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Quantum of the Seas Liveblog

Hey everyone, Just a quick note. If you haven’t already, make sure to check out out Quantum of the Seas live blog. The link is right below the top menu. Also can be accessed here. As with out other new…

Royal Caribbean Adopts Google Street View Onboard Allure of the Seas

from Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean International today announced it is changing the way how people plan their vacations by working with Google to be the first cruise line to launch Google Maps Business View using Google’s Street View technology onboard…

Newbuilding Rumors for NCL and Royal Caribbean

I am hearing severla rumors that NCL is looking at building a ship around the 200,000gt mark. That puts it at just slightly smaller than the current largest Oasis and Allure of the Seas which come in at 225,000gt. The…

Quantum of the Seas Inaugural Blog

This is an archived post that originally appeared on CruiseInd on Jun 11, 2014 @ 19:58 This Live Blog Has Closed November 19: If you’re interested in the interiors of Quantum, check out this post. ———- In other news, during…

Fire Damages Partially Completed Ship at Meyer Werft

UPDATE VI: CruiseCritic is reporting that it was the Quantum of the Seas that it was on. This seems to be the final word on the matter. There latest story is here. UPDATE V: …And it was pulled again. CruiseBusiness is reporting…

Quantum of the Seas AND Anthem of the Sea Floated Out

Royal Caribbean’s newest ship, Quantum of the Seas, is getting ready for her debut this fall. In preparation for the Emms River transit from the Meyer Weft shipyard in Germany to the final fitting out berth in Bremerhaven, both the…

Royal Caribbean Announces Details on Quantum’s Repositioning Cruise

Royal Caribbean has announced the full details of the Quantum of the Sea’s repositioning cruise to Asia. As the Panama Canal expansion won’t be complete yet she could have either gone through the Suez canal or around South America. Royal…

Keel Laying Ceremony for Oasis 3

Legend of the Seas To Be Based Yearround in Asia

via Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean International announced Legend of the Seas’ year-round deployment for 2015-16, offering itineraries to breathtakingly beautiful destinations throughout Southeast Asia from Singapore in the summer season, and sailings to idyllic settings in Australia and the South Pacific during…

Royal Caribbean Officially Orders Fourth Oasis Class Vessel

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. announced today that it has agreed with STX France to order a fourth Oasis-class ship for delivery in 2018. Richard Fain, Royal Caribbean Chairman and CEO: The Oasis Class was a revolution in maritime design when…

Analysis: Royal Caribbean To Base Quantum of the Seas in China, Announces Anthem’s Homeport

from Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean International today announced that its newest ship, Quantum of the Seas, will make its home port in Shanghai (Baoshan), China, bringing the company’s most innovative ship to the world’s fastest-growing cruise market. The ship will reposition…

Royal Caribbean Will Base Quantum of the Seas in China

I’ll post my reactions in a followup post. from Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean International today announced that its newest ship, Quantum of the Seas, will make its home port in Shanghai (Baoshan), China, bringing the company’s most innovative ship to the…

Royal Caribbean Protests David Beckham Stadium Proposal

If former international footballer David Beckham gets his way, a $200 million sports/resort complex will be constructed on Miami’s Dodge island. Also on Dodge island; virtually the entirety of the Port of Miami. Including over a half dozen passenger…

Quantum of the Seas Floated Out

Quantum of the Seas meets water for thefirst time.

Royal Caribbean’s Adam Goldstein To Take Larger Role in Potential Successor Play

Tradewinds (sub required) is reporting that Adam Goldstein has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of Royal Caribbean Cruises, ltd. This may seem confusing, but ‘Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.’ is the parent company of ‘Royal Caribbean International’, where he…

Royal Shuffles Ships in Europe

from Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean International’s Explorer of the Seas will sail its very first Europe season in summer 2015. The cruise line’s Adventure of the Seas, which was originally announced to homeport at Southampton, U.K., is being exchanged forExplorer of the Seas, which…

One Last Take on the Third Oasis Renders

When STX released these renders last week I dove into some of the changed that they plan to make. Here’s one more that I just realized. After looking at the rendering more there’s another difference I noticed. If you look…

ANALYSYS: Royal Caribbean Does Away with Traditional Dining.

Royal Caribbean just announced a huge shakeup to their core dining experience that will debut on the Quantum class vessels. Gone are the large three-story main dining rooms [MDR]. The Quantum of the Seas will feature several smaller restaurants in…

Royal Caribbean To Debut New Dining Concept

From Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean International today revealed its next vision of dining at sea which will debut onboard the much anticipated Quantum-class ships. “Dynamic Dining” is a completely new culinary experience that gives guests on Quantum of the Seas and Anthem of…

Royal Caribbean Returns to Dubai

from Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean International today announced its return to the Gulf in winter 2015-16. The fifth seasonal sailings will comprise 16roundtrip sailings from December 2015 through March 2016, visiting some of the Arabian coast’s most intriguing destinations on…