Port or Starboard

[usmcbillswife]

We will be traveling on Oasis of the Seas to Labadee, Falmouth and Cozumel.  What side of the ship faces land in these ports? 

[Todd]

No one can tell you because to many factors are unknown, weather, other ships, tides, post operations, etc. Even if Oasis docks on the Port Side for the last 30 cruises, it could be starboard on your trip.  Port or Starboard is a choice that the Captain makes based upon conditions at that time.

[arebee]

Last time I cruised those ports it was the port side but it up to the Captain.

[sulross]

In Cozumel the Oasis usually has the outside docking position of the shared pier.  It usually backs in.  The starboard side would give you the view.  But, there is usually another Royal ship on the shared pier that would block your view of the land unless you were on the top decks.

[monorailmedic]

As others has mentioned this is hard to bank on.  Even when in Port Everglades it can vary.  Most of the time I'm there Oasis class vessels have been starboard side to port, but it has varied at least twice in the last 2 months.  We just can't know.

 

What we do know is that the sun rises in the E and sets in the W, so, look at where you'll be sailing when, the approximate location/path of your sea days, and see if this influences your decision (sunsets vs sunrises on sea days).

 

BH