Rare whitshel Posted October 16, 2014 #26 Share Posted October 16, 2014 2 "Lives"!!! Zowie!!! And we are on Oasis in January 2015 with 2 other couples who have only gone on small ships including 2 RCI Vision class ships. Actually I think this makes 3 "Live Reviews" Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mini me Posted October 16, 2014 #27 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Hi ken, Can you find out any info concerning the private sundeck for the suite guest on location and and amenities it will offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denamo Posted October 16, 2014 #28 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Following! Thoroughly enjoyed your in flight pics! Have an awesome cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crisndeefromde Posted October 16, 2014 #29 Share Posted October 16, 2014 thank you thank you for all of your review so far...i loved the flight information being loyal to USAir myself....love seeing how you were able to make these flights happen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulurobby Posted October 17, 2014 #30 Share Posted October 17, 2014 My sister and her husband are on this cruise, she was so excited, can't wait to hear from her. Hope you all have a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freedale Posted October 17, 2014 #31 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Many thanks for taking the time to post. Diane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swim13 Posted October 17, 2014 #32 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I'm excited to see what's all new! Enjoy your trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtyduck1 Posted October 17, 2014 #33 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Thanks for posting, looking forward to reading more! Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATHENA3 Posted October 17, 2014 #34 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Can’t wait for more. Enjoy your cruise and keep us jealous with your pics.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvismeggi Posted October 17, 2014 #35 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Love to read more, enjoy your cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfpccc Posted October 17, 2014 #36 Share Posted October 17, 2014 How is traditional dining being handled? Has the dining room been petitioned off into separate restaurants? We will be on the Oasis in Jan before Dynamic Dining goes into effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotti Posted October 17, 2014 #37 Share Posted October 17, 2014 thanks for the photos and info. we are getting ready to drive down from Orlando to get on board, Nov. 8th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotti Posted October 17, 2014 #38 Share Posted October 17, 2014 We've never seen CATS, let us know if you loved it. and what of ...other entertainment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melted2002 Posted October 17, 2014 #39 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Love the pictures and what a great start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Petania Posted October 17, 2014 #40 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I'm sure you are busy enjoying your cruise and exploring the ship. Can't wait for more pictures and comments. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campbell51 Posted October 17, 2014 #41 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Having got off Oasis in Rotterdam I am very interested in all the changes after dry dock. Great review looking forward to more coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kcjarvis Posted October 17, 2014 Author #42 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Sorry for the delay. The suite lounge has free cocktails from 11am - 8pm. Between that and the jet lag, it's slowing down the review. Also, I didn't sleep well last night due to the angry seas in the Bay of Biscay. I hope to be all caught up by Sunday. Anyway back to the review: After the muster, I caught a few pics of the changes. Here is the old Diamond Lounge on 6. Here is the new Kate Spade I then headed to deck 4 behind the Aqua, to watch sail away. We would be backing down the river for about 40 mins, until we got to a wide enough area to do a 180 and head out. It seems like all of Rotterdam turned out to see us off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulan1123 Posted October 17, 2014 #43 Share Posted October 17, 2014 That's where the Cupcake Cupboard used it be........what do they have in the Kate Spade store?? It seems very small...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kcjarvis Posted October 17, 2014 Author #44 Share Posted October 17, 2014 While backing out, we passed the Rotterdam. It was pretty cool when she started blowing her horn to salute us. People were lined up all the way down the river to see the mighty Lady O Finally to a wider part of the river Let's try out those new bow thrusters and azipods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev71 Posted October 17, 2014 #45 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Awesome love the photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Pisces Posted October 17, 2014 #46 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Very Neat! Thank you for doing this review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kcjarvis Posted October 17, 2014 Author #47 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Now heading straight, we continued down the river for another hour. Now heading to Southampton at 21 knots. We headed to Dazzles to hang out. After Dazzles, we headed to Guest Services to inquire about the Back to Back procedure, since we didn't receive a consecutive cruiser letter in our room. The agent told us we could continue to use the same sea pass cards...Wrong. We were changing from a D7 balcony, to a Crown Loft Suite. She then said we would have to exit the ship and check in in Southampton....WRONG!!!!! I politely explained to her what the normal B2B procedure was and asked her, why would this cruise be any different. After her song and dance, I less politely asked to speak with the Guest Services Manager. The agent quickly disappeared to the back. After 10 mins she came back and said, if we come back to Guest Services in the morning and pick up our new cards. We were pretty aggravated at this point, but said ok and headed back to the cabin for bed. Since eating always makes you feel better, we decided we would get room service. We ordered our food on the interactive TV. After about an hour we called to get a status - insert sinister music - ROOM SERVICE WAS CLOSED!!!!!!!! The compass said it was 24 hours, but they were closed. We called Guest Services and they transferred us to the voice mail, that said ROOM SERVICE WAS CLOSED!!!!!!!! And this is the RCCL Flagship??????? We decided to just go to bed. Tomorrow would be a better day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kcjarvis Posted October 17, 2014 Author #48 Share Posted October 17, 2014 (edited) We woke up sailing into foggy Southampton. Got dressed and headed back to Guest Services. The place was a mad house, with all the 1 day cruisers trying to settle their cash accounts. After about 20 mins, we were finally seen by an agent. Luckily, she knew want to do (or so we thought) and she gave us our new cards. She even called housekeeping to have our luggage moved. Our confidence in the RCCL Flagship was now restored....for now. We went to Chops for breakfast which is being used for D and above. Our plan was to take the train to London for the day. Edited October 17, 2014 by Kcjarvis error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANNERMAN Posted October 17, 2014 #49 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Thanks for sharing & have a great time. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kcjarvis Posted October 17, 2014 Author #50 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Long lines to get off of the ship As they scanned our sea passes to exit, an alarm went off saying invalid card. Security looked perplexed as we explained the story. He asked to see our new cards and was able to scan those.... (At the time we thought that was strange, it should be old cards off, new cards on) Long lines for UK immigration We took a 5 min 6 lbs, sorry 6 GBP taxi to the train station. The train fare was 76 GBP for 2 round trip. We took the 11:30 am train to London Waterloo After about 1 hour and 20 mins we were in London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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