jandlcruise Posted January 20, 2016 #1 Share Posted January 20, 2016 We will be sailing on Oasis in May and wondered if there were any wine or champagne tastings offered. I have looked through entertainment and dining and can't fine anywhere to schedule it. Is it something that you have to wait to get on the ship to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcello Posted January 20, 2016 #2 Share Posted January 20, 2016 We will be sailing on Oasis in May and wondered if there were any wine or champagne tastings offered. I have looked through entertainment and dining and can't fine anywhere to schedule it. Is it something that you have to wait to get on the ship to do? There will definitely be a couple of wine tastings over the course of your cruise (don't remember a champagne tasting but definitely several different wine tastings). Just keep your eye on the dailies. That's where they're generally listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jandlcruise Posted January 20, 2016 Author #3 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseymorgan Posted January 20, 2016 #4 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Vintages wine bar has small flights of wine available every night. Like a tasting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 20, 2016 #5 Share Posted January 20, 2016 They did Martini classes in April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennaMae Posted January 20, 2016 #6 Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) We will be sailing on Oasis in May and wondered if there were any wine or champagne tastings offered. I have looked through entertainment and dining and can't fine anywhere to schedule it. Is it something that you have to wait to get on the ship to do? I'm sailing in April and I booked the Lafite Wine Tasting ($29 a per person) on the Cruise Planner....it didn't open up on the planner until about 100 days out. http://gallery.cruisecritic.com/ships/oasis-of-the-seas-368/wine-tasting-162916/ Edited January 20, 2016 by JennaMae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBone2K Posted January 20, 2016 #7 Share Posted January 20, 2016 They did Martini classes in April. Don't know if you (OP) were specifically interested in wine or not, but we also did the martini class on Oasis in August and had a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jandlcruise Posted January 20, 2016 Author #8 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I'm sailing in April and I booked the Lafite Wine Tasting ($29 a per person) on the Cruise Planner....it didn't open up on the planner until about 100 days out. http://gallery.cruisecritic.com/ships/oasis-of-the-seas-368/wine-tasting-162916/ Thanks-I will keep checking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critterchick Posted January 20, 2016 #9 Share Posted January 20, 2016 We're just off Oasis and Vintages is the place to go for wine tasting, IMO. They offered a Caymus tasting (Caymus and Belle Glos wines), and had several others as well. The Compass also mention wine flights almost every night (I can't recall where, probably in the food/dining/bars section), where you could pick any three wines sold by the glass to create your own. It was $25pp and they threw in some tapas that would normally be an upcharge. The pours are 2 oz, so you get a little more than a glass of wine. And they had a few that were over $25/glass, so we chose those (and I found out that the most expensive one wasn't all that much to my liking).:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-sizzle Posted January 20, 2016 #10 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I did both the wine tasting and the martini class suggested by others when I was on Oasis in February. Both were a ton of fun and completely worth the money! I believe you do need to make reservations for both of them, but that's definitely something you can do once you're on the ship if you want to wait. I still make the cucumber mint martini recipe that they gave us during the martini class :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFerrington Posted January 20, 2016 #11 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Also a Scotch tasting in the English pub - whatever it's called on Oasis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 20, 2016 #12 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I did both the wine tasting and the martini class suggested by others when I was on Oasis in February. Both were a ton of fun and completely worth the money! I believe you do need to make reservations for both of them, but that's definitely something you can do once you're on the ship if you want to wait. I still make the cucumber mint martini recipe that they gave us during the martini class :D Loved the cucumber martini. Never would have tried if not for the class. People kept walking in from CP. The crew didn't know how to disengage the automatic doors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-sizzle Posted January 20, 2016 #13 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Loved the cucumber martini. Never would have tried if not for the class. People kept walking in from CP. The crew didn't know how to disengage the automatic doors That's funny! Did you do the class in the Rising Tide bar? We rode up to the top during the class I took, so I guess that would have discouraged people from trying to get in :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 20, 2016 #14 Share Posted January 20, 2016 That's funny! Did you do the class in the Rising Tide bar? We rode up to the top during the class I took, so I guess that would have discouraged people from trying to get in :D They tried to get in once we arrived in CP. I think the doors are motion sensor controlled. It was fairly disruptive. Great time though. They even let my wife attend without joining the class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-sizzle Posted January 20, 2016 #15 Share Posted January 20, 2016 They tried to get in once we arrived in CP. I think the doors are motion sensor controlled. It was fairly disruptive. Great time though. They even let my wife attend without joining the class. Yeah, that would be disruptive! Glad to hear you still enjoyed yourself!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeCity Posted January 21, 2016 #16 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Was the price for the martini class the same as the wine tasting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 21, 2016 #17 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I think the martini class was $25 plus tip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-sizzle Posted January 21, 2016 #18 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I think the martini class was $25 plus tip That sounds right to me…worth every penny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleophus12 Posted January 14, 2017 #19 Share Posted January 14, 2017 And does the Martini class need to be booked ahead or onboard? If ahead, where is it located in the cruise planner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinCons Posted January 15, 2017 #20 Share Posted January 15, 2017 And does the Martini class need to be booked ahead or onboard? If ahead, where is it located in the cruise planner? Here is a Cruise Compass from a past traveler, if you scroll through the afternoon & evening activities on any given day, you'll see where they are listed. https://issuu.com/hochmania/docs/merged.compressed_e0a590f65b9b93 As for pre-registering, that someone else has to answer. We've been on cruises where we have had to pre-register, and others where you could just show up. Depends on how formal a tasting it was. We had an amazing one in a dining room, that came with food pairings years ago. We also got a sommelier's (no idea if my spelling is even close) tasting thing that went around our neck that I still have. We sail in September; can't wait! We will be hitting the martini tasting for sure, and two or three wine tastings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glock813 Posted January 16, 2017 #21 Share Posted January 16, 2017 We will be sailing on Oasis in May and wondered if there were any wine or champagne tastings offered. I have looked through entertainment and dining and can't fine anywhere to schedule it. Is it something that you have to wait to get on the ship to do? We got off of the Oasis today, and they had a "Wines around the world wine tasting" on day 6. It was at 2:30 pm in the Silk dining room on deck 5. It was $19, and only $10 if you had the drink package. We did not participate, so cannot say if it was any good or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBone2K Posted January 16, 2017 #22 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Just a comment on the martini making - They may run it multiple times and each time is different drinks. In fact, when DW and I attended the second class, the manager of the martini bar offered to run a third class if enough people would sign up. For $25 it was well worth the money for a chance to try several different drinks, considering a single martini costs somewhere between $12-15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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