Mental Mickey wrote:
Pleased to see the new metric of football pitches used to describe the ship's area to us thickos, but can you please tell us the height in double decker buses as well please? Before anyone else asks, does it have an ice rink?

Recent cruiser wrote:
Having just been on the Independence of the Seas, I can only say that Oasis is a ship too far with size. Independence is too big and carries too much really to be classed as a proper cruise liner. They are now floating resorts. Consequence of this is that there aren't enough facilities for everyone onboard, and gets congested. Next time I book a cruise with RCI, it'll be on the smaller ships like Legend of the Seas or Brilliance of the Seas. That said, I'm sure the Americans will love Oasis for it's sheer size, but the adage, 'size isn't everything' rings true in this case.

Recent cruiser wrote:
Having just been on the Independence of the Seas, I can only say that Oasis is a ship too far with size. Independence is too big and carries too much really to be classed as a proper cruise liner. They are now floating resorts. Consequence of this is that there aren't enough facilities for everyone onboard, and gets congested. Next time I book a cruise with RCI, it'll be on the smaller ships like Legend of the Seas or Brilliance of the Seas.

That said, I'm sure the Americans will love Oasis for it's sheer size, but the adage, 'size isn't everything' rings true in this case.

Bored of the Seas wrote:

Recent cruiser wrote: Having just been on the Independence of the Seas, I can only say that Oasis is a ship too far with size. Independence is too big and carries too much really to be classed as a proper cruise liner. They are now floating resorts. Consequence of this is that there aren't enough facilities for everyone onboard, and gets congested. Next time I book a cruise with RCI, it'll be on the smaller ships like Legend of the Seas or Brilliance of the Seas. That said, I'm sure the Americans will love Oasis for it's sheer size, but the adage, 'size isn't everything' rings true in this case.

I suspected that would be the case. My wife is keen to do a cruise but I really couldn't think of anything worse. I always imagined cruises to be about travelling to different locations on board a luxury liner. The main point was to visit lots of different locations in one holiday. Now they seem to be doing everyhing they can to keep you on board like ruddy animals. If you want to rock climb/ice skate etc surely you should go on an activity holiday rather than a cruise. Looks like the luxurious and relaxing elements of cruises are quickly being replaced by chav activities

sotonian wrote:
to bored of seas Iwould strongly suggest that you look into a cruise on the Oriana . I think that you would be pleasantly surprised, mostly you travel at night when you would be having dinner, socialising or sleeping. It is really exciting waking up in a different place every day, then the sailaway at the end of the day. The Fiords and the Ba ltic have amazing scenery. Give in and take you wife on a cruise and I wouldnt be surprised if you enjoy it to

Cap'n Davey Jones wrote:
Cruises suck! Lots of sad old people with a serious attitude problem. I tried 3 and will never go on another and one was on the brand new Aurora in the Panama Canal. Now we have deja vu as White Star announces the "The Titanic is the largest moving structure ever" we now hear the echos again. Bon Voyage me heartys

Fred wrote:
"will have a Central Park style open space" Having walked through Central Park (NY), Hyde Park and Southampton Common - what's the difference.