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Meet Us At the Oasis - The #MajorStarClassTakeOver Edition - OA 3/13/2022


Lovetocruise2002

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2 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

The saga continues! We are sailing away as I type this, and my bag is at SJU 😕

Royal called the port agent to pick it up but the pilot is here, so off we go. I think the next plan now is to have to sent to MIA before Sunday. 
 

Disappointed yes, but I am so impressed with our Genie and the GS team here. They have worked quickly, kept me informed each step of the way, and they are trying their hardest, let’s hope this bag and I meet back on 3/20. Pray for us lol. 

You’re saying kind words but someone should have tried harder.  

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51 minutes ago, twangster said:

You’re saying kind words but someone should have tried harder.  

I really think they did try. The time was  tight from the get go. Because of our early departure time from San Juan, and the arrival time of that flight, I said to Hubby yesterday already that I was not confident it would have made it. 
 

The manager at guest services who is in charge of this ended up calling me earlier. Whoever they called to pick it up also encountered traffic so luck was not on our side.
 

It’s ok. We already accepted on Sunday that we would be cruising casual this sailing. We are enjoying ourselves, I am not back in my own kitchen making dinner, we have an amazing Genie. As long as that luggage is sitting in the Baggage Service area at MIA Sunday morning, all is good.  

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6 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

 As long as that luggage is sitting in the Baggage Service area at MIA Sunday morning, all is good.  

At this point, wouldn’t it be easier for you guys just to have your luggage meet you in Detroit ?  Why should you have to lug it around at the airport just to put it back on a plane ?

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@tiny260 funny! Our reservation was at 2000 at Izumi Hibachi and while loud it was the normal loud. At 2130 a group of 10 who clearly enjoyed their drink packages previously arrived. The screaming was excessive. Another couple at our table were so agitated they left before things were cleaned up for dessert. For a second, the male became quite animated noting the other table, I was like, rut row!

Tonight brought us back to Chops where I noticed we all ordered seafood, I just thought that was funny. Ceasars salad, mushroom soup and branzino. Derick has us going to a magic show not really our thing but he promised its good, we shall see.

@tiny260 I appreciate the good, bad and ugly regarding our experiences as I believe them more authentic. I always look at information I'm reading with a grain of salt when a lot of the times the reviews come from people who are "comped" experiences sorry, why if they are enjoying for free would a negative word be expressed, so thanks so much for your actual experiences. 

In that spirit we had a leak of a sprinkler head right inside the door, drip drip drip. Okay someone was called and it was shut off. We had four or more visits and then phone calls regarding  it STOP JUST STOP, LEAVE ME ALONE! Taheeheehee....

 

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Ok fine, I will post a negative too. I was Ms. Grumpy at San Juan today. It was too windy and hot for my liking. And I just wanted back onto the ship. 😂

I have add one last bit about my luggage and I will stop talking about it. Part of it not getting to us sooner is on me too. I did not tell Allan about the lost luggage until Tuesday morning after breakfast. I did not realize until I spoke to someone else in our #majorstarclasstakeover group that Royal could arrange to find lost luggage. Had I mentioned it on boarding day, the story might be different. I too learned something new this sailing .

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Entertainment miss for us tonight. I know this is a personal thing but my take 👎

All due respect to the performer Magic still not our thing. We tried to like it, we wanted to like it BUT it was a hard no for me. Again he was funny and likeable its just card tricks and shadow puppets bore me to tears.

I wish they would have maybe booked another live band or something else. The Beatlemaniacs are here but while the sets are different I would have enjoyed another choice. Labadee tomorrow. 

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5 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

Oh, I totally agree with Jaye.  You guys are on the Big Bad Boy list.  Lol

What did your Genie say ?

Raye, the Genie totally went to Management for us, we still need to meet with the Operations Manager, like I said, I not mad, just disappointed in the level of service

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1 hour ago, Neesa said:

All due respect to the performer Magic still not our thing. We tried to like it, we wanted to like it BUT it was a hard no for me. Again he was funny and likeable its just card tricks and shadow puppets bore me to tears.

I agree, the shadow hand puppet thing was a miss. The first box was awkward too. Did it fail? And I thought he was going back to it but never did. He built it up so much and then they dropped the screen. Weird.

He was funny though. That I liked.

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Late on the dinner post tonight. I met up with @tiny260 and DW for drinks in the suite lounge before heading to Chops.
 

When we all headed down to Deck 8, Allan was waiting for all of us because we share the same Genie. This is one of many things I love about Allan. Since Day 1, he has met us, and escorted us to every dinner. He does not leave until everyone is settled. Not all Genies do this. Some don’t come by at all, some swing by during your meal, and there are few and far between like Allan.  
 

Anyway, Allan went ahead and escorted @tiny260and DW into 150CP first since the rest of my family was nowhere to be found. As we made our way into Chops, there was a surprise on the table. A book for Hubby about Carrie Fisher. For those of you who don’t know, Hubby is a major Star Wars fan.
 

Again, small, but such thoughtful gestures that mean so much more to us than the larger (in your face) type surprises. I will go on more about Allan in a few days. But I am 100% with @Rags1 now as a full out member of the AA (Allan & Araceli) group!

We ordered all the usual items from Chops. @WAAAYTOOO, beyond happy to report that that mushroom soup is back. And the lobster entree now has 3 instead of 2. Our waiter told us they made that change just recently. 
 

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5 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

At this point, wouldn’t it be easier for you guys just to have your luggage meet you in Detroit ?  Why should you have to lug it around at the airport just to put it back on a plane ?

We did consider this. But with all that we have been through this past week with our poor checked luggage, we would feel much better if we could at least see it in Miami, verify that it is ours, and the re-check it back to DTW ourselves. It is a direct flight from MIA back to DTW so it “should be ok” as long as nothing gets cancelled again. 

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Our wifi is quite sporadic in our ATS, so I haven't been posting as much as I had hoped for. 🤪

Yesterday we didn't get off of the ship but spent most of the day on the suite sun deck where it was nice and quiet. We came back to our deck for sailaway and saw some dolphins, but unfortunately I wasn't quick enough with the camera to get a picture. 

We had dinner at Giovanni's, and ended up with a wonderful server. I think maybe they were making up for the terrible service that @tiny260received because we had people checking in on us a few times to see how things were and if we needed anything else. 

Today we booked a cabana at Labadee and we're looking forward to some swimming and relaxing. 

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We started with a light breakfast snack on the balcony this glorious morning. Starting the day here giving thanks and prayers for everything we have to enjoy and for everyone sharing their kindness. With everything going on today staying grounded and being present is what we are accomplishing this sailing. Thankful and blessed!

Today we meet Derick at 1015 to go over to our Beach Cabana in Labadee. First time here and really looking forward to an amazing experience. 

Also included in the photos one of the many reasons my daughter and I am really enjoying the Star experience, hubby is warming but he still puts $$ on every aspect! He is a numbers guy always. We have been taking advantage of the laundry I actually love this perk. 

 

 

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1 hour ago, bellemiche said:

We had dinner at Giovanni's, and ended up with a wonderful server. I think maybe they were making up for the terrible service that @tiny260received because we had people checking in on us a few times to see how things were and if we needed anything else. 

A continuation of the Giovanni's dinner, the Giovanni's Manager found the Wife and I eating at 150 last night, apologized and said if there was anything from Giovanni's that we wanted for dinner he would bring it to us.

I appreciate the initiative but we are having dinner at 150, so we declined, told him we are good and thanked him

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12 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Ok fine, I will post a negative too. I was Ms. Grumpy at San Juan today. It was too windy and hot for my liking. And I just wanted back onto the ship. 😂

I have add one last bit about my luggage and I will stop talking about it. Part of it not getting to us sooner is on me too. I did not tell Allan about the lost luggage until Tuesday morning after breakfast. I did not realize until I spoke to someone else in our #majorstarclasstakeover group that Royal could arrange to find lost luggage. Had I mentioned it on boarding day, the story might be different. I too learned something new this sailing .

Allans gift to you, on you final night, will be a piece of luggage to get home the gifts he has given you all week!

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As for me, I have been looking forward to this day the most! Hubby refused to get a cabana so he and the kids are getting off and heading to Barefoot beach “cabanaless”. @bellemichehas offered to let them store their stuff in their cabana. I am staying on board all by myself! Could not be more excited! 🙂

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Nothing much to report on my end today. I stayed on the ship and it was the best day ever! Barely saw anyone onboard. Spent a bit of time in a cabana on the suite sun deck, then spent the rest of the afternoon just enjoying the balcony.
 

Dinner brought us back to 150 CP because I needed to follow through on what I promised @GregD. Tonight Hubby and I both tried the 150 CP filet. The verdict is…I am still #teamCK for the filet. It was not bad, still good, but if I had to pick one, it would be CK. It’s more tender and has a slightly better flavour. 
 

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After dinner we caught the ice show, Frozen in Time. The girls said this was their favourite show on the ship. After that, we headed back to the Aqua Theatre to see Aqua 80 again since my 13 year old fell asleep the other night and escaped the hose down. A friend in the Deck 8 ATS did invite a bunch of us to watch from her balcony but we took a chance and stayed down below. From the looks of it, they were prepared this time to record if we got soaked again lol. 
 

Aqua 80 tonight was shortened even more than the other night. The support divers were injured tonight so it was basically down to dancers only. Overall, Aqua 80 has been a bust this cruise, between the weather, tech issues, now injuries, we never saw the full show. Going to have to sail Oasis again to see the full show. 🙂

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We’ll forever miss the tasty salts! 150 CP food pics look delicious but does anyone wonder if CK, Chops, and CP secretly have the same filet😀?  
@Lovetocruise2002 what sweet serenity hanging back on the ship while others while others went to port!  Prime time to explore, investigate, and of course relax😘

Btw, did anyone #majorstarclasstakeover have a BB cabana? In lieu of the earlier unrest, I’d love feedback on restoration of BB cabanas, coaster, zip line etc.  Is the buffet served by staff?  Straw markets open?  (Cabana booked May/22🙏🏽) TIA

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11 minutes ago, MamaShark said:

Btw, did anyone #majorstarclasstakeover have a BB cabana? In lieu of the earlier unrest, I’d love feedback on restoration of BB cabanas, coaster, zip line etc. 

Yes. @bellemiche, @Neesa, and @tiny260 were all in one. 
 

9 hours ago, Rags1 said:

Sorry to hear there were injuries!  Hope everyone is ok. And since you have to cruise Oasis again to see that show you, Allan and I should coordinate a cruise date😂. I’ll flip ya for the RLS!

Haha. I already told Allan we need to find a way to cross paths again. 

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6 minutes ago, ericaarthur said:

Hello star classes, hopefully easy question. Do they bring you a receipt to sign for drinks and specialty dinners?  Trying to understand if we can tip on our account or need to tip cash all the time. 
 

thank you. 

They give you a receipt but it shows $0.00 and you can use it to tip. 

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We spent a glorious day on Bare Foot Beach Labadee yesterday. We had beach cabana one.  Derick met us at 1020 outside the ship and we departed quickly. The island was clean, the straw market was in full force. Lots of security. I forbid our teens to go over there without us while passing through for the water slide, I hated that. Staff served the food it was okay but the flies landing all over it gave me pause. Some friends did the zip line and they were pissed. Overwater cabana and they spent HOURS with harness on in a holding area waiting for the zip line. That being said our day was stunning! Not all the cabanas were rented but all the free standing chairs and umbrellas were in use. It was a lovely crowd out there. Kids loved the Rollercoaster! 

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11 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Tonight Hubby and I both tried the 150 CP filet. The verdict is…I am still #teamCK for the filet. It was not bad, still good, but if I had to pick one, it would be CK. It’s more tender and has a slightly better flavour. 

Jaye and I felt the same after eating at 150, we thought 150 was good, but CK was better.

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Pretty much echo the feelings @Neesa had with Labadee yesterday, the cabanas look good, we were invited to share the cabana with one of our Star Class friends, the adopted us for the day, the cabanas look good, we were in one of the overwater, W5, we did have some issues with service later in the day, but that was rectified by management.

Two of the group echoed the issue with the zip line, seemed it was very disorganized and people jumping in front of people in the line, then we were reminded that Labadee has only been re-open for a short time, so maybe growing pains?

Food is good, but we usually go to the Beach club on Coco Cay, so it is not up to that level.

All in all a great day at the beach, to much sun, which the wife and I are feeling today.

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Today is a lazy day on the ship, sea day, ordered pictures, took care of the casino account, @Lovetocruise2002 or someone is organizing a group picture, maybe a pub crawl, lunch at Izumi, packing at sometime!

All in all this has been a great cruise, meet up with old friends, made new friends, there have been issues, but all in all the crew has been very responsive and tried their best to provide a great service.

The poor aqua show, I hope they can get things ironed out, being in 8730 we have been watching them train all week, this morning it looked like the safety divers were in the water training with SCUBA gear, so maybe they are all healthy now.

Thanks to @Lovetocruise2002for organizing this unofficial GC and including the old folks in the group.

Wife and I are sitting in the suite lounge and relaxing, she just made an observation, they went to a new type of straw, its a type of renewable, it works like the plastic but it's not, definitely better than the paper, also we were on Odyssey in December and they had switched to aluminum cans for water, Oasis still has the plastic bottles, so not sure the aluminum can are fleet wide or were just Odyssey.

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17 minutes ago, tiny260 said:

All in all this has been a great cruise, meet up with old friends, made new friends,

No truer words!! ❤️
 

 

19 minutes ago, tiny260 said:

Thanks to @Lovetocruise2002for organizing this unofficial GC and including the old folks in the group.

I barely did anything! It just sort of fell together, but I am so glad it did.

22 minutes ago, tiny260 said:

they went to a new type of straw, its a type of renewable, it works like the plastic but it's not, definitely better than the paper,

I love this new straw! Way better than cardboard. 

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Wow, Derick to the rescue I had zero internet all day! He was able to fix it right before the Beatlemaniacs show! 

Our friends from Nevada are leaving the ship at 0830 and flight from Miami doesn't leave until 1530. The Royal excursion is booked. Any suggestions for a quick activity in Miami after disembarking, plus they have 4 large suitcases. ALL Suggestions welcome.

We had lunch scheduled at 1200 at Giovanni's but a private function group was there and we were turned away. Derick appeared out of no where and whisked us over to Chops for lunch, how do they do that?

We really enjoyed him and the Star Loft experience. While I loved every minute of this trip, I'm still wearing my patch though even though I don't need it, withdrawal from it is really bad just allowing it to take its course, I'm ready....there's no place like home.

So nice meeting everyone on this #majorstarclasstakeover....until we meet again!

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Another late post tonight. I realized as I was packing up after dinner that I have not been keeping up with the blog at my usual pace. Apologies for that. But this has truly been a fantastic sailing! 
 

Where did I leave off earlier? Oh yes, after the escape room, we had Izumi delivered to the room. Then we met up with the group for a photo with all the Genies. After that, Hubby and the girls went and did a last hurrah of all the outdoor activities (zip line, flow rider, abyss, rock climbing). For anyone who doesn’t know, star class “skip the line” privileges for these activities cannot be used between the hours of 1-4pm. 
 

Dinner brought us back to Chops and for the first time ever, I have zero dinner pics to share. Tonight I am so happy because we got our final gift from Allan. It is something I have wanted for a long time and haven’t had much luck with getting it granted. There are no pics to share because, to our surprise, Allan accepted our invite and sat down and had dinner with us! Well, sort of. He did not eat, but he sat with us through most of our meal. I loved the conversations that we have had with Allan this week. Other than sailing with friends, the chats we have shared with Allan are probably some of my favourite moments this sailing. He is not only a top notch Genie, but he is genuine, so funny, and he clearly loves what he does. 

Each day of this sailing I was thankful that we pulled off what we planned 2.5 years ago on a whim lol. Thankful to sail with @tiny260 @bellemiche again and also to have been able to finally (after many years) put faces to names@ShakeDownCruise and @Neesa. And also truly grateful for the new friends and people that we have crossed paths with this sailing. ❤️
 

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