Sometimes servers from other tables pitched in to help (which was nice, because we also got to know them pretty well too and had fun with them).
The girls left dinner before dessert (as they did most nights). After dinner, Chris, Kellye and I went out for more exploring. We were ready to get the party started and hit the dancefloor. Somewhere.
This is where it gets weird. I don't remember the order of events, but it doesn't really matter, because it was the same everywhere. I guess it's about 9:30 by now.
We went to Dazzles. It was deserted. There was a band playing and about 10 patrons at tables. There was a couple doing some swing dancing on the dance floor, and I think one other couple dancing. Hmm..6000 passengers, and only 15 at Dazzles?
We tried Boleros. There was a good band playing merengue and salsa music there. Maybe 3-4 couples dancing, and a handful of people at tables and the bar watching. Later in the evening (as we kept making the rounds of all the bars/lounges), we saw the "dancing couple" from Dazzles there doing a latin dance.
We checked Jazz on 4. A good band, but nobody there. Later in the evening, again, the "dancing couple" was there doing a foxtrot or waltz.
Blaze - the hip-hop club - we walked by the outside and you can see shadows in the small windows. Hooray - some decent music, and we could see shadows of heads bobbing and people having a good time. I think we have finally found the place to be. So we showed our Seapass cards (this is usually an 18+ club) and went inside. Rounding the corner toward the dance floor, we found that for every bobbing head in the windows, there was a 4-year-old dancing with them. We couldn't see the shadows of these heads since the windows don't go that low. It was really surreal to be in an adult dance club seeing a bunch of little kids dancing on the dance floor. Clearly this was not the place for us.
So, we thought, maybe everyone is up on the pool deck enjoying the salty air and the breeze as we are sailing off toward the Bahamas. Let's go check.
Um....no.
There were no humans up there.
What a beautiful ship on a beautiful night, with beautiful lighting. And not a soul up there to enjoy it. We had it all to ourselves. And we enjoyed it for awhile.
Then we set off to "find the people" again. We tried the cantilevered hot tubs. One was "closed for maintenance" and the other was occupied by a couple who were apparently breaking in the ship in style. We didn't disturb them.
We made the rounds to all the bars on the ship again. Everything was open, but nothing was crowded. Finally, we decided to grab a cocktail and go enjoy our balcony. We were really tired from the early morning flight and the long day. This was a nice way to end the evening.
Next up: The first port call, where we found plenty of party people.
I don't remember where Chris and I went, but I do remember we got caught up in all the magic that is Oasis and lost track of time. This was the first time I noticed that there are very few clocks on the ship. We use our iPhones as our clocks and we don't wear watches, so we were a little lost without clocks all week. This was one of the very few disappointments (I won't even rank it as a complaint) that we had about Oasis. Recommendation: bring a watch.
We showed up at Opus 5 right at 8pm. There was a line on each side of the entrance, with a roped area between the lines for people leaving and/or re-entering the dining room.
One line is marked "Guests with reservations" and the other is marked for guests without reservations. We stood in the appropriate line for about a minute. It was longer than the other line at the time. A hostess with a clipboard approached us, welcomed us, and asked us to move over to the other line "to expedite".
At the front of each line were two hostess stands. Each had a computer where they could, I assume, look up your group and which tables are available at that time. Once they had designated a table, they gave a slip of paper to a "runner", who escorted us to our table. On the way to our table, behind the hostess stands, but before getting to the large doors at the dining room entrance, there were nice lounge-type sofas, chairs, bar stools and tables. There were decorated shelves lining the walls on both sides, and self-service wine tasting kiosks. We never used these, but I wish I had thought to do this. It would be nice to try different wines before dinner so you might know what you'd like to order in the dining room. I guess, having the wine package, we didn't need to do this.
We were assigned to Table 808 with Celeste (waiter) and Donnel (assistant waiter). Celeste's service was mediocre at best. For example, Katie had to ask her three times to bring tea for her, after Celeste had asked what she wanted to drink.
Donnel, on the other hand, was just wonderful. He was very attentive, and the girls fell in love with him. He is from Jamaica and had a great sense of humor. I'll talk more about Donnel later in the week.
The food in the Main Dining Room was not good. We were on Carnival Conquest in 2004, followed by Liberty of the Seas in 2007. In 2007, we noticed that we didn't like the quality of the food as well as that of Carnival, but we came onto the Oasis with a clean slate and an open mind. Only to be disappointed. I can't really pinpoint it, but most of the entrees were just mediocre, some with very little flavor. One of the later nights, I had a "baby scallops with ziti" entree and I just couldn't finish it. It was really bad. On the steak night (I think the first formal night), several of us ordered the filet mignon, and it was sliced in three or four slices and had very little flavor. It was only offered cooked two ways: medium-rare or medium-rare. There seemed to be no marinade or seasoning.
Appetizers were better, for the most part. The escargot was marginal, and served in a metal tray that lost its heat very quickly, rather than in a ceramic crock. There was more garlic than escargot. Shrimp cocktail was ok. The caesar's salad was consistently good and refreshing, portioned right and with good dressing. The best were the vidalia onion tart (borderine AMAZING), and the garlic soup, which I remember loving on the Liberty.
We didn't get dessert most nights, but I am a chocoholic and we ordered a chocolate souffle one night. It fell flat. (no pun intended). It was simply not good.
I understand the part about having to cook for 6000 passengers, etc., but if Carnival can somehow provide quality food, I don't know why RCI can't. All that said, I will say that I still wouldn't "complain" about the MDR food. It was just a disappointment. It did not ruin our vacation.
Oh, and we found the MDR service to be v e r y s l o w w w w. It took an hour and a half almost every night, without dessert. It was hard for the servers to get back to us to refill waters, wine, bring more bread, etc. Sometimes servers from other tables pitched in to help (which was nice, because we also got to know them pretty well too and had fun with them).
The girls left dinner before dessert (as they did most nights). After dinner, Chris, Kellye and I went out for more exploring. We were ready to get the party started and hit the dancefloor. Somewhere.
This is where it gets weird. I don't remember the order of events, but it doesn't really matter, because it was the same everywhere. I guess it's about 9:30 by now.
We went to Dazzles. It was deserted. There was a band playing and about 10 patrons at tables. There was a couple doing some swing dancing on the dance floor, and I think one other couple dancing. Hmm..6000 passengers, and only 15 at Dazzles?
We tried Boleros. There was a good band playing merengue and salsa music there. Maybe 3-4 couples dancing, and a handful of people at tables and the bar watching. Later in the evening (as we kept making the rounds of all the bars/lounges), we saw the "dancing couple" from Dazzles there doing a latin dance.
We checked Jazz on 4. A good band, but nobody there. Later in the evening, again, the "dancing couple" was there doing a foxtrot or waltz.
Blaze - the hip-hop club - we walked by the outside and you can see shadows in the small windows. Hooray - some decent music, and we could see shadows of heads bobbing and people having a good time. I think we have finally found the place to be. So we showed our Seapass cards (this is usually an 18+ club) and went inside. Rounding the corner toward the dance floor, we found that for every bobbing head in the windows, there was a 4-year-old dancing with them. We couldn't see the shadows of these heads since the windows don't go that low. It was really surreal to be in an adult dance club seeing a bunch of little kids dancing on the dance floor. Clearly this was not the place for us.
So, we thought, maybe everyone is up on the pool deck enjoying the salty air and the breeze as we are sailing off toward the Bahamas. Let's go check.
Um....no.
There were no humans up there.
What a beautiful ship on a beautiful night, with beautiful lighting. And not a soul up there to enjoy it. We had it all to ourselves. And we enjoyed it for awhile.
Then we set off to "find the people" again. We tried the cantilevered hot tubs. One was "closed for maintenance" and the other was occupied by a couple who were apparently breaking in the ship in style. We didn't disturb them.
We made the rounds to all the bars on the ship again. Everything was open, but nothing was crowded. Finally, we decided to grab a cocktail and go enjoy our balcony. We were really tired from the early morning flight and the long day. This was a nice way to end the evening.
Next up: The first port call, where we found plenty of party people.
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Because we knew we would have a very long day on Saturday, Day 1, I had not booked an excursion for us for Nassau on Day 2. I figured we'd sleep in and just head over to the straw market and Senor Frogs for awhile when we got up.
Easier said than done. I woke up first and called Kellye. I couldn't get Chris to budge, and Kellye couldn't get the girls to budge. So Kellye and I met at the Solarium Bistro for breakfast. It was about 10:25 when I got there, and they closed breakfast at 10:30. We really liked Solarium Bistro for both breakfast and lunch throughout our cruise. They had healthy options like yogurt, granola, whole wheat breads, turkey bacon, etc. It's buffet style, and sometimes takes a few minutes to get a table, but it's a really nice, open, airy environment. We loved it.
Let me introduce: Henry.
After our breakfast, we went back to our rooms and had to really push the girls to get them to move. Eventually, we left the ship.
A few weeks ago, they were doing some maintenance on Oasis of the Seas. They added baffles in front of the life boats. What I read was that the rough seas on the Trans-Atlantic voyage had shaken the lifeboats up a bit, so they needed to add these. A few voyages before ours were delayed to late departures from Port Everglades while they worked on these. By the time of our cruise, they were installed, but weren't completely painted.
Katie loves thrift shops and bargains, so I knew she'd love the straw market. I had to brief her on bartering before we went.
Once the girls saw the knock-off designer purses, it was hard to get them out of the straw market. A few purchases later, we convinced Katie that there would be similar markets at other ports and we only had about an hour to visit Senor Frogs. Katie was looking forward to this, since she had been to Senor Frogs in Cozumel in 2007 but would be of drinking age at Nassau.
Some of the sites at Senor Frogs:
Senor Frogs was lots of fun, but we didn't have time to eat there. Seemed like quite a party for so early in the day (1pm).
Larry Lindsay was calling us back to the ship for All Aboard by 1:30pm.
Next up: did someone say "Flow Rider"?
Easier said than done. I woke up first and called Kellye. I couldn't get Chris to budge, and Kellye couldn't get the girls to budge. So Kellye and I met at the Solarium Bistro for breakfast. It was about 10:25 when I got there, and they closed breakfast at 10:30. We really liked Solarium Bistro for both breakfast and lunch throughout our cruise. They had healthy options like yogurt, granola, whole wheat breads, turkey bacon, etc. It's buffet style, and sometimes takes a few minutes to get a table, but it's a really nice, open, airy environment. We loved it.
Let me introduce: Henry.
After our breakfast, we went back to our rooms and had to really push the girls to get them to move. Eventually, we left the ship.
A few weeks ago, they were doing some maintenance on Oasis of the Seas. They added baffles in front of the life boats. What I read was that the rough seas on the Trans-Atlantic voyage had shaken the lifeboats up a bit, so they needed to add these. A few voyages before ours were delayed to late departures from Port Everglades while they worked on these. By the time of our cruise, they were installed, but weren't completely painted.
Katie loves thrift shops and bargains, so I knew she'd love the straw market. I had to brief her on bartering before we went.
Once the girls saw the knock-off designer purses, it was hard to get them out of the straw market. A few purchases later, we convinced Katie that there would be similar markets at other ports and we only had about an hour to visit Senor Frogs. Katie was looking forward to this, since she had been to Senor Frogs in Cozumel in 2007 but would be of drinking age at Nassau.
Some of the sites at Senor Frogs:
Senor Frogs was lots of fun, but we didn't have time to eat there. Seemed like quite a party for so early in the day (1pm).
Larry Lindsay was calling us back to the ship for All Aboard by 1:30pm.
Next up: did someone say "Flow Rider"?
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Thanks for posting your trip report....we have wanted to go on this ship but wanted to get some idea how it was...does it feel as big as it looks and is?
and with no people out on Deck my first thought was ...DONT FALL OVER BOARD
and with no people out on Deck my first thought was ...DONT FALL OVER BOARD
Love all the details and the pics.
question: the different places to eat..........are they all free/included? example the roast beef sandwich you talked about or the place you have breakfast/lunch.
Again........enjoying your report and how detailed it is!
question: the different places to eat..........are they all free/included? example the roast beef sandwich you talked about or the place you have breakfast/lunch.
Again........enjoying your report and how detailed it is!
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Thanks Michelle! I'm glad you're following along. Hopefully one day you can cruise this ship or the Allure. I'd highly recommend it.
Thank you! I'm enjoying writing it.
Thanks! It's fun to go back through them.
Thank you!
Thanks for the compliments. I just let my words run away from me, and it gets long!Love all the details and the pics.
question: the different places to eat..........are they all free/included? example the roast beef sandwich you talked about or the place you have breakfast/lunch.
Again........enjoying your report and how detailed it is!
Everything I've talked about eating so far has been free. There are some restaurants/dining experiences that cost extra. Off the top of my head, here's a list:
Chef's Table - $75
150 Central Park - $35
Chops Grille - $25
Portofino - $20
Solarium Bistro (dinner only) - $20
Seafood Shack - $7.95 lunch, $9.95 dinner over age 13
Johnny Rockets - $4.95
Ice Cream Parlor - various prices per menu (but there is free soft serve - or frozen yogurt - in various places throughout the ship)
Specialty coffees, soft drinks and alcoholic beverages - various prices
All prices include gratuities. Everything else is "free", which means "included in your cruise fare".
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One question, if you don't mind. Did you dine at any of the specialty restaurants??? If you did, and don't mind, could you head on over to CC and make a few comments on my specialty restaurant thread that I just posted on the Oasis forum. Even though I spend much more time on the DIS, I do tend to keep my cruise questions on CC.
I apologise if you have already posted something about them. I have read sooo many review threads that they are all blending together
.I am really enjoying this thread! Keep it coming!!!
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Back on the ship, we were hungry, since we hadn't had time to eat at Senor Frogs. We decided to try Solarium Bistro for lunch. It was really good. In this photo, you can see a little bit of what makes Solarium Bistro so nice, open and airy in the background.
After lunch, Chris and I went to the Flow Rider, which was open until 6 that night. We didn't get many pictures of us on the Flow Rider, because we mostly took video on our Flip Cam. Here is a link to a video I put together.
Flow Rider Video (I think you have to be a Facebook member to see it.)
At the Flow Rider, while standing in line, I heard one of the instructors ask the guy in front of me "are you working tonight?" Then when that guy rode, he was really awesome, with a very smooth, surf-type style. When we were back in line for the next ride, he was talking to me and I asked him about working on the ship. Turns out he was Paul O'Shea, the piano player/singer at the Schooner Bar. Paul is from Australia and has surfed all his life. It was really fun to talk to him, and from that point forward, we visited him nightly at the Schooner Bar. At the end of the cruise, he was selling his CDs and autographed one for us. Super nice.
The lines were pretty long, and we didn't feel like we got very much ride time in. We had not booked a group lesson for the Flow Rider, because we didn't think we would need it, but we decided we'd like to have one in order to just get more time on the water. So we checked, and they had one at 6:15pm the next night (Monday) and we signed up.
Sunday night was the first formal night, and Captain's Welcome Aboard night. Because we were on the Flow Rider until 6pm, we didn't have time to dress and have pictures taken with the Captain. His welcome speech happened during our dinner, so we missed that too.
Chris and I got dressed and met Kellye at Vintages for a glass of wine before dinner. The girls met us there, and we walked through Central Park to get to dinner. It was a really nice stroll. There was a ship photographer there, and we took some pictures, but I didn't buy them. Here are some we took ourselves.
This was the night they had escargot on the menu, and we talked Caitlin into trying it.
I don't think she liked it much.
A photo of the girls with Donnel on formal night, for good measure
Donnel was so much fun. Every night he would sing various reggae songs with us at the table. I know we were all loud, but we were having fun. The tables around us would look and laugh or smile, so I don't think they minded. This one one of the things that really made the cruise awesome for us. I hope those at the other tables were able to have as much fun.
Next up: First day at sea
After lunch, Chris and I went to the Flow Rider, which was open until 6 that night. We didn't get many pictures of us on the Flow Rider, because we mostly took video on our Flip Cam. Here is a link to a video I put together.
Flow Rider Video (I think you have to be a Facebook member to see it.)
At the Flow Rider, while standing in line, I heard one of the instructors ask the guy in front of me "are you working tonight?" Then when that guy rode, he was really awesome, with a very smooth, surf-type style. When we were back in line for the next ride, he was talking to me and I asked him about working on the ship. Turns out he was Paul O'Shea, the piano player/singer at the Schooner Bar. Paul is from Australia and has surfed all his life. It was really fun to talk to him, and from that point forward, we visited him nightly at the Schooner Bar. At the end of the cruise, he was selling his CDs and autographed one for us. Super nice.
The lines were pretty long, and we didn't feel like we got very much ride time in. We had not booked a group lesson for the Flow Rider, because we didn't think we would need it, but we decided we'd like to have one in order to just get more time on the water. So we checked, and they had one at 6:15pm the next night (Monday) and we signed up.
Sunday night was the first formal night, and Captain's Welcome Aboard night. Because we were on the Flow Rider until 6pm, we didn't have time to dress and have pictures taken with the Captain. His welcome speech happened during our dinner, so we missed that too.
Chris and I got dressed and met Kellye at Vintages for a glass of wine before dinner. The girls met us there, and we walked through Central Park to get to dinner. It was a really nice stroll. There was a ship photographer there, and we took some pictures, but I didn't buy them. Here are some we took ourselves.
This was the night they had escargot on the menu, and we talked Caitlin into trying it.
I don't think she liked it much.
A photo of the girls with Donnel on formal night, for good measure
Donnel was so much fun. Every night he would sing various reggae songs with us at the table. I know we were all loud, but we were having fun. The tables around us would look and laugh or smile, so I don't think they minded. This one one of the things that really made the cruise awesome for us. I hope those at the other tables were able to have as much fun.
Next up: First day at sea
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We ate at Chops. I will post on your CC thread. This trip report is also posted over thereOne question, if you don't mind. Did you dine at any of the specialty restaurants??? If you did, and don't mind, could you head on over to CC and make a few comments on my specialty restaurant thread that I just posted on the Oasis forum. Even though I spend much more time on the DIS, I do tend to keep my cruise questions on CC.
I apologise if you have already posted something about them. I have read sooo many review threads that they are all blending together
I am really enjoying this thread! Keep it coming!!!
Just clarifying...do you mean to say that for example it only costs $4.95 to eat at Johnny Rockets or say $7.95 to eat at the Seafood Shack? (per person of course) So then you just go in and pick whatever off the menu?
Thanks for the great trip report. Finally getting a chance to read it all! Can't wait to hear more!
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Yes, they are $60 for an hour lesson with two instructors and a maximum of 8 participants. We didn't think we wanted (or needed) lessons, but they do give you more time on the water with the long lines, and we decided they were worth it for us.
Yes, at Johnny Rockets, the waitress told us "it's all-you-can-eat". I assume you could sit there as long as you'd like eating whatever you want from the menu. They bring out fries and onion rings at the start and keep refilling them. The onion rings are awesome! Soft drinks and milk shakes cost extra, but they do have some desserts that are included. Seafood Shack should be similar - all-you-can-eat for the price.Just clarifying...do you mean to say that for example it only costs $4.95 to eat at Johnny Rockets or say $7.95 to eat at the Seafood Shack? (per person of course) So then you just go in and pick whatever off the menu?
Thanks for the great trip report. Finally getting a chance to read it all! Can't wait to hear more!
You're welcome and thank you! We got a new camera just before we left, and we love it for a point-and-shoot!
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