Review: Oasis of the Seas

We have had such a success traveling with Regan to Disney World and on the Disney Cruise that we thought we would branch out a bit. This summer we once again enjoyed the Caribbean on what is at the time the worlds biggest cruise ship. I'm not even joking, this thing is ginormous! 

We boarded with no problem and the ship had informed us before hand that they had not been able to accommodate us a family size handicapped accessible room so that to make up for it we had one accessible room and a second small two person inside cabin. Of course we were thrilled with the accommodating!  Who wouldn't want to have two rooms on vacation! Our first thought was that John Mark and I would take the nice big room and bring Regan in for all of her toileting needs and the girls could share the inside small cabin. Of course the best intentions were all for naught as we ended up with most of the time Regan and I with the beautiful balcony cabin and her easy to use restroom and space, and John Mark and Becca in the tiny crawl hole of a cabin.

Getting around the ship was not problem at all. Regan enjoyed the teen club, the shows, the pool area and of course the food. The above picture is at Johnny Rockets which was a nice bonus.  The only things Regan really did not get to be a part of were some of the bigger activities. like rock climbing, the surfing pool and ziplining....Of course I think she only really wanted to do the zipline out of those because she has ziplined for years at camp and did not understand why she could not everywhere.

Here is Becca excited that she can ride all the thrilling water rides. We enjoyed the boogie Boarder and the Zipline, but none of us ventured to the Surf pool. It just seemed a little to advanced for us. The Rock wall was tough and i thought i would be better at it than I actually was. Just a small blow to the ego.

The three stops on this cruise were. Bahamas, St, Thomas, and St. Maarten. We have been to Nassau, Bahamas before and  spent our time shopping at the straw market and downtown. We made time for getting our favorite Tortuga Rum Cake, and wandering the quaint shops in the downtown area. St Thomas was supposed to be our excursion snorkeling stop but we were completely rained out!. I was very disappointed, so at this time all I can say about the island is that i have docked there. the weather as so bad we stayed on the ship. Not a bad way to spend a rainy day at all! the last stop was St. Maarten and we truly enjoyed this island. We dined at a great beachside restaurant and wandered the town of Philllipsburg

 

Here are Regan and John Mark posing with the Clock tower. A really charming town. We tried to avoid the beaches because we had been forewarned about them being very European and just didn't want the girls to experience that just yet.

We had an overall wonderful experience with Royal Caribbean and I would definitely Cruise with them again. If you are a Disney Cruise fan i will point out the big differences that caught our eye. There is not the same attention to detail and service that you experience with Disney,but that is okay....it was not bad...just not the same caliber. the other glaring difference was food quality. We could not believe how mediocre the food was. Even in some of the pay to dine establishments, I was disappointed. Otherwise we had a wonderful time. we enjoyed and Ice show and got to see a Broadway caliber production of Hairspray. This was all excellent and we look forward to cruising with Royal Caribbean again.