Oasis of the Seas and its sister ship, Allure of the Seas are longer and taller than ships from other cruise lines, but the real difference is the width of the ship.

(Left to right: Allure of the Seas, Norwegian Pearl, Disney Dream and Carnival Sensation)

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Two wave generators: one for boogie boards and one for surfing. This is me before the crash (padded surface, thank goodness).

I did stay up for 8 seconds, which would have been great if I were riding a bull!

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Ice skating on board, both for personal use and professional ice shows. The ice was too hard on my well-padded rear end for me to try this.

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Full court basketball

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The Central Park area - There are shops and restaurants in Central Park. Also a nice place to relax and people watch.

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The Rising Tide Bar inside the Promenade - This bar slowly goes up to Central Park.

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The Promenade is probably at least 400-500 feet long. You feel like you are inside a shopping mall

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Three floors of semi-formal/formal dining in the evening seat more than 3,000 people,

yet with servers assigned to only two tables, waiting on food is never a problem.

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The Boardwalk at night.

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One night they put a cover over the water at the Aqua Theater and had a 60s dance.

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Rock climbing anyone? The patio areas at the end of decks 11 & 12 are public access areas, which is why I like to book

a boardwalk balcony towards the end on one of those decks. If you want more "ocean view" at times without venturing too far

from your room, these decks are great.  You also have a nice Aqua Theater view from your room. The other decks (8-10) or

private balconies that are part of a suite. Deck 7 is access to the rock climbing wall.

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One of the two hot tubs that hang over the Oasis. (docked in Nassau)

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Yep, a Zip line on board

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The Boardwalk

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A working carousel, even for us big kids

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The Solarium area...off limits to kids...woo hoo!

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And, a pool area dedicated to the kids (the best part of this area is the free soft serve ice cream all day long)!

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One of the two huge hot tubs that hang over the edge of the ship

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The theater seats about 1380 and they have a couple of different live shows during the week, including Hairspray or Chicago, depending on the cruise.

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Disco night in the promenade

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This is our cruise director dressed as the Indian as part of the Village People during disco night

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That is Gloria in the red top, three levels down (actually the 11th deck...room 11721), fifth balcony from the right.

It looks like we are booking the same or similar room for this trip.

Electronic boards around the ship keep you informed on what is going on

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Night club

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Not exactly Vegas, but hey...you are at sea!

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A new cruise port was built in Falmouth a few years ago to accommodate the Oasis and Allure. There is a huge private shopping

area as soon as you step off the ship where you can shop without leaving the compound. The ship on the left is Liberty of the Seas (not Oasis

or Allure). This picture was taken by me during a 2013 cruise on Liberty and shows the private shopping area.

The following prices do not include the $119.42 for taxes, fees and port expenses

We are looking at booking a boardwalk view room such as 11321-11329 or 11721-11729 (about $1040 each), depending on availability.

The full ocean view rooms across from us would are classified as "Superior Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony", priced at around $1160 a person (includes taxes).