Rich and I were able to get away last week for a trip with just the two of us. My friend who is the most awesome person in the world and her hubby came and stayed with the kids while we were gone.
Friday morning we got up, got all the kids off to school and then hit the road. Airline flights are usually cheaper out if Dallas, so we drove down and got a direct flight from Dallas to Ft Lauderdale. There was a great burger restaurant right behind our hotel. We were extremely impressed with the service and the food. The owner was greeting everyone at the door and explaining the menu, the food was delicious and we felt like our trip was off to a great start! 
The next morning we slept in, had a great breakfast and waited till it was time to go to the port and board. We could see the ship from the balcony of our hotel room.
Let me say the boarding process at the oasis is amazing. It is organized and we went from the cab to walking onto the ship in about 15 minutes. No lines at all!
Once onboard we got some lunch, and started checking out the ship. The pool deck, solarium, aqua theatre and boardwalk, promenade and Central Park. Then we checked our room that was ready, got our suitcases unpacked, attended the muster drill, and sat on the balcony for sail away. The coast guard boat was having a fun time racing back and forth beside our ship and doing sharp turns and getting cheers from the crowd on board watching.
As we watched the land fade off in the distance we headed off to dinner, and after dinner we watched hairspray; a broadway musical on a ship... just a tad bit shorter than the real one, but very well done. So funny and really good!
On our previous two cruises I could barely keep my eyes open after 11pm... the rocking motion put me to sleep so fast- I always loved it, but on the Oasis it is so large we hardly felt that motion at all, so the good and the bad was I wasn't falling asleep before midnight, but I also didn't have that instant sleep I've had on past cruises.
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