Quantum of the Seas Customer Reviews

The RC loyalists won't like me, but this was an average cruise. The main dining got repetitious. and while usually fine we ended up on the Windjammer and Solarium Bistro often. Service was good - they obviously try to please. What really sucked was the lack of information on the ports we visited. We were very pleased with RC's Arctic from Amsterdam to NYC because a college professor gave talks on the ports, culture, and history of Iceland, Greenland, and Canada. This cruise had one 1/2 presentation that briefly described the excursions offered. The worst example was at the Meet The Officers when a fellow in a wheelchair explained that RC had no way to shuttle him into Akita from the terminal. On his here found out that the port has a cruise ship terminal train that is handicapped accessible and cost $2.00 ( the RC shuttle that he couldn't take was $20). The officer said he was as sorry but it was the first time in Akita. What a terrible excuse! Maybe you could talk to the port authorities for five minutes? Or maybe RC just wanted the shuttle money? Anyway, very poor performance. I got off in Tokyo, where we continue to use the Suica app on our phones to pay for most everything - we watched cruisers taking forever to get train or bus paid, while we breezed through. We luckily did our own research and l will make it a point to put information on Hong Kong's Octopus Card on the Quantum Facebook page - it's super easy to use for transportation, stores and restaurants. And guaranteed RC won't mention it.

We boarded the ship in Beijing, and even being a Diamond member I can't remember a better or quicker embarkation. No sooner had we arrived in the terminal, than we were shown into a private area complete with hot and cold drinks, pastries and other snacks, but we didn't have time to grab a cup of coffee before we were shown to the desk, and our passes issued. The Quantum is the first of the Quantum class ships, and boasts dodgems, an IFly , plus the usual toys RCCL has on their larger ships - Flow rider/climbing wall - but as a lazy cruiser I was happy to go to the Windjammer for lunch, then find the nearest bar for my first cocktail of the trip. The balcony cabin we chose was as always, stylist, comfortable, and had all the space we needed for our clothing. I've been lucky to sail with most cruise lines, but despite some ship variations, I've always found the food in RCCL very good. We usually visit the speciality restaurants while on board, and can recommend Chops Grill where the quality is always excellent. What attracted us to this particular cruise was the itinerary. Neither of us had been to Vietnam before, and I was blown away by the diverse culture of the place. Definitely one ticked off the bucket list. Back on board we discovered that while the dodgems were 'off' the space was used for either fencing lessons, or if you were so inclined, you could learn the traipse! I was happy to watch. Back home, I had no idea this would be my last cruise for a while, but at least I came away with wonderful memories.