Melrosgirl

We did this for a few trips. Loved all the funny messages people left. However towards the end of the cruise someone stole our dry erase pen. So we stopped. Now we all just iMessage each other where we are going (thanks to voom!)

Thank you!!

Is a 11:30 a.m. flight too early out of FLL (after the cruise)? We usually book after 1 p.m. but find we are always at the airport around 9:30 and sit around forever. (May be best to take our luggage off ourselves?)

Does Uber pick up from FLL airport ? We were last there two years ago and Uber wasn't allowed to pick up from the airport (I think). So we ended up taking a taxi to our hotel. Taxi driver tried ripping us off. Telling us we owed more than what was on the meter (extra $10 even though there was a sign in the cab that said You Only Owe What Is On The Meter). It was horrible.

I sailed with Leigh twice and loved him!

Was CNN and Fox news available on the tv?

Just left the anthem last week and only CNN news was available. No fox

Took two cases of water on the Anthem last week. (Luggage tags on both). Only one case showed up in our rooms. (First time that's happened.)

I've noticed on the Oasis class ships, we rarely see the CD either (maybe bc there are so many diff areas he could be in...can't be everywhere at once). We've been to many areas of Labadee and this year we went to two beaches. I think it's Adrenaline beach , near the zip line, that is horribly rocky. I stayed there for about 15 minutes and went back across the street to the nicer beaches. We loved Allure. (Went on it last month.)

I made it a goal this year not to go to the Windjammer. Never went there once. So many other places to go to on the Oasis ships and it rarely felt crowded except near the pools on sea days.

Just returned and dh and I are diamond. DD (18) had her own cabin (we booked it for her) and her card says diamond but she didn't get her own coupons. She went to buy one of the photos from the photo gallery with the "diamond" coupon and was told it wasn't valid for her to use because she's not 21. (So I bought it on my card for free.)

I figure she wouldn't get the benefits but couldn't hurt to try.

One person, two-device plan will be less expensive. Just pre-order a two-device plan for yourself and you can share it with whoever you like.

Thank you!

Used VOOM last year on Oasis and loved it. It was the first time I used wifi on a ship.

Going on Allure in 12 days (!!). I know they changed the packages. I want to take advantage of the 30% off. My dd and I (separate rooms) will be using the wifi/streaming on our phones.

Do you think it's best for me to purchase the one person, 2 device plan? Or the 2 people, 1 device plan? (We're in separate staterooms, but I'm paying for the rooms.) Not sure the best way to pre-order. Anyone know? Thanks!

We had this happen last year (and it will happen again next month too). The only way we were able to get it worked out was to make sure out kids' charged some items to their cards. So if we had $200 credit in their cabin, I used their room keys to do some onboard shopping, excursions, etc. Once I knew I hit that $200 mark, we stopped using their room keys and charged everything else to my room key.

Two people at guest services said this was the only way to ensure that the OBC was used correctly. (we had reservations linked and one credit card paying for both cabins, but still this was the only way we were told).

(There probably is another way to do it but after asking twice at guest services, we just accepted it and made it work.)

My son is a rock climber too. Just went on Oasis. He's only 10 and found every route to be very easy. I'll ask him what he thought the ratings were. It was my understanding they only want you to use their equipment (shoes and harnesses, etc.)

We had wifi on Oasis last week. It was amazing. Better than my Wifi at home, LOL. We watched videos; my kids watched Netflix for movies at night. Loved it. (Never bought wifi packages before this trip. We only got the wifi package so kids and I could text via iMessage on the iPhones…so convenient to know where everyone was.)

Just returned from the Oasis. My kids had a BW balcony and I had a ocean Balcony. The BW balcony room was very quiet when the doors were shut. They couldn't hear anything outside.

Thanks for the review! We will be on your same cruise one week from today!

12 days!

I enjoy the spa, but honestly the hard sell at the end is irritating. I had a facial on Explorer recently. Great facial and then the product sell. The facial (although wonderful) was $170. OK, fine, I will splurge bc it is wonderful. Then they want to sell me products that I have to have. (The last spa tech was almost rude about it. I asked how much the main product that I "Had to have" was. She almost didn't want to tell me. It was $189 (more than the facial). I said well I need to think about it. She was very mad. I could tell. From then she was just ready to kick me out of the door.

I never bought the product and when I got home, I bought a similar, less expensive one at Sephora.

They won't give a refund. This year, by just pure "luck," we canceled our upcoming cruise just before final payment was due bc of a change in our schedules. Then just last week we realized we could go on the cruise. We looked to see if there was space available. There was and the price was $2000 cheaper! (grand suite). Totally worked in our favor and I doubt we'll ever book a year in advance again. We'll take our chances that prices will go down.