Oasis of the Seas

The one location Oasis of the Seas posters agree to steer clear of is deck 14. In a 2026 thread on whether a guarantee balcony was worth a $500 saving, three separate replies named it as the only genuinely poor ocean-view balcony spot: it sits directly under the pool deck, and the pool deck's overhang shades the balcony. Beyond that the guarantee crowd was relaxed — the ship has no obstructed ocean-view balconies, the standard balcony cabins are identical apart from bed placement, and the hull is big enough that a forward or aft assignment adds little motion — so several regulars said to take the saving and spend it on excursions or a RoyalUp bid. The counter-argument was that a guarantee is by definition the cabin nobody picked, which on this ship means under the pool, over a late-night club or opposite an elevator lobby rather than a blocked view. A 2026 thread comparing a deck 7 hump balcony (around 7606) with deck 8 and deck 12 midship got the same answer: motion between the three is negligible, so look at what is directly above and below; one reply liked deck 8 for being on Central Park's level, another had enjoyed deck 11 midship.

Neighborhood balconies divide people, and the split is consistent: Central Park yes, Boardwalk probably not. A 2025 thread weighing an ocean-view window against a neighborhood balcony at the same price drew a detailed Boardwalk report — zero privacy, music and voices audible with the door shut, a wall of balconies opposite, a feeling of being cut off from the sea — and that poster would now take the window. A 2016 Boardwalk guest said much the same: AquaTheater activity, kids screaming on the zip line and carousel music made it pointless to go back to the cabin to relax by day. Central Park guests in both threads described the opposite — the pool band mid-afternoon, low-key live music around 7 to 8 p.m., otherwise quieter than an ocean balcony — with the caveats that there is no water view and the cabins across can see in unless the curtains are drawn. Two posters had upgraded from a neighborhood guarantee to an ocean-view balcony, for $45 and for about $100 per person, and called it money well spent. A 2022 thread about the aft-most Boardwalk cabin, 10729, noted the AquaTheater view is fun but the Ultimate Abyss added in 2019 now takes away part of the aft view, and that the junior suite offered instead had far more storage, a better bathroom and Coastal Kitchen access.

A few narrower questions have answers. Forward-facing oceanview cabins on deck 11 came up in a 2020 thread: the only obstruction is the bow itself, so you cannot look straight down to the water but little else is blocked, and the ship enforces a lights-out-after-dusk rule in those cabins because glare reaches the bridge. A 2026 question about the spacious interior cabins on deck 3 sitting under the casino went unanswered by anyone who had slept there; the one first-hand reply praised the bunk layout as the best family setup they had used, while another simply assumed the casino would be loud. A 2018 class-level thread noted that guarantee Boardwalk and Central Park balconies came bundled with perks such as a Johnny Rockets meal and a soda package, although that offer may have changed since.