Chops Grill
26 octobre 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
One of the benefits of a transatlantic crossing on the Oasis it's that diamond plus and above get to use Chops Grill for breakfast, which is nice.
Well a couple of mornings this week the food and theEn savoir plus
Could just be me!
23 octobre 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
This crossing doesn't seem to be as good as the east, west crossing last month.
Everything seems to be very disorganised and the staff don't all seem to be on the ball.
I know there is someEn savoir plus
More rumours
22 octobre 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
The latest rumour is that firstly there will be no concierge lounge on Oasis or Allure.
The new wonderland restaurant will be using the full concierge lounge, and not just the upper floor as firstEn savoir plus
Success!!
21 octobre 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Well done to Sue, Sheila and Lynn, the little celebration they arranged for John & Bob reaching pinnacle, was a big success, and I know that the guys where genuinely touched that it has been arrangedEn savoir plus
Jon & Bob
19 octobre 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Two friends of ours, John & Bob, from Canada, turn pinnacle on this cruise so Sue has arranged a small get together to celebrate the occasion.
Israel the concierge has let us use a room on deck four,En savoir plus
Friends old and new
19 octobre 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Wow, we know so many people on board it's untrue.
Last night it took me about 10 minutes to get from the door of the lounge to where Sheila and the others were sitting, because of me stopping to sayEn savoir plus
Progressive Quiz
18 octobre 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌫 -14 °C
We've entered the progressive quiz again.
I just hope it doesn't turn in to the aggressive quiz like it did on the last cruise.
Some people take it so seriously, even when they know that the prizeEn savoir plus
Rod Stewart's guitarist
16 octobre 2014, English Channel ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
The band on the theatre last night where very good, they were called Creagan & Company, and consisted of the original guitarist from Rod Stewart's band and the lead singer was an X Factor finalistEn savoir plus
Southampton, I was right!!!
15 octobre 2014, Angleterre ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Well that was the WORST check in I've ever experienced, bar none.
We arrived as usual at about 11.30am to find literally thousands of people congregated outside the departure lounge, which by the wayEn savoir plus
Southampton, dreading the checkin
15 octobre 2014, Angleterre ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
All ready to set off to Southampton, just dreading the check in after hearing all the horror stories from Rotterdam.
Apparently they couldn't handle the amount of people boarding, and withEn savoir plus
Southampton Port
11 septembre 2014, Angleterre ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
This being our first trip on either the Allure or the Oasis, I must admit I'm very pleasantly surprised.
They are not "to big" as some people say, yes the are huge vessels, but they are surprisinglyEn savoir plus
Lunch at Chops Grill
10 septembre 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
For a change we went to Chops Grill for lunch.
This is normally reserved for suites guests at lunch time, but with so many Diamond pluses on board they're using it instead of the concierge lounge forEn savoir plus
Meal with an officer
9 septembre 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Yesterday afternoon we got an invitation for a meal with an officer.
All members who have over 350 cruise points get this invitation.
Now normally there are maybe two tables full, which would be aboutEn savoir plus
Brain teaser quiz
8 septembre 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
For a change we decided not to start the night in the concierge lounge, but to go to the Schooner bar and do the quiz.
Not only would it make a change but we could use our 3 drinks on our sea passes.En savoir plus
Anniversary update
7 septembre 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
We started the evening in the rising tide bar, which is a feature bar on the ship.
It's a bar that travels between decks 5 and 8, but it moves so slowly that you don't notice it moving.
But it's aEn savoir plus
Anniversary meal
6 septembre 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Last night's ice show was one of the best ice shows I've seen, and one of the good things about it was the guy doing sand drawings on a light box which projected on to the big screen, he was amazingEn savoir plus
Why not try the Diamond lounge?
5 septembre 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
5am and it was disco time again in the concierge lounge.
Couldn't be bothered with the security trick again so instead I took a walk down to the diamond lounge.
That was much better, it did have someEn savoir plus
Loud music and early mornings
4 septembre 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
I get to the concierge lounge about 5.30 for my usual coffee, read of my book and to do my blog, god I'm a busy bee.
Anyway as I walk in it's like a disco, the so called background music is blastingEn savoir plus
Comedy Club and old friends
3 septembre 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Comedy club, it's one of the best things Royal have put on their ships.
Last night another two great comedians, Phil Tag, who we'd not seen before and Aj Jamal, who we'd seen last week on the AllureEn savoir plus
First night on Oasis
2 septembre 2014, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Well last night went well in the concierge lounge considering how many diamond plus members and above there are on board.
The service was a little bit slow because the staff had never done aEn savoir plus
Overnight in Ft Lauderdale
1 septembre 2014, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
We were booked in to the Gallery One Doubletree hotel for one night, till we board the Oasis it's for the transatlantic crossing.
I'm very impressed with the hotel the rooms are huge and brilliant.En savoir plus
The Blue Planet
31 août 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
We watched a wonderful show in the theatre last night, as the title says it was called the blue planet and what a wonderful show it was.
It was a celebration of planet earth in dance and song,En savoir plus
Mo5aic
30 août 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
No the title is not a spelling mistake its the name of the singing group from last night, it's just a play on mosaic and because there are five members.
They are an acapella group they use noEn savoir plus
Falmouth, Jamaica
28 août 2014, Jamaïque ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Yesterday we docked at Falmouth Jamaica, I've been to Jamaica before but never to Falmouth, so I decided to have a look.
To be honest there's not much to see, the port area is specially built forEn savoir plus
From Labadee to Chicago
27 août 2014, Haïti
Started the day with an early breakfast in the solarium which was nice.
It's another plus point about these huge ships, that's the selection of places to eat, we tend to have breakfast in a differentEn savoir plus
Comedy Club
27 août 2014, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Last night we all went to the comedy club the two comedians where very good there was a white guy called Al Romas, who was funny, but I did prefer the black guy, AJ Jamal, he was like a Bill Cosby butEn savoir plus







