Oasis of the Seas – a Photographic Study (over 100 ship pictures)

Thanks for stopping by my thread! If you’re an Oasis fan like I am, I hope the title pulled you in and that my pictures will keep you coming back!

A little background – my parents took me on cruises as a kid. Loved them. Then, when my partner and I adopted two boys of our own about 10 years ago, I wanted them to have that same experience I did. Now that I’m at 40 and they’re older teenagers, they’re burned out on doing stuff with the dads… for now. However, a benefit of having older kids allows me some independence on cruises to have the time to document and photograph my… obsession.

I’ve been obsessed with the Oasis of the Seas since before she was built. In 2008 and 09, as Royal released, bit by bit, details of the ship and its new, innovative features, my eyes were glued to the pictures and videos. I’ve been fascinated by the WOW of Royal Caribbean design. After months of online study, we first had the opportunity to sail her in 2011 and then again in 2013 when these pictures were taken.

There are beautiful pictures of the ship out there on Royal’s site and many others in the awesome Cruise Critic reviews. The CC reviews are AWESOME and contain many useful, helpful details (and also give me my “fix” between cruises)! To help quell my withdrawal from Oasis between journeys, I wanted to capture some of my own pictures from my perspective (as lame and amateur as it may be).

Please note this isn’t a review. I consider it a photographic study. This study is by no means complete. You’ll note several areas/neighborhoods aren’t covered in as much detail as they deserve. As I am sailing the Oasis on her return trip to the States from Europe in October 2014, I hope to continue my study and cover most, if not all, the other areas.

It’s been several months since the cruise, but the pictures and memories remain fresh. I’d like to share with the Cruise Critic community my photographic interpretation of the world’s greatest cruise ship, the Oasis of the Seas.

Join me?

I'm in, let's see the pictures!!

Love me some Oasis! 24 days before we sail her for the 3rd time! Ready to see photos that get me excited to see her again!

I'm there.....We sail sister ship Allure in 33 days & counting! :D

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17 days and I will be on my first cruise on the Allure! Can't get enough pictures

Saturday morning in Ft. Lauderdale staying at the Hyatt Pier 66 – I just couldn’t sleep as I wanted to capture some shots as she sailed in. I purposely booked a south-facing room at the Hyatt so I could snap some arrival pics. I had even woken up around 11pm thinking it was 4am and that she was sailing in at any minute. Grrrr. I managed to fall asleep for 5 more hours and then….

She was showing up on satellite. I was tracking her on the port webcam site. I felt like a stalker!

A Carnival ship beat her to the berth

And there she was lit up like a beautiful, neon, floating Christmas tree!

Looking up her skirt…

Dawn breaks

With the excitement over, it was time to try to sleep a bit. Time to wake up and there she is in all her glory!

I'm in, let's see the pictures!!

Caneguy! Thanks for dropping by. Your Oasis review has kept me out of withdrawal! Really appreciate the JS pics - we upgraded for our June Allure sailing. I've already picked out what's going in which drawers. Obsessed, I tell you.

Love me some Oasis! 24 days before we sail her for the 3rd time! Ready to see photos that get me excited to see her again!

3rd time for us'll be in October for the TA. I'm jealous you beat me to 3 sailings first!

I'm there.....We sail sister ship Allure in 33 days & counting! :D

 

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17 days and I will be on my first cruise on the Allure! Can't get enough pictures

I'm sailing the Allure for the first time this summer. I hope to get some good pics of the "sistah," too.

Love the pics!!!!

Can't wait for more!!!

Love the pics!!!!

Can't wait for more!!!

I should be back tomorrow. Thanks for following.

I'm being a peeping Tom on this thread. We'll be on Oasis for the first time June 7th. Thank you for this preview!

Awesome pictures so far! I love all the threads on Oasis and Allure, gives me something to do while I wait out the next 8 months until it's finally my turn!

My 5 year old is going to love this thread. He always asks Dad, are there any more pictures of the Oasis today? We sail in November. He is so excited.

This is GREAT! We are so looking forward to our Oasis cruise. Keep the photos coming!

Thank you for those beautiful pictures. I can't wait to sail on her!

Happy Sailing to those sailing before me..

Wouldn't miss it! I envy people who can organize, better yet take such good photographs that they can share it with everyone else. :)

Looking forward to your photographic study, we're sailing on her next March. First time on the big ship. Thanks for taking the time!

Awesome thread, I'll be following along. We just booked her for a Halloween cruise next year. Thanks for posting!

Thanks for taking the time to share... I need a photo fix, to get over the next couple o hundred days. Looking good so far! What is your camera of choice?

One can never see too many pictures of Oasis and Allure. Great job so far :)

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This is really getting me excited for my Allure cruise in just three weeks time!

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Your just like my missus! Tease me with a treat, show me some beautiful pictures and then leave me waiting for more :)

I predict a massive following, thousands of post etc. don't leave us waiting too long!

Love me some Oasis! 24 days before we sail her for the 3rd time! Ready to see photos that get me excited to see her again!

Looks like we are on the same sailing!

Great pictures! I can't wait to see more!

I have also requested a hotel room based on being able to watch the Oasis arrive when I'm too excited to sleep.:o