barbie5401

Loved loved your review. Quick question - did you do the dining package or pay for each night at the spec. restaurants separately. I can't decide what is best for us. I do know that we prefer not eating in the MDR. We are going on the Constellation just before you - wish I would of know about the "food" cruise - I would of switched.

As a Diamond Plus member I have visited the galley on numerous ships as well as the bridge. never all of the other areas you got to see!

P.s. love your review

Absolutely beautiful! Enjoy all the moments as they go by so fast!:p

glad you are feeling better. Warm south Florida sun cures all. Did you do the dining package?

I believe and it is just my opinion with the increase in speciality restaurants people are not eating in the MDR as often and they believed that the tipping should compensate for them not eating in the MDR. I think RCCL should ask if you don't plan on eating in the MDR then there wouldn't be all the open spaces.

Come back I need to read about the food and venues!!! Please!

Thanks so much for sharing the pictures of your son with us. He is a handsome little one. Prayers to you and your family in the last few months you have been thru a lot.

Looking forward to watching your son thru your eyes! and pictures!

Did I miss something? Did Host Faith have her baby?

She is by far our favorite also. Oana Pappa is a wonderful representative of the RCCL, she does them proud.:)

I saw the post and thought it was a baby announcement! Still waiting!

Please come back and tell us all about the Baby, the review was wonderful and I loved all the pics and your story - but I have been waiting for Baby pics.:)

The CL lounge on the OASIS is wonderful, beautiful view and I loved that they served breakfast and lunch. They also, served wine and beer at lunch, that was great! However, during the evening hours - it didn't have any elegance to it. Also, the conceirge had no interaction with the guests, the servers were the best! It might of been my week since Natalie had just come back and the other guy - don't even know his name was only present at Labadee, that is how I know there were two.

Just off the Oasis (4/14), we are Diamond Plus traveling with parents Diamond. The first night we went to the Diamond Lounge and did not like the atmosphere, it was dark and it appeared to us that the choices of beverages has changed. Choice of beer Amstel Light, Bud, Miller and Heinken, we asked for white wine and they only type was a Chardonnay. Appetizers was still all the hot food but the canapes were not out just cheese, carrots. We hated it - compared to a light and airy place we so enjoyed on the Liberty, etc. The second night, the conceirge said - go to the Diamond Lounge, THEY DON'T CHECK YOUR CARD!!!. So day 3 we went for breakfast, lunch and drinks - all 4 of us and not a word was said, until the last night went Natasha came over and said, I hope you all had a great cruise.

Loved getting breaksfast and lunch in the lounge, food was excellent and the servers did a great job. Wine and beer flowed and it was just so comfortable. Still the same choice of beverages. My problem is last trip, when Dad wanted a dark beer they got it for him and had it available for the balance of the trip.

There was a few Diamond Plus in the Lounge, however, at night it was filled with suite guests, not properly dressed and happy to say no young children.

Also, I wrote to the conceirge before the cruise to reserve a cabin, never wrote back but they reserved the cabin I requested. Natalie said she had just come on board the week before, or else she would of written a response.

Just a Diamond Plus Member, not staying in a suite, however, I contacted via email, a request to the Conceirge on the OASIS, when USUALLY do they respond, or don't they. :rolleyes:

Thank you so much for a wonderful review! I am surprised it took us this long to book one of the mega ships. Since we weren't interested prior to booking our upcoming OASIS in March, I never paid much attention to the threads. By any chance did you do one for the OASIS? would love to read yours.

What would you suggest first making the show reservations or dinner? We are going next March and now have just started to read all there is about this ship (OASIS) thanks for your input.

I keep reading this thread - Hats off to you! I don't know you except for this boards but after all this I feel like I know you! Thanks for doing this!

Again, thank you Paul - great story and I love happy endings!

Great ending to a wonderful story - thanks for posting and thanks for gooding something behond what one would expect!

Thanks for taking on this challenge! Something positive for once.

It is the food, my hands swell and ring get tight. We never salt our food at home and after eating on a ship, I feel like I gained 10 lbs the first day. We try very hard to limit soda's and don't eat alot of seafood and fried food.

My boss (male) once took Midol, he wanted to lose weight! NUTS! not my boss anymore.

An advantage now to book on board?