Has anyone booked Oasis yet?

"George Leppla" <george@cruisemaster.com> wrote:

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>"G&V" <ghfarrell at comcast dot net> wrote in message
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>> We booked the inaugural cruise 12 Dec 2009
>> At the end of each cruise how are they going to get 5,000 people off at 8
>> a.m. and another 5,000 on at noon?
>> Port Everglades is always busy and there will need to be some new
>> procedures in place for the Oasis.

We were in Port Everglades for a repositioning cruise and there were
so many ships there that they had to use some non-cruise ship docks
for some of them. This was 23 December 2006 and they had 11 ships in
port at once.
>
>The plan is that there will be two disembarking areas... forward and aft.
>Each will have it's own Customs and Immigration inspection stations and
>hopefully, enough staff to man them to move people off the ship efficiently.
>
>The immigration people working out of the Fort Lauderdale office are
>light-years ahead of the people working out of the Miami office when it
>comes to efficiency (and politeness). I'm sure there will be glitches along

Agree with this.

>the way, but I'm glad they put this ship in Port Everglades.
>
>It is going to have to be something special for me to want to cruise out of
>Miami again.

We like Miami but that's because our daughter lives there, so it's
like home. We expect the attitude and just relax and enjoy it.

"G&V" <ghfarrell at comcast dot net> wrote in message
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> Too bad the Oasis does not go out of Port Canaveral.
> We think this is the best port in Florida.
> Plenty of parking, uncongested, and good security.
> A stone's throw from Cape Canaveral
> Passengers flying into Orlando can take the transfer package from the
> cruise line.
> Orlando (MCO) is a good airport with many direct flights.
> We will be looking forward to the Freedom of the Seas sailing from Port
> Canaveral soon.
> G&V
> Port Saint Lucie Florida
>

Won't happen... airport is WAY too far from the pier.

--Tom

In article <nhsqc4ho941ghs31ooshreg8a6r416oihh@>, Rosalie B.
<gmbeasley@> wrote:

> If I am driving I try to give Orlando a wide berth. I will go to Lake
> Wales or Ocala if I can't get by Orlando without crossing the state
> there. I don't like Orlando at all. There are some nice places to
> go that aren't Disney, but not THAT good that I'd go there for choice.

If I were just going on a cruise I would avoid Orlando and Port
Canaveral. I would only do those if were going on a cruise and wanted
to do Disney pre or post cruise. I did do combo once and it was great.
I could see doing that again someday but not for a long time.

--
Charles

In article <48cd8284$0$18958$607ed4bc@cv.net>, Tom K
<tkanitra@> wrote:

> Won't happen... airport is WAY too far from the pier.

In my opinion Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades) is the best Florida port
for out of state residents. The airport is close to the port. The
hotels are close to the port. Royal Caribbean was smart to homeport
Oasis there. The Miami airport can be a nightmare and the Orlando
airport is too far unless one is also doing Disney and/or Universal.

--
Charles

kerry ambler wrote:
> United Airlines no longer flies into FLL. united is the only airline in my
> homtown of Santa Maria, Ca. sigh!!
>
>
> "Charles" <fort@his.com.remove.invalid> wrote in message
> news:140920081826452205%fort@his.com.remove.invali d...
>> In article <48cd8284$0$18958$607ed4bc@cv.net>, Tom K
>> <tkanitra@> wrote:
>>
>>> Won't happen... airport is WAY too far from the pier.
>> In my opinion Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades) is the best Florida port
>> for out of state residents. The airport is close to the port. The
>> hotels are close to the port. Royal Caribbean was smart to homeport
>> Oasis there. The Miami airport can be a nightmare and the Orlando
>> airport is too far unless one is also doing Disney and/or Universal.
>>
>> --
>> Charles
>
>
Call your Travel Agent, they no what to do in these situations!

Clay

In article <gak90d$a0a$1@aioe.org>, frijoli <C@dud.net> wrote:

> Call your Travel Agent, they no what to do in these situations!

Ha Ha.

--
Charles