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Quantum is not restricting you to the cabin. You can freely go out of your room  and enjoy the activities and stuff to do onboard. Only drinking and dining you will have to do it your room. Once the government lifts the restrictions, it will be back to normal just like the past 5 months since Quantum restarted. 

 But hey at least Singapore is still cruising.I will take that anytime over no cruising. 

6 minutes ago, Cruise Wonderland said:

In the media and travel agent event for Wonder in Shanghai today, Royal Caribbean had a map about Wonder's route to Asia in a video. It clearly showed:

 

Saint Nazaire > Barcelona > Dubai > Singapore > Ho Chi Minh City > Hong Kong > Shanghai

 

Don't know if this is a revenue cruise, or a cruise by invitation only, or has completely no passengers.

 

Seems to me that they are stops for bunkering except from Singapore to Shanghai. 

54 minutes ago, Ethanol95 said:

That's so sad...

Looking at the Prices even more sadder. But its a new ship so can;t help it. 

On 3/26/2021 at 11:10 AM, Ethanol95 said:

Oh that sucks. I think i would have much preferred that over Star Water.

Whats even worse now is they cut the Starwater show into half and the other half is a performance by the Violinist on the 3 night cruises. |The violinist is good, but cutting the production show into half just doesn't cut it for me

2 hours ago, Ethanol95 said:

Doesn't look like she will do a mini season in Singapore.

Slim Chance and the Repositioning cruises with guests onboard probably will not happen due the situation. With at least 14/15 nights each way and possibly stopping in many countries along the way, I don't think Royal or anyone would take the risk.  I hoping she would. If she does, it will probably be half the capacity. 

Quantum Of The Seas has changed Captain. It's now Erik 

On 3/4/2021 at 6:09 PM, Ethanol95 said:

Thanks for the tips! Did you manage to book shows and activities before the departure day?

Yup we did. We had the earlier appointment at 2.30pm and managed to book all shows. Was onboard the ship in 15 mins starting from luggage drop off. 

17 minutes ago, Sail n Snow said:

Great to hear you had a good time!   The no post departure swab is newer.  I wonder when that started?  
 

 

Last week . 

Hi, I just disembark from Quantum today. 

There were 1690 Guests onboard. Crown and Anchor count was about 300. Highest is 567 points. 
 

Here are some tips:

Bring your trace together tokens or download the app. I have seen people getting turned away and asked to go home and collect their token. If you lose your Tracelets, head down to guest service. No charge

Book the earliest appointment slot for your check in. The shows and activities were mostly sold out by 5/6pm

Once you clear immigration, immediately use the APP to book the shows! We did it right by the ship before boarding and booked all the shows and activities needed . 
 

if you want to play bumper car, book the earliest slot on the first day. Once you finish, you can rebook. This gives you additional bumper car rides for the other days. 
 

Skip the Normal North Star and go for the Free Mode North Star aka North Star Extended. Pay 40USD onboard. Only can be booked onboard. 
 

Doors to the Shows open up 30 mins before. Get there early and get the good seats of your choice.

XBox and table games are 20 mins each. Book them at the sea plex counter on your first day. 
 

As we were Diamond, we get 4 drinks free daily. Max 12 USD or below. Can’t be used at the Bionic Bar.

No dinner at the Windjammer Everyday. 
 

We enjoyed the service and the food offered. 

No Swab Test is needed after arrival into Singapore. you can just head home.

On 3/9/2020 at 5:16 AM, Stateroom_Sailor said:

 

People keep showing me this link, showing zero sailings in Asia.  "No sailings that visit this port are currently available."  I'm still not convinced that Carnival had more ships in Asia than Princess.

 

As this spreads in Southern California, those Carnival ships will soon be on borrowed time.

Carnival has only 2 (Splendor, Spirit) ships which are currently sailing in Australia. Those that come to Singapore are once in 3-5 years sailings due to drydock. If it's only Carnival then no, they do not have more ships in Asia than Princess. 

However Carnival in a whole has Costa, Princess among others. Currently All the Costa Asia Pacific fleet (Venezia,Romantica, Atlantica, Serena, Fortuna) are grounded along with Sappphire, Diamond and Majestic. 

Quantum will hang around Manila until the 14 after that she is due back in Singapore on the 18. Royal hasn't officially cancelled the April cruises on Quantum yet but it going to be soon after Malaysia closed its ports

1 hour ago, geoff2802 said:

Thanks for sharing. 

The fact that Royal has put these two Japan cruises on sale supports the theory of a 2021 Alaska season for Quantum.  Not returning to China in 2021.  Not surprising at all.  

 

Probably cos Wonder is due to arrive in China in May/June. But sadly for Singapore, her deployment has been cut short. 

Quantum has updated her destination. She will be arriving back in Singapore on 24 Feb 2020 when she was suppose to arrive after her 9 night cruise. So i guess she will be doing a 6 night High Sea "cruise"

23 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

Are you seeing something different than this:

 

 

This is from the satellite data on Quantum Of The Seas from Marine Traffic

Just now, Biker19 said:

From what info source? Marinetraffic still has no update.

Marine Traffic. If You look at the area around there, north of Port Klang there is this blue arrow which says, "Position received via satellite" Few hours ago, it was heading north and now is heading southwards. That blue arrow is actually Quantum Of The Seas. 

Even Cruise mapper shows Quantum heading back down southwards.

Quantum has turned back and is now heading towards Port Klang. 

7 hours ago, twangster said:

Millennium has added some new Pacific Northwest and Alaska starting April 20.  Some nice itineraries and good prices.  Those are after she does the free cruises for first responders operating from CA.

 

Quantum is showing in the app that she is moving to Los Angeles.  She still has her originally scheduled cruises listed but now also lists some LA based cruises overlapping with the original Singapore cruises as shown in the app.  

 

March 8 - 12 Singapore  
March 9 - 13 Los Angeles next port Catalina
March 13 - 18 Singapore
March 16 - 20 Los Angeles next port Catalina
March 18 - 22 Singapore
March 20 - 23 Los Angeles next port Ensenada 
March 22 - 27 Singapore
March 23 - 27  Los Angeles next port Catalina
March 27 - 30 Singapore
March 30 - Apr 3  Los Angeles next port Catalina
Mar 31 - Apr 3 Singapore
Apr 3 - 6 Los Angeles next port Ensenada 

 

Perhaps they'll have Quantum do some Pacific Northwest and Alaska runs as well in the same time frame as Millie.

 

Or perhaps it's a Royal tech glitch and Quantum isn't coming to America at all.

If they are really doing this, I wonder when royal will start informing the guests who are booked on the original cruises leaving Singapore

2 hours ago, Bader said:

 

Well she doesn't appear to be stopping at Port Klang despite what her destination info says.  Would you really go this way to LA though if the hint on the Royal App is correct? 

 

The frustrating thing is this ship is certainly on a mission so why can't they just tell us what the grand master plan is?  Are they delaying in the hope more people will cancel of their own accord so when the day of reckoning comes they have fewer refunds to provide?  If they are getting a steady stream of cancellations each day, that is how the financial minds would be working.  Over in the PR office, they might not be quite as happy with such a strategy!!  All we can do is speculate until they tell us what is really going on.

 

She is due in Port Klang tmr morning

Spectrum and Millennium to be redployed to Australia and California for 2 months for Humanitarian efforts to support those affected by recent crises in both areas. They will offer complimentary sailings to volunteers and first responders community.

Who knows if the situation doesn't get better, Spectrum will continue her deployment in Australia

58 minutes ago, Jzx1103 said:

 

Yea those countries are mostly all in asia anyways. Its not like Royal is doing any Asian sailings currently. So the ban makes no sense. 

Royal only has one ship operating in Asia at the moment and is the Quantum, homeporting from Singapore

11 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

That’s why I think they would bump quantum instead of spectrum.

Spectrum can do Singapore and send quantum where ever.

I think this will happen too. 

In a recent dry-dock for Quantum which took 1 month, Royal Caribbean said that the dry-dock will make Quantum cater more to the "international" market. Spectrum is design for Asia, hence she will probably stay here. 

In the event that Spectrum gets sent to Europe ( could be a possibility to test whether the market love the Quantum Ultra class) and Asia returns to normal , Royal will just send her straight back to China. 

14 hours ago, kernow said:

Any idea how long Gordon is staying?  We board on 15/02, we had Gordon years ago on a Liberty TA and loved him, didn't know he was still around.

Hi, I’m on that cruise too and just checked with Gordon. He will be staying on for 7 weeks and he will be leaving the ship in Hong Kong once the cruise is over. 

Currently On Quantum, CD is Gordon Whatman

6 hours ago, geoff2802 said:

Thx for sharing.  The only surprise is that it took Royal so long to act given the sharp downturn in Hong Kong tourism.  

Japan deployment is an interesting idea although I have seen Princess discounting there recently.  Wonder if they have a plan yet.  

 

Looks like she is going to Shanghai instead of Hong Kong. 

Quantum might head down instead and Spectrum to Singapore. Spectrum is designed for Asia so probably will stay in the region

We will suppose to get China Phase 1 this week and we got this.. Interesting

13 hours ago, denamo said:

The last three cruises we've been on, luggage has just been lined up in the hallway.  Cruisers have had to go and hunt down their luggage.  The first time this happened just thought maybe they were short on staff or running behind.  However, seeing this on two subsequent cruises, just wondered if this is the "new normal"?

Happen on all my Royal Cruises. But if you have a cabin right outside the Crew Lift where they bring the luggage up, you will find your luggage outside your cabin. There were times when i couldn't find the bags, and right after muster drill when returning to the cabin, the luggage was right outside our door. 

Now I wonder if you paid for the Key, will the Luggage be right in the room or if is still still lying somewhere in the hallway?