Oasis or Allure in the summer....

I'm considering a cruise on either the Oasis or Allure during the summer. Are they horribly crowded - lines everywhere - or are they bearable during the summer? Do they crowds ease up on board during port days? Please tell me if I'm crazy to consider summer. Thanks!

I don't think that summer matters. The ship sails full year-round. When schools here are in session, you get kids from South America or Europe onboard.

We traveled on Allure during the summer. Truthfully, it seemed less crowded than any other ship we've been on. The only time we found bottlenecked crowds are at the Windjammer on embarkation day, when the muster drill ended, and when the shows got out. (Totally understandable and expected). Otherwise, we felt that the people are well-dispersed. The neighborhood concept seems to be an effective crowd regulator. We never had problems finding loungers by one of the pools. The only place I thought was too small was the solarium pool - very tiny for the amount of adults that utilize it (but we were always able to find a seat in the upper level of the solarium area).

....of the airfare & hotel.

Oasis goes on Saturday, Allure Sunday. We fly from the Westcoast and go a day early to get over jetlag. Sailing on Saturday was way better for us.

Do not know if that is an issue for you.

We are older & have sailed in the summer. Those ships are so big that we never encountered any trouble with kids.

I'm considering a cruise on either the Oasis or Allure during the summer. Are they horribly crowded - lines everywhere - or are they bearable during the summer? Do they crowds ease up on board during port days? Please tell me if I'm crazy to consider summer. Thanks!

Allure is in the Med next summer. Not sure about Oasis

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Really just trying to get an idea of the crowds. Doesn't matter which ship or where it's going. Want to try one of these. Any of the "big" ships we've sailed have been off-season. Thanks.

It wont matter what time of year.

It wont matter what time of year.

?? It will be crowded all year round?

Only the first day until people could go to their cabins did we find Oasis to be crowded.

LuLu

We have sailed the Allure 4 times, once in the summer with 6300 passengers. It was not crowded where we were. We had a Central Park balcony which was noisy from all the kids at the pools above us. The only line was for formal night pictures. Also, it was crowded at the parades in the Promenade.

Thanks!

?? It will be crowded all year round?

Yes. There are different degrees of filled (double capacity vs full capacity) but the ship is basically full every sailing.