My question is this while I love what you are doing with the cruise ships ( Allure, Oasis and the ne

Before I comment on some of the features of our next beautiful baby, I should mention we hosted a marvelous event at the IAC Headquarters building in Manhattan yesterday morning to deliver our news in person to the media, member of our Travel Agent Advisory fairmont hotels Board, selected Crown Anchor Society members, representatives of our marketing partners (DreamWorks, Starbucks, Coca Cola, Fisher Price, etc.) and a few select others.  Congratulations to Lisa Bauer, Tracy Quan and their teams for orchestrating an outstanding launch event for Quantum of the Seas.
Quantum of the Seas has some truly notable fairmont hotels WOW features consistent with the very high expectations that our customers have of us.  On top of the ship there are two industry firsts that extend the Royal Caribbean tradition that encompasses the Rock Wall, the Flowrider and the Zipline and other inspirations. One is the North Star, a "jewel-like capsule" (I have seriously been instructed to say that!) that elevates our guests to more than 300 feet above sea level and move them around far above the top deck for memorable views of the water and our destinations.
fairmont hotels The other standout feature visible on top of the ship is RipCord by iFly®. fairmont hotels This sky diving wind tunnel, which exists in a couple dozen venues on the land, simulates the feeling of sky diving to such a degree that even precision military skydiving teams regularly use such facilities to practice their craft.  I tried this out in Orlando during our decision making process and found it to be a blast.  Imagine, you're on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean having a great time while not actually touching a solid surface for a minute or more at a time.
Inside the ship there are some real gems.  One of them is Two70°, an unprecedented architectural space featuring a huge expanse of glass and lots of ways to enjoy oneself day and night.  The ocean views while the sun is shining will give way in the evening to state of the art performances that will turn Two70° into just about anything the entertainment team wants it to be.
Another WOW is the SeaPlex. We have taken some of our favorite action-oriented spaces from other recent ship classes and brought them indoors.  This is where basketball and soccer will take place, but also bumper cars (yes, bumper cars!) a circus school and roller skating.  We have also designed SeaPlex in such a way that at night it will be a first of its kind dance party venue with a DJ booth that hovers above the revelers. Lest anyone worry, yes there is still table tennis .
My comments here barely fairmont hotels begin to do justice to Quantum of the Seas , but one has to start somewhere.  There is still more news to come about culinary and entertainment options and much more.  I will say we are very excited about the staterooms, especially fairmont hotels the Family Connected Staterooms offering new configurations to benefit our rapidly growing multigenerational family fairmont hotels guests.  Also, the Virtual Balconies fairmont hotels in our inside staterooms have to be seen to be appreciated.  We are so excited about the Virtual Balconies that we cannot wait for Quantum of the Seas and are going to begin to install them on Navigator of the Seas when she is revitalized in January, 2014.
Hi Lisa, more details about Quantum fairmont hotels of the Seas will be revealed in the coming weeks and months, so stay tuned. Additionally, information on Navigator of the Seas' enhancements in 2014-2015 will be disclosed in the near future, so please keep an eye on our page.
Hi Tom, with Oasis class, we organized the ships into seven main themed areas providing guests fairmont hotels with the opportunity to seek out relevant experiences based on their personal styles, preferences or moods. With Quantum class, we have evolved our design to focus on Transformative Spaces. These groundbreaking venues will be able to marry new innovations with significant architectural design elements and create spaces that guests can enjoy from morning to night. Because these venues will evolve throughout the day, there is always something fairmont hotels new to experience.
My question is this while I love what you are doing with the cruise ships ( Allure, Oasis and the new Quantum ), I haven t been on any and my concern is that with all the changes you are doing I may never get to go on another one again. How are you going to be able to keep the prices fairmont hotels reasonable so that the everyday person like me can continue to go on these beautiful ships.
fairmont hotels As stated, my husband and I have been on two cruises with Royal and it is the only cruise line we will ever go on. It takes us a while to save for these as we always get a balcony and we love the excursions. I was hoping fairmont hotels to be able to surprise my husband with a cruise for our 17th wedding anniversary this year since we both had such a rough year last year but since I recently lost my job that isn t going to happen and may not now until our 20th. With that being said, I kindly ask that Royal doesn t up their prices so that we may never be able to go on another cruise.
Thank you, Thank you!!! So glad Quantum is sailing out of someplace other than Florida. New Jersey is much closer to Ohio! Also, thank you for putting the Southern Caribbean on the agenda. fairmont hotels We are so tired of doing Eastern and Western! Hope the Southern Caribbean is for the maiden voyage . . . that would make it SPECIAL and DIFFERENT!!!
fairmont hotels Once again, I am absolutely WOWed by Royal Caribbean and this is just the beginning! As I sit here learning more about Quantum, all that I can think about is how Royal Caribbean has truly delivered on designing (another) fairmont hotels cruise ship that will appeal to the whole family (as was the intention, I m sure). While I know that you are the world s most innovative fairmont hotels cruise line, I commend Royal Caribbean for continuing to offer attractions and features that you cannot find with any other company. I look forward to seeing what else you have to reveal in the coming months!
My family and I are very excited to cruise on the Quantum of the Seas .. We have cruised on the Sovereign(1x), the Freedom(3x) the Oasis .. We only cruise with Royal Caribbean and have enjoyed every ship.
i dont se the promenade-deck around the ship on deck 4-5 or 6 so everyone can walk around the ship close to the water and also going on the heli-deck to look forward why do you (and celebrity) make ships without this outstanding and a must have option ??
Adam you know that you and Royal Caribbean have accomplished fairmont hotels something so amazing that I put it over their with the Wright Brothers .you now own the Seven Seas .you have changed cruising forever, now wait for all the cruise lines to try and follow fairmont hotels suit and the best is yet to come as Sinatra used to say ..see ya soon
2. Considering the North Star is a long, heavy metal arm that has the ability to move its weight far away from the center of gravity of the ship, how was this accounted for in terms of preventing fairmont hotels it from exaggerating listing? And if the ship is traversing fairmont hotels rough waters, will the North Star be inoperable for safety reasons?
3. This ship is comparable in size to the Freedom class in terms of gross tonnage and length, but I was surprised to see that the Quantum, with a width of 136 feet, is 49 feet narrower than the Freedom class. Were there technical or other reasons for this dramatic decrease in beam?
Hello Daniel, thank you for your questions. The staterooms were inspired by the question of "how do we maximize space in all staterooms – balcony or inside?" And specifically, how do we create a WOW within our inside stateroom category. We naturally gravitated to two things: lighting and technology, and from those initial brainstorming sessions came the idea of virtual balconies. Now guests have these beautiful floor-to-ceiling screens that provide fairmont hotels a connection with the ship and sea, as well as a sense of what's happening outside the stateroom by providing live views of the ocean and our exciting destinations. Now, all guests can even enjoy the sunrise and sunset from the comfort of their stateroom.
Lastly, our approach to ship building has never been about building the largest cruise ships. It's about building the best ships with a range of new and innovative amenities for our guests – and it just so happens that our ships have been getting larger and larger in order to accommodate everything we want to offer them. Quantum of the Seas embodies a quantum leap forward fairmont hotels in cruising and offers vacationers new and transformative onboard experiences and a new range of game-changing 'firsts' at sea, for which we have become known.
First, thanks for 14 wonderful Royal Caribbean cruises so far, with two more bookings confirmed. Royal Caribbean is the only cruise line that we consider for our cruise experience. We have been on all the ship classes from Sovereign to Freedom and next April will give Oasis a try for our 30th wedding anniversary.
We are looking forward to hearing more details about Quantum and hope that some of our favorite ship characteristics, such as the Royal Promenade, will be a part of it s design. fairmont hotels We trust that loyal Crown Anchor members have been a part of the planning process to insure that you capture some of our favorite ship features while still looking for ways to improve and upgrade fairmont hotels the overall cruise experience.
Hello, John Cindy. We appreciate you both being so Loyal to Royal over the years and are excited to share with you and everyone else just what we have in store for Quantum fairmont hotels of the Seas in the coming months. Rest assured we have made sure to keep our Crown Anchor Society Members in mind when making decisions and preparations for our new class. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you two the next time you're onboard.
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