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They said they're still being worked on so they didn't book them for this first sailing. They did give media tours of the rooms. If you look at Abe Hughes Cruise director, his Facebook page has a live video tour of the room and the workers are in there putting finishing touches on them.

There's a legit seeing eye dog on board Oasis right now. He's in training and was acting appropriately (ignoring distractions, not pulling, etc.). There is also an emotional support poodle (patch and everything) who is not acting appropriately. The poodle and gets to ride around in a stroller. Today in St. Thomas the owners were letting it get attention from all the other guests, and the poodle was also pulling and tugging on the leash and jumping up on people.

Definitely close the blinds at night. These cabins aren't booked for my for my sailing as they are finishing them up so they had the roller blinds down. But for the other forward facing oceanview cabins that will be neighboring your suite, if they had their lights on you could see in there from the dock in San Juan last night.

Good! Everyone thinks I'm crazy. The 20oz ones taste the best and they don't sell those in multi-packs, of course. The 16.9 bottles have a weird burnt plasticky smell to me too. Oh and these non-US canned Coke Zeros taste different than the US cans do. I keep trading out the ones that aren't in English ??

Thanksgiving WJ style!

During the amp they did not add the hot stations that had been on Harmony and Symphony. It's a beverage station. If you're lucky you can flag down the ice cream cart for tableside service.

We headed back to the ship and decided to grab some lunch. As is usual on port days, Windjammer was the best option that had air conditioning. It beat out El Loco Fresh (outdoors), Park Cafe, Sorrentos and Cafe Promenade (limited selection). Johnny Rockets, Playmakers, and Portside BBQ weren't open yet. Wasn't too busy as most folks were still in port. We still had to walk all the way to the back to find an empty table. One of the nice things that appears to have been added in the amplification is the hand-washing station area as you immediately enter. Unlike on Symphony, the hand-washing station area is very open and does not feel quite as claustrophobic. Of course I scouted my favorite Windjammer selections in the Asian station..Indian food! They had dal, mutter paneer, and chicken curry today. Lunch with a view

My mother decided to look at shiny stuff. And I resorted to Yes, it's free.

My mother wanted to get off the ship for a bit to see what there was nearby the immediate port area. Spoiler alert: Pretty much a small carbon copy of every other Caribbean port. The Oasis class ships dock at Crown Bay which is lacking the shopping and attractions of the other port, Havensight. You have to take a taxi to get to downtown or Havensight and it is $4 per person each way. Taxi in St. Thomas is code word for an open-air ride in the back of a pick-up truck that has been modified with a canopy and bench seating. My mother noped out of that one. Good news is that you and your camera CAN survive falling off the back of one. Right, @CGTLH?

Yes, they usually don't carry Coke Zero on the guns so they have to do cans. I agree the stuff in the Freestyle machines tastes different and cans are better than that. But individual bottles are still supreme. I have a whole Coke Zero preference hierarchy. ??

If they have it then you can get it. They sometimes run out and you have to go bar hopping to find a bar that has it. They usually will give you the can if you ask but usually they will open and pour it into a glass by default.

View from the card room/Loyalty Ambassador's lounge which is where the Diamond Lounge used to be on Decks 11 and 12 before they were deported to the dungeon on deck 4. My mother never got her Meal with an Officer invite for the D+ over 340 points set. Loyalty Ambassador hours are 9:30 to 11:00. It's currently 9:46 and he is nowhere to be seen..par for the course.

And she did..after almost 40 years I have trained her well.

My mother called my room while I was waiting for room service and said she was going to get coffee and asked if I wanted to walk over to Park Cafe with her. I explained the room service situation and I was waiting for them to deliver but I had no clue when that was happening. She asked me if I wanted her to bring back anything. I told her coffee.

I went with the assorted pastries as my beard for coffee delivery. I think a better name for assorted pastries would be mystery pastries. Totally adding that to my end of cruise survey comments.

Also, does anybody else fill out their room service hanger while eating their late night snacks from Cafe Promenade and Sorrentos, or is that just a me thing? Always gotta think ahead or you might starve on a cruise ship..just sayin'.

Since I'm awake early, now I'm playing the game of what time did 1am Ashley decide she needed her coffee wake up call. I could go and just fetch my own coffee since I am awake, but then I might miss my room service delivery and that just seems rude. So I will lay in bed and wait. View from my bed. Sigh, life is hard.

A little pier art

Gliding into St. Thomas right on schedule.

It's baaaaack... Good..cause momma needs to rack up those airline points for the Royal Caribbean Blog Fjords Group Cruise.

Oasis still has the Small Wonders which are fun to find all over the ship and view. Surprisingly absent from the show tonight was the pervasive smell of for-a-fee popcorn.

Booo..you know the cruise is more than half over when Voom is free with the D+ allowance. ?

It's midnight on a Royal ship and everyone is hungry.. I beat the line. Love that Sorrentos offers an alternative to pizza.

Annnnd my mom's motto for Star Class ???

Adios, San Juan. See you in a month!