Cruise on Oasis of the Seas - the largest cruise ship in the world

Oct. 9-16, 2010

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View from room 1     View from room 2     View from room 3     View from room 4     View from room 5     View from room 6     View from room 7

Aqua Show 1      Aqua Show 2       Aqua Show 3        Aqua Show 4         Ice Skating      Ice Show 1          Ice Show 2 

Bill Surfing     Promenade 1      Rising Tide Bar     Disco Night 1        Disco Night 2      Disco Night 3         Hot Tub

   Central Park     2       Central Park 1       Leaving Nassau 1       Central Park 1       St. Martin

 Our balcony was an inside balcony overlooking the Aqua Theatre and Boardwalk at the back of the ship.

Ship Facts
    Guest Capacity: 5,400 double occupancy
    Gross Tonnage: 220,000
    Staterooms: 2,700
    Decks: 16 high
    Length: 1,187'
    Max Beam: 184.40'
    Draft: 30'
    Cruising Speed: 22 knots

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The Aqua Theater at the end of the ship had professional water diving and shows. The floor

of the pool comes up to become a floor for 50-60s dance parties and more.

This boardwalk area is actually on the 6th deck.

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Our room is the fourth row from the bottom, fifth room from the end. A perfect spot!

We could watch the water shows, boardwalk, Zip liners and still see the ocean. 

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Zip Line

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Actual carousel that anyone could ride. This shot was taken from our balcony.

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The front of the ship had an over-16 area (Solarium) with two hot tubs, a hot tub/pool,

hundreds of deck chairs and a restaurant (free, of course)

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One of two giant hot tubs than hung over the ship

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 Two wave generators; one for boogie boarding, one for surfing (I did surf twice)

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Full court basketball

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This part of the ship is Central Park with shops, restaurants and 7500+ live plants

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Huge promenade. The light and green at the top is Central Park

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Entrance to the Boardwalk; the area that our room overlooked.

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Leaving Ft. Lauderdale

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Central Park down below (that is actually on the 8th deck). Pools are on the 15th

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The Rising Tide Bar took patrons between the promenade (5th deck) to Central Park (8th deck)

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Three decks of formal dining seated over 2,000 at one time. Dining here is included the cost of your fare.

Every night is a four-course meal and you could order extras or doubles if you were really hungry.

Steak or seafood was available every night if you didn't want the suggested entree.

There were 24 places to eat or snack on this ship, 12 totally free (including a nice buffet) and 12 optional.

I believe there was also 24 bars on board (liquor and soda was an additional charge; tea, coffee, milk, juice were free.

There were also three self-serve ice cream machines that worked at least 20+ times according to my count.

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Night time aqua shows, and we could see it all from our balcony

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Rock climbing available (I did THROW a few rocks on the trip, but didn't climb any)

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Central Park

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Paradise Island and Casino in the background

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One big-ass ship!

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One of the hot tubs hanging over the side of the ship

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Kiddie pool area

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The Boardwalk area - This was a Johnny Rockets cafe on board. Free breakfast; burgers and more for a flat $4.95

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Solarium area

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 The Solarium pool/spa combo

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Sexiest Man competition

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Central Park

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We had lunch at Giovanni's (one of the optional restaurants) for a whopping $10 flat charge.

Lunch was a four course meal that was more like a dinner meal.

Another optional restaurant we always choose for one night is Chop's Grille, an upscale steakhouse, for a flat $25

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A production of Hairspray in the 1500+ seat theater

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Rising Tide Bar heading up

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Even though they had 24 hour room service (free, except for a $3.95 charge between midnight and 4:00 am)

I would go get coffee and pastry to start the morning. Then, after getting ready, it was off to a real breakfast.

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St. Thomas

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These two were at our dinner table. They are sisters from Brooklyn and work at the DMV.

We happened to cross paths in downtown St. Thomas. They ended up staying on the ship

for another week to the Western Caribbean. 

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Had to get a drink and relax

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There were dozens of these Iguanas sunning on the rocks on the way back to the ship. This one is about 18 inches long.

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One of the few restaurants on board where they had a surcharge to eat (instead of free)

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St. Thomas

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Elevators: There were 24 on board, not counting service elevators for the crew and help 

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50s-60s dance night at the Aqua Theater

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St. Martin

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A short water taxi to the shopping area and you are also in a prime beach area

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Where da bitches???

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What a deal!

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Central Park - Wine shop

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Disco night in the promenade

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This is the cruise director, probably the best and most entertaining we've ever had.

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They had to drop off two people in Puerto Rico for medical problems and this, I guess, is their hospital transportation

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G-L-O-R-I-A in this and the following four pictures

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Touch screens all around the ship showed you what was going on

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Studio B is where the ice skating rink is located

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Night club

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More touch screens all around the ship showed you the status of many of the restaurants

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Open ice skating

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Me on the Zip line

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That is me in line in the yellow shirt. I crashed in about a half second the first time, but stayed up for 9 seconds the second time.

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We did run into a rain cell, but was in the ice show when it started. An hour later when we came out, it was also done.

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The ice show.

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Ship Highlights

7 distinctly designed neighborhoods including:

 Vitality at Sea Spa and Fitness 

 solo and couple massage suites

 youth spa

 complete hair and makeup services

 158 state-of-the-art cardio and resistance machines

 pilates, kickboxing, yoga and spinning classes

 Vitality Café

Pool and Sports Zone

 H2O Zone aqua park for kids

 4 pools and 10 whirlpools

 tranquil poolside Solarium area

 2 Flowriders®, sports courts, mini-golf and Zip line

 Solarium Bistro, Wipe Out Café and Bar

Entertainment Place

 Casino Royale

 Studio B, featuring ice shows

 Opal Theater - 1,380-seat venue

 Blaze Nightclub, Jazz on 4, Comedy Live

 Dazzles, featuring musical spectacles ranging from big band to disco

Youth Zone

 Play - open gym and activity area

 Adventure Ocean Theater and Science Lab

 The Workshop - includes activities such as jewelry making & scrapbooking

 Royal Babies & Royal Tots - nursery service

 Teen Areas including Fuel disco, The Living Room lounge, the Back Deck and more