There are 11 decks on Empress and 18 on Oasis. Empress carries 1,602 guests, and 668 crewmembers, Oasis carries 6,780 guests and 2, 200 crew. Empress is 692 feet long, compared to Oasis at 1,187 feet long. She’s only 100 feet wide, compared to Oasis of the Seas, which is more than double the width. Her maiden voyage was back in June of 1990. The ShipĮmpress of the Seas is the oldest and smallest ship in the Royal Caribbean fleet. I’m pretty sure that this was the fastest we’ve ever gone through the terminal and boarded a ship. And that was it! I don’t think it took 15 minutes total. The agent then came back with our sea pass cards, and two blank Visas and explained gave us printed instructions on how to fill them out. She checked everything, took our pictures, and left for a minute. We handed her our passports, our sailing documents, and the two filled out copies of our Travel Certification paperwork to get our Cuban Visas. Upstairs we were immediately shown to an agent. The agent at the door looked at our sailing documents and passport and then we were guided to the escalator to take us upstairs. Arriving at Terminal F at the Port of Miami at approximately 10:30 am, we walked right into the terminal. We left our motel near the airport at around 10:00 am on a shuttle.
We sailed out of the Port of Miami on Monday, April 1, 2019, for this cruise.
