RCCL finally reveal Oasis itineraries

Any Royal Caribbean fans out there must now by now that the Oasis of the Seas will be coming over to Europe for a month or so in 2014. RCCL have been quite tight lipped about the exact pricing and even the full itineraries of the cruise, (especially as it goes on sale this Tuesday - 09th Apr 13), but they've finally relented and released the full itineraries with some lead in prices.............

01st Sep 2014

Oasis of the Seas

12 nights

Fort Lauderdale

At Sea for nine nights

Malaga

At sea

Barcelona

Prices from £739pp

Now that's a long time at sea but on a ship like the Oasis at least you'll have plenty of time to see everything!

 

13th Sep 2014

Oasis of the Seas

5 nights

Barcelona

At sea

Rome

Naples

At Sea

Barcelona

Prices from £599pp

 

18th Sep 2014

Oasis of the Seas

5 nights

Barcelona

At sea

Rome

At Sea

Naples

At sea

Barcelona

Prices from £599pp

 

23rd Sep 2014

Oasis of the Seas

7 nights

Barcelona

At sea

Malaga

At sea

Vigo

At sea for two days

Rotterdam

Prices from £699pp

 

15th Oct 2014

Oasis of the Seas

12 nights

Southampton

At sea for two days

Vigo

At sea for eight days

Fort Lauderdale

Prices from £729pp

 

 

 

Now don't get me wrong here, I love big cruise ships and would love to get myself on one of these sailings but I am a little worried about the size of the Oasis of the Seas.

European ports just aren't used to the numbers of cruisers that a ship like the Oasis will bring. 5400+ guests and then another 2115 crew, (although most of them will be staying onboard). How will small(ish) ports like Malaga or Vigo cope with so many people, (and that's assuming there wont be any other ships in on those days.

I realise the point of these sailings is to let European guests a chance to try the ship and the ports come secondary to that but I wouldn't fancy the port days on some of those sailings!

 

What do you think? Can Europe cope with an Oasis class cruise ship?

 

Happy cruising