Attn: Oasis Pre inaugural invitees
Gadget World
How did it go?
Did you get a chance to eat breakfast, lunch or dinner at any of the
alternative restaurants?
How was the normally extra pay restaurants handled? Did they require
reservations? If so, how were the reservations made?
Gadget
Ray Goldenberg
Hi Jerry,
I canceled my cruise on the Oasis. I believe eorge is due to get off
the ship today but I am not sure. He drove to Ft. Lauderdale and his
laptop cratered on him so he may not post until his return home. I
know he planned on taking lots of photos. Travel agents/press are not
charged for the alternative restaurants on these preview cruises.
Often times the alternative restaurants are reserved for private
groups of TAs/press.
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Ray Goldenberg
World) wrote:
Hi Jerry,
I canceled my cruise on the Oasis. I believe George is due to get off
Susette
I leave for the Oasis on thanksgiving SO will have a report when I get
off and I then go to VIking Group Cruise on the Westerdam. In Between
to Key west and Reddington beach
Susette
George Leppla
Just got home today. Took plenty of pictures, had a great trip.. the
ship is absolutely amazing. The new pier facility is first class.
There were 2800 invited guest on this first 2 night preview sailing...
sort of a "soft opening" and that had good points and bad points.
More about that in my report(s).
My laptop finally gave up the ghost on the trip so I wasn't able to
upload anything. Give me a day or two to get caught up and I'll get a
trip report posted and get the photos uploaded. I've got a lot to tell
so I may post this in sections.
It is good to be home.... but I've got a ton so stuff to get caught up on.
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Sue Mullen
George Leppla wrote:
> Gadget World wrote:
>> Welcome home from the first Oasis pre inaugural.
>>
>> How did it go?
>>
>> Did you get a chance to eat breakfast, lunch or dinner at any of the
>> alternative restaurants?
>>
>> How was the normally extra pay restaurants handled? Did they require
>> reservations? If so, how were the reservations made?
>>
>> Gadget
>>
>
> Just got home today. Took plenty of pictures, had a great trip.. the
> ship is absolutely amazing. The new pier facility is first class. There
> were 2800 invited guest on this first 2 night preview sailing... sort of
> a "soft opening" and that had good points and bad points. More about
> that in my report(s).
>
> My laptop finally gave up the ghost on the trip so I wasn't able to
> upload anything. Give me a day or two to get caught up and I'll get a
> trip report posted and get the photos uploaded. I've got a lot to tell
> so I may post this in sections.
>
> It is good to be home.... but I've got a ton so stuff to get caught up on.
Welcome home, I am glad you and Becca got home ok!!
I can't wait to see your pictures and your review. Everything I have
read so far is very positive.
sue
Jr
Friday, I am truly hoping that this is NOT going to be the future of
cruising.
6,000 people in neighborhoods, central park with trees and all, 18 foot deep
pools to dive into, ice skating, 45 ft. climbing walls, surfing.
Just not our cup of tea.
Tom K
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Good... the more people there are who don't want to go, the less demand
there will be.... the more pressure there will be to lower prices for those
of us who want to go.
--Tom
Brian K
call it Oasis Key? It's more like an island than a ship.
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Nonny
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> Jr wrote On 11/23/2009 8:52 PM:
>> After seeing the obscene display known as the Oasis of the Seas
>> on GMA last Friday, I am truly hoping that this is NOT going to
>> be the future of cruising.
>> 6,000 people in neighborhoods, central park with trees and all,
>> 18 foot deep pools to dive into, ice skating, 45 ft. climbing
>> walls, surfing.
>> Just not our cup of tea.
>>
>>
>>
> I sort of agree. Why don't they just anchor it off shore in
> Florida and call it Oasis Key? It's more like an island than a
> ship.
IMHO, the Oasis looks top heavy, as in Poseidon top heavy.
Perhaps in a big wind, it WILL become Oasis Key?
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>
> IMHO, the Oasis looks top heavy, as in Poseidon top heavy. Perhaps in a
> big wind, it WILL become Oasis Key?
>
> --
> Nonny
With the middle area totally open, it may actually be less top heavy
(proportionally) than the Freedom & Liberty.
I might worry more about the "double" wind impact on both tops of the ship
in high winds.
--Tom
andrewshyster
Georgie...Did you by any chance spot "reef fish" among those 2800 party
goers?
I haven't seen that guy post in eons and just stopped by to find out what
happened to him. A good guy.
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Kurt Ullman
"Tom K" <tkan...@optonline.net> wrote:
But it got through the nasty North Atlantic storm with no problems.
Doubt it would see anything like that in the Caribbean, as long as they
don't try to emulate the Hurricane Watchers and sail through the eye of
the storm.
--
To find that place where the rats don't race
and the phones don't ring at all.
If once, you've slept on an island.
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Becca
> Welcome home, I am glad you and Becca got home ok!!
>
> I can't wait to see your pictures and your review. Everything I have
> read so far is very positive.
>
> sue
Sue, the ship was just beautiful and it did not seem overly large at
all. I especially enjoyed the Boardwalk, Central Park and the
Solarium. The cabin doors do not open into your cabin, they open out
into the hallway. Not sure I have ever seen that on a cruise ship
before. The bathrooms have a night light, which is nice. The only thing
I did not like, was the electrical outlets in the cabins, they are
located underneath the desk, making it difficult to reach.
We had a great time, I wish we could have taken those two extra days,
but we have house guests arriving today for Thanksgiving, so now it is
back to the real world. lol
Becca
RicodJour
Outward opening doors into the corridor? Hmmm, I'd think that would
be a bad idea for emergency egress and such. The corridors must be
exceptionally wide - are they like ten or twelve feet wide? Also
seems like an accident waiting to happen. Someone lurching by will
take one in the kisser.
R
George Leppla
Nope. The doorways are recessed the width of the door. The door opens
outward but within the recessed area.
Ray Goldenberg
<geo...@cruisemaster.com> wrote:
>Nope. The doorways are recessed the width of the door. The door opens
>outward but within the recessed area.
Hi Everyone,
This was done on previous Celebrity ships and maybe others. There are
2 distinct advantages to the way Celebrity did this. One is that the
steward's carts could be in the recessed area so as not to block the
passage ways and they could close off (with an outer door) the outer
area allowing cabins to not only be adjacent but connecting. In this
way passengers could enjoy going from one cabin to another without
going out into the passage way.
RicodJour
> On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:58:29 -0600, George Leppla
>
> <geo...@cruisemaster.com> wrote:
> >Nope. The doorways are recessed the width of the door. The door opens
> >outward but within the recessed area.
>
> 2 distinct advantages to the way Celebrity did this. One is that the
> steward's carts could be in the recessed area so as not to block the
> passage ways and they could close off (with an outer door) the outer
> area allowing cabins to not only be adjacent but connecting. In this
> way passengers could enjoy going from one cabin to another without
> going out into the passage way.
That makes more sense. I was wondering why they'd give the extra
floor area over to the corridor instead of being able to calculate it
into the stated floor area in the brochures. The door plus swing area
is roughly 9 square feet - fairly substantial percentage when the
tighter rooms are hovering around 140-150 SF.
R
Tom K
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R
Knowing how focused ship engineers are to maximize usage of every square
inch.... I'm thinking it allows them to make the hallways more narrow if the
carts don't have to be there... or something like that.
--Tom
RicodJour
> "RicodJour" <ricodj...@worldemail.com> wrote in message
>
> > >Nope. The doorways are recessed the width of the door. The door opens
> > >outward but within the recessed area.
>
> > This was done on previous Celebrity ships and maybe others. There are
> > 2 distinct advantages to the way Celebrity did this. One is that the
> > steward's carts could be in the recessed area so as not to block the
> > passage ways and they could close off (with an outer door) the outer
> > area allowing cabins to not only be adjacent but connecting. In this
> > way passengers could enjoy going from one cabin to another without
> > going out into the passage way.
>
> That makes more sense. I was wondering why they'd give the extra
> floor area over to the corridor instead of being able to calculate it
> into the stated floor area in the brochures. The door plus swing area
> is roughly 9 square feet - fairly substantial percentage when the
> tighter rooms are hovering around 140-150 SF.
>
> inch.... I'm thinking it allows them to make the hallways more narrow if the
> carts don't have to be there... or something like that.
Oh, agreed. They know their stuff and aren't pissing the money away
(that's my job!). I just didn't/don't really know the reason, and I'm
wondering aloud what it could be.
R