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Lindsay

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I’ve been on 4 classes so far, and I’d agree, Oasis class (Harmony) was my least favorite. I also never saw/talked to my room attendant. Never connected with any crew members, from wait staff to bartenders, etc. I felt with 3500 crew and 6,000 guests it was WAY too big to have any intimacy at all. Never saw the same server twice. No pool in the solarium, hated that. My next 4 cruises are all on Liberty, my “home port” ship. Perfect size, my fav ship. ?

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omg I thought I was the only one when we were just on the indy in jan we were on deck 8 I had a promenade view room and my son and family were 3 doors away while we ate our meals in the windjammer dinner was outstanding every night the lunches were always hobo trash not even edible in my humble opinion we never made it for breakfast thanks to the casino so I cant pass judgement on that having sailed almost exclusively on royal we are loyal to royal I always look forward to the mdr but on this trip the crowds in there were brutal and very loud the menus are steadily going down hill with poor selections compared to past cruises .the offerings in the WJ were almost to the letter the same as the mdr but more of it and hotter the service was incredible we had a wonderful waiter from india who barely left our side through the whole meal bringing us anything we wanted we asked him if maybe there was any more balckberrys in the kitchen someone got the last of the ones on the buffet and my grand babies just loved them he came out with more immediately the rest of the nights there was a reserved sign on the table we sat at and when we got there each night there was a whole container of berries waiting for us this is the WOW experience that Royal for the most part has let fade this is the kind of experience that sold me on royal in contrast my sons room attendant was horrible never introduced himself no towel animals for the kids nothing he even had the nerve to wake them up with the do not disturb sign on the door and rudely said he cant go on break till he does there room really my attendant was terrific took such good care of me towel animals constantly which my son and I would take down to his room for the grand babies . I sailed the oasis at the end of 2017 and found the senior experience talked about in other entrys above where in the world they get the nerve to behave that way I don't know my cruise was mostly seniors but groups of them and the central park was constantly clogged with talkers stopped dead in the middle of the walk ways the windjammer was crazy with them none waiting there turn just see something they wanted and bust right in and get it one huge older women in a wheelie cart would just push her way with the cart striking me several times with it throughout the cruise and the aforementioned practice of elevator doors open rush in without letting the departing people appeared to be the norm I have to my recollection not experienced this behavior on any of the other cruises I was on. one old character dropped an entire plate of food on the floor as he was trying to balance 3 walked over to his table put down his remaining plates turned around got a new plate and filled it up and back to his table he went leaving a huge mess of some curry rice everywhere without even telling anyone. as I mentioned before I love royal and will not stray its not there fault as I firmly believe you cant fix stupid.

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5 minutes ago, Sabrinaklai said:

It's been a while since I sailed Oasis but I thought it already had a pool in the Solarium?  I thought it was just Harmony that didn't...

The Allure has a pool in the Solarium at the front between the two jacuzzis.  Aren't the Oasis and the Allure pretty much identical (for now)?

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2 minutes ago, Orange Crush said:

The Allure has a pool in the Solarium at the front between the two jacuzzis.  Aren't the Oasis and the Allure pretty much identical (for now)?

Yes, as far as I know, Harmony is the only O Class with out a pool in the Solarium, I think they caught a lot of flack for that item also, @twangster brought up a good point a while back, maybe that was for a weight savings or balance, they had to have a good reason, I've never seen a solarium pool that is not being fully utilized.

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My first cruise was on Enchantment and at the time it was so disorientating just for the fact that it was our first cruise. But then we started to go bigger and bigger and bigger. We had recently went on a Jewel and Rhapsody and realized how being on a smaller ship was actually so nice too. With that being said, I still love all the ships (Anthem is probably my favorite), mostly because we tend to stay on board a lot, so its quiet when everyone leaves, but its always nice to have the small ship feel too. I think there are perks to both and you should definitely try it out too :)

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