Oasis of the Seas - Tips For What to Expect Aboard the World's Most Innovative Cruise Ship

It was so entertaining to receive an invitation to a pre-inaugural two-day trip aboard the all-new-game-changing Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas! After our on time flight, we proceeded to baggage claim to uncover the Royal Caribbean representatives for our transfer to ship. We were loaded on a bus after a very short wait and transferred to the brand new concluding 18 at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale (purpose built for Oasis and Allure.) We indubitably did get from curb to gangway in 15 minutes as advertised and everybody is the concluding was very pleasant. While Oasis is production port calls, card scanning/security will always occur shore-side prior to re-boarding to enhance the boarding process. (A great idea for a ship than holds so many habitancy and an additional one manufactures first.) After boarding on the Royal lope level on deck 5 (the Royal lope on Oasis is much larger than the Royal lope first introduced on Voyager class), we indubitably found our cabin, D2-11702, first-rate Ocean View w/Large Balcony starboard aft. Our cabin had a very nice sized balcony and plenty of storage space inside. The proper cabin stall shower had plenty of pressure and was more spacious than it appeared from the outside. It also featured a footrest to make the leg shaving process easier. Interestingly enough, the vanity/basin was very low.

After getting our gear settled in our cabin, we headed off to contemplate the Oasis of the Seas and find some lunch. We stopped in the Solarium to take it all in. Seems Royal Caribbean has taken some cues from sister brand Celebrity's AquaSpa area with the whirlpools, healthy cafe, etc. The Oasis includes a greatly wide Solarium bistro (translation healthy buffet by day and healthier alternative bistro by night). In addition, there are cozy beach loungers and even a soothing stream. Visit the Solarium for a great retreat from some of the other hustle and bustle filled neighborhoods. In addition, do not miss the Solarium's fresh water pool and two cantilevered whirlpools carried over from the free time class; also visit the Solarium bar for a beverage. We had a remarkable lunch from the large choice in the Bistro. (The Solarium bistro offers more choices than the Celebrity, Millennium class, AquaSpa Cafe, no disrespect to Celebrity's remarkable onboard experience). It was entertaining to remember this was the "healthier buffet" since there were so many yummy selections.

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Next stop, we visited the new loft suite section on decks 17/18 with their own incommunicable area. This view appears to be borrowed from Ncl's Courtyard area. The two level Crown Loft Suite was truly one of a kind. Is the Loft Suite area better than Ncl's Courtyard area? Answer: It is different. Next, we visited Central Park, a place like no other at sea. You can walk through this floating park on deck 8, over the roof of the Royal Promenade, and stop for a drink, coffee, or even pick up lunch from the Park Cafe to enjoy under a tree. Royal's lineup of alternative Restaurants along with the new 150 Central Park is settled in Central Park. Finally, you can also visit the all-new Vintages wine bar. Take your time to contemplate one neighborhood at a time and possibly plan a meal there as well.

Oasis of the Seas - Tips For What to Expect Aboard the World's Most Innovative Cruise Ship

Note: the mandatory safety drill on the Oasis is also an manufactures first. You will not have to don life jackets in your stateroom and walk to your muster middle point with the straps dragging on the stairs. Life jackets are settled near the lifeboats close by your assigned muster station. Additionally, a Royal Caribbean employee assures your attendance at this important safety event by scanning your room key card. (You will see more and more functions are loaded onto your card...ala a Disney type experience.)

The next neighborhood is the Boardwalk. This seaside inspired house entertainment area, is settled aft on deck 6. Here is where the cruise industry's first floating carousel at sea is settled faultless with hand carved wooden animals. Keep in mind Royal has dispersed these three dining/shopping neighborhoods very well with the Royal lope midship on deck 5, Central Park, midship on deck 8, and the Boardwalk, once again, aft on deck 6. Bear in mind all of these neighborhoods lie along the route to the Opal Theatre send and the Opus Dining Room aft. The boardwalk includes Johnny Rockets, and the new Seafood Shack along with other "high glycemic" outlets. The stern end of this area features one of my personal favorites, the all-new AquaTheater. The AquaTheater features Oasis of Dreams, Royal Caribbean's "Cirque O" inspired synchronized swimming/diving extravaganza with dives as high as 72 feet.

Been to your basic dining rooms and main show theatres? Look at the Opal and Opus, the Opus dining room is three decks high al a Voyager/Freedom Class but without the giant center opening. Further, each tier is also built out on concentric circles from the center. Therefore, even with such a large space, on each of three decks, you cannot view many tables at one time, which provides an roughly intimate feel to such a ample space. The Opal theatre is also three decks high and contains the newest in Av technology. The first night, we saw an unannounced Abba tribute show in the Opal Theatre. While not a huge Abba fan, the show was great and the theater was very comfortable. (Remember, Royal's objective is to have many dining and entertainment venues to keep passengers dispersed as they can't have the whole ship going from one dining room to one show lounge over two seatings, And Royal Caribbean delivers.). Oasis is also introducing an additional one first, on-line pre-booking for shows, alternative dining, and activities. Royal is well ware of the whole of passengers trying to get to the shows and activities like the zip line, rock wall and not to mention the range of alternative dining venues. Therefore, for cruisers who like to pre-plan all of the details, you can do it now for the Oasis. I did it for my own shows; just gift your room card key for scanning at the door. Are you curious in prebooking your own activities and dining? Why not ask your travel planner to take care of the details for you?

The Oasis has not forgotten about the puny ones. Happy kids equal a happy vacation for the parents! Royal Caribbean once again changes the game with their Youth Zone neighborhood entered via Kids Avenue on deck 14. This remarkable factory has the largest daycare at sea, Royal Babies & Royal Tots, large adequate to rival a top shelf land based day care facility. In addition to the obligatory teen dance club and hangout area, the Oasis has the Adventure Ocean Theatre for shows put on by kids for kids! This remarkable area is broken up into separate rooms by age group. This is the largest youth complex I have ever toured on a ship!

After an additional one remarkable dining perceive in the Opus dining Room, we went to see Hairspray. This was the best show I have seen at Sea, better than a lot of shows on land. The potential of the acting and singing was great along with the pit band that would occasionally rise from beneath the stage and even glide to the back while on the stage. The sets were just magnificent and the production values were amazing. Hairspray is a must see show. Shortly after this show, we were off to the Oasis of Dreams at the AquaTheater. While Royal was still working out last puny technical glitches, the show went on in a "rehearsal" format. I truly enjoyed hearing the annotation and stories about what went into this improbable production. Oasis of Dreams is also a must see on the Oasis of the Seas.

Sunday, 29 November, disembarkation day - we left our stateroom for one final morning meal in the Windjammer. This buffet is not like other Windjammers, the décor is more like that of a premium cruise line and the food stations have a great flow. We went down to the Royal lope just before 9am, but were swiftly herded into the Opus ding room and told to sit. Why? The second gangway was not operational and caused a delay getting off the ship. I hope Royal has this and a join of other very small details worked out in their otherwise magnificent offering. After disembarking, we were swiftly directed to our Fll airport bound coach and bid adieu to the Oasis of the Seas. Well, this colossus of a ship did not want us to forget her just yet! The ship was still clearly descriptive from our Continental gate inside the airport. The verdict is in. This is an improbable ship with more to offer than I can describe. However, this ship is the destination as there are only a handful of Caribbean ports that can accept this vessel. Therefore, the Oasis of the Seas is great for first time cruisers, multi-generational house trips, and past cruisers who have totally done the Caribbean and are finding for a new experience.

Oasis of the Seas - Tips For What to Expect Aboard the World's Most Innovative Cruise Ship

The speculation religious doctrine of Warren Buffett - In 23 Quotes

Warren Buffett is the most successful investor of our time, possibly of any time. He is famed for his pithy quotes, which often appear in his annual letter to shareholders.

Taken together, his quotes pretty well sum up his speculation doctrine and approach. Here are his best sound bites of all time on being a sensible investor.

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1. Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

The speculation religious doctrine of Warren Buffett - In 23 Quotes

2. Investing is laying out money now to get more money back in the future.

3. Never invest in a business you cannot understand.

4. I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look colse to for 1-foot bars that I can step over.

5. I put heavy weight on certainty. It's not risky to buy securities at a fraction of what they're worth.

6. If a business does well, the stock finally follows.

7. It's far better to buy a extraordinary business at a fair price than a fair business at a extraordinary price.

8. Time is the friend of the extraordinary company, the enemy of the mediocre.

9. For some guess habitancy take their cues from price performance rather than from values. Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

10. In the short run, the market is a voting machine. In the long run, it's a weighing machine.

11. The most base cause of low prices is pessimism. We want to do business in such an environment, not because we like pessimism, but because we like the prices it produces. It's optimism that is the enemy of the rational buyer. None of this means, however, that a business or stock is an attractive purchase naturally because it is unpopular; a contrarian arrival is just as foolish as a follow-the-crowd strategy. What's required is mental rather than polling.

12. Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

13. It is better to be approximately right than well wrong.

14. All there is to investing is picking good stocks at good times and staying with them as long as they remain good companies.

15. Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.

16. You do things when the opportunities come along. I have had periods in my life when I have had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.

17. [On the dot-com bubble:] What we learn from history is that habitancy don't learn from history.

18. You are neither right nor wrong because the crowd disagrees with you. You are right because your data and mental are right.

19. You don't need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 Iq beats the guy with 130 Iq.

20. You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will.

21. When a supervision with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.

22. The best business returns are commonly achieved by fellowships that are doing something quite similar today to what they were doing five or ten years ago.

23. Diversification may reserve wealth, but attention builds wealth.

The speculation religious doctrine of Warren Buffett - In 23 Quotes