Jkaczano

Can’t say I’m shocked. Irritated, annoyed, disappointed - yes. Shocked - no. Life has largely returned to normal in New Hampshire. Some masks here and there, but that’s it.

They’ll help you stand up if you pay for a lesson (based on Sept Oasis sailing)

Quite frankly, I’m not even going to bother. I’m just going to make sure that DH is linked to my account as a spouse so he gets the same on board benefits I do. I really don’t have the patience to try to explain this. My last call to get DH the deluxe drink package and me the refreshment package (I haven’t drank in 20 years), took well over an hour - most on hold. I wish you the best trying to get yours straightened out.

9/26 Oasis was our first cruise ever on RC. I signed myself, DH, and teens up for C&A and we were pre-gold before the cruise. Just checked and kids and I all have 28 points (7x2 for suite, x2 double promo), but husband has only 14.

Oasis escape room was great. puzzles were doable but you really to break into groups in order to accomplish all of them in the allotted time. We ran into a problem where all the puzzles but 1 were done and the 2 women working on it couldn’t figure it out. When you’re with strangers, you can’t just say “move, I’ll do it” like you might with family.

Just did the escape room on Oasis yesterday. 11 of us from 3 different unrelated parties (all vaccinated adults). Bigger group may be because the 3 genies arranged it for star class. Vaccinated only zone so no masks required.

I think the problem is that we were REALLY looking forward to Chops so we booked it for 3 or 4 nights and it was good but not as great as the other restaurants. Coastal Kitchen filet was phenomenal.

Sugar beach ice cream is included but not the merchandise (ie candy)

Well…J’s review was rather blunt, but factually accurate. I would characterize the tour as disorganized and chaotic. I think we’ve gotten spoiled in that I usually book private tours, but this went a little beyond that. I would also say that the families being separated was also due to them not being together in line. Dinner tonight was Chops again. It was much better tonight than the other night. I think J has now reranked it to be tied with 150.

We were at beach club yesterday with a cabana. Quite frankly, unless I had a cabana, I probably wouldn’t book beach club right now. Oasis was the only ship there with about 2600 passengers and beach club was more crowded than oasis pool.

We were at a beach club cabana yesterday. No problem ordering virgin daiquiris or a chicken sandwich with mozzarella sticks from snack shack.

On Oasis they have PlayStation and switch. As my 13 yo gamer said, definitely not the newest tech. That being said, my teens are having a great time with the pool table in social 298, the flow riders, and rock wall

Today was a perfect day at coco cay. We started the day with breakfast on the balcony and then Allan escorted us off the ship. Mike went with his parents to the beach club while mom and I went to the waterpark with the kids. Picture below is my mom with the boys on slingshot. The problem with the waterpark is that there is no central location to sit and watch the kids. It would be a real challenge with little kids to use a cabana. We ended up following the kids around the park. After about 2 hours, I decided it was time to head to the beach club so I could have a break. thanks to @AshleyDillo, we asked Allan to see if he could get us cabana 25, which he was able to do. It was a perfect location. J and most of our group had the filet and I had the crispy chicken sandwich with mozzarella sticks. You can see J’s filet review above. My sandwich was tasty but I’m now getting tired of food. DH, his parents, and the kids left the island about 3:30 to make a next cruise appt at 4, while my mom and I sent another 45 minutes hanging out in the cabana. dinner tonight was at Giovannis. Quite frankly, we were pleasantly surprised. The tagliatelle carbonara and J’s filet were good (see above review). DH’s Osso Bucco (sp?) was the “best meal he ever had”. Add to that a phenomenal server who was attentive and fun and a manager who offered to send our desserts to the room when we asked for them to go. Back in the room, Gusti left us a couple towel animals.

It’s not too bad during the 1st show, but my mom wanted to sleep during the second and couldn’t. She was looking for earplugs in “unboxed” but they didn’t have any

Masks are required in any indoor location. You can take them off in restaurants and outdoors. I have only seen # limits in pools and elevators but tables seem spaced and some seats are blocked in entertainment venues. Nothing really surprising.

J hasn’t been to Social 298, but 13 yo M knew the answers to this. He said that there are currently 12 yos in 298. Their parents had to come in and sign a waiver (13-17 don’t need a waiver). He said that the reason being given for allowing 12 yos in 298 is that they are vacc’d and their parents don’t want them in adventure ocean with unvaccinated kids.

We’re on Oasis right now. Teen club (Social 298) is 13-17 but my 13 year old says there are 12 year olds in there whose parents have signed a waiver. I will try to stop in sometime in the next couple days to confirm. Flow rider required a waiver for both my 13 and 15 year old so you would need to do that regardless. There are signs all over that 12 and under need to be supervised in pools and slides, but that doesn’t seem to be enforced. For the rock wall, my 15 year old was asked his age and they were requiring a parent 12 and under, so you will probably have to join her for things like that and the zip line.

Thanks! I haven’t been in Social 298 (the teen club) but M, my 13 year old, has. Officially the age range is 13-17, but M has said that there are 12 year olds in there “whose parents have signed a waiver”. We’re in Coco Cay most of the day tomorrow, but I’ll try to stop in late afternoon/evening to find out for sure.

The funny thing about this cruise is that I haven’t had a moment to stop. When we have done Disney cruises, I’ll usually just sit on my balcony and read while the kids have gone to the kids’ clubs. That’s usually at least 4-5 books for a 7 day cruise. It’s now day 3 and I haven’t even gotten 1/2 way through 1 The boys have been having so much fun boogie boarding, that I asked Allan to arrange some private time on the flow rider so they could learn to surf. He arranged an hour today with Peter and Peter. By the end of the hour, both boys were stand up surfing. After the flow rider, mom and I went back to the thermal suite for about 20 minutes then we had dinner at Chops. It was a little disappointing. The mushroom soup was excellent and the Caesar salads were standard caesars. The crab cake wasn’t very good (DH didn’t finish it) and the bread (pretzel and onion) was boring. The bacon tasted “fatty and gross” according to one of my teens. For the main course, we all got the filet. I ordered medium while everyone else ordered medium well. Somehow I ended up with a well done while my mom’s was red so we swapped. We also ordered the tater tots, mashed, a baked potato, and asparagus as sides. Quite frankly, everything tasted a little bland (under seasoned?). Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t horrible but it was more what I would expect in the main dining room rather than a specialty restaurant. The chocolate lava cake, however, was phenomenal. The consensus for filet so far is 1) coastal kitchen, 2) 150 and 3) chops. Beach club is tomorrow. After dinner and right before Aqua 80, Allan had coffee and cookies delivered per our request. He also had playmaker ice cream bowls delivered as a surprise. We tried but just couldn’t do more than pick at them.

After breakfast, J and I went down so he could rock climb. He has rock climbed before but it’s been a couple years. He did the green and yellow courses no problem and made it 3/4 up the red. It was neat that the rest of the family was able to watch from the balcony of the room and cheered him on. 10:30 - I was going to grab a milkshake at Johnny Rockets, but they were closed. So J and I grabbed ice cream at sugar beach. Then off to the flow rider for mixed waves

Allan arranged breakfast on the patio this morning. Jonathon set the table even though I told him it was ok to just leave everything on it and we’d take care of it. Food was good although 13yo complained his pancakes were cold. Rest of the food seemed at a good temperature. Doesn’t appear to be a bacon shortage - we requested 15 slices (3 each) 15 year old J photobombed the first picture

After dinner we went to the ice show. I thought it was amazing. There was a sand artist who performed during the show as well. We then went back to the room where we had Allen deliver 1 of every dessert from Chops delivered along with vanilla ice cream for the kids. We enjoyed it on the balcony while watching football on the aquatheater big screen.

Thanks guys for reading along. This is really fun to do. We had dinner tonight at 150. Food was amazing. We started with the braised short ribs, Caesar salads, and got the artisanal cheese platter (listed as a dessert). For main course, we all got the filet (no tenderloin for 2 this week. We got 1 fried cheesecake to split and then headed to the ice show. Coastal v 150 - braised short rib is not to be missed. Cheese tray and and pull apart bread at 150 was also really good. Filet and sauce was better at coastal but sides were better at 150.

My husband told me he funniest story. While we were in the spa, he brought the boys to the zip line. He was about 10 groups back and one of the staff was going down the line to tell people to take off loose articles. The staff member saw the kids’ star wrist bands and he asked my husband and sons to follow him. He checked them in separately and put them right on the ride.

It think it’s going to be in addition to. It looks like there’s still a ways to go. Each group (synchro, divers, dancers) was practicing separately today. We’re on deck 10. It’s not too high up, but I’d go with deck 9 if it was available.