Quantum of the Seas Alaksa 8/29 - 9/5; 9/5-9/12 Live Review

[DaKahuna]

2 hours ago, Bxc53 said:

Does the Solarium Bistro have self serve coffee? Our room is close..  Thanks 

We walked through the Solarium Bistro after breakfast this morning and there is a self serve coffee and drink station to the left of the buffet line.  
 

[DaKahuna]

On 9/5/2022 at 10:25 AM, CanuckCruizer said:

Do you know if Romana is staying on the ship to Australia or is there is a new Concierge scheduled to come?

Canuck,

 

Great news for you, I spoke with Romana and she will be onboard until November.  
 

[DaKahuna]

Today was the first day we did not receive a paper copy  of the Cruise Planner.  Instead we received a QR code to scan.

 

 

scanning the QR code gave us this link. 
 

https://minio.rccl.com/compass/cruisecompass.pdf

 

(I hope the link works for you. )

 

[DaKahuna]

Lunch today was in Izumi.  It did not disappoint.

 

Chicken kara agi

miso soup

Snow crab California roll

Izumi Ryu Futomaki roll

Baked Snow Crab and Dynamite roll

 

The futomaki was unlike any futomaki I have ever had.  I am not a fan of cream cheese in my sushi rolls and did not pick up on the fact that this had cream cheese in it before I ordered it. 

 

[Bxc53]

2 hours ago, DaKahuna said:

Today was the first day we did not receive a paper copy  of the Cruise Planner.  Instead we received a QR code to scan.

 

 

scanning the QR code gave us this link. 
 

https://minio.rccl.com/compass/cruisecompass.pdf

 

(I hope the link works for you. )

 

 

 

No Joy. Goes to an 'Access Denied" error message. I suspect it's local to the ship server

[bobmacliberty]

49 minutes ago, Bxc53 said:

 

 

No Joy. Goes to an 'Access Denied" error message. I suspect it's local to the ship server

 

Ditto for me.

[DaKahuna]

3 hours ago, Bxc53 said:

 

 

No Joy. Goes to an 'Access Denied" error message. I suspect it's local to the ship server

 

2 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

Ditto for me.

I thought that might be the case. 
 

When I get back to the room tonight I will see if I can download the document and post it as example.  
 

It was a 14-page document with much of the additional papers  they use to supply in the room each night.  This one had the show schedule I posted earlier as well as bio’s for the headliners. 
 

[CanuckCruizer]

10 hours ago, Bxc53 said:

DaKahuna, we continue to enjoy your onboard experiences vicariously as we count down to our Hawaii crossing in a few weeks .
One small, but important question if I may.. Morning coffee. DW and I don’t get too far in the AM until we get our dose of caffeine.

We’re in a standard balcony, so no in-room coffee maker, as I understand.

Does the Solarium Bistro have self serve coffee? Our room is close..  Thanks 

Bxc53 - If things haven't changed since we last sailed (someone will correct me if I am wrong) but you can order Room Service Continental Breakfast with coffee for no charge (other Room Service is $7.95 I believe).  So you can order croissants, muffins, danish, cereal, fruit, bagels, English muffins, toast and your coffee and then go for a full breakfast later (or not).  My DH & I are the same - we do not go anywhere without having our coffee first.😁

Canuck

7 hours ago, DaKahuna said:

Canuck,

 

Great news for you, I spoke with Romana and she will be onboard until November.  
 

DaKahuna - thanks so much for checking that out for me - very much appreciated!  Have been out all day and just got home and told DH he wasn't getting dinner till I checked what DaKahuna was doing - haha.

 

Any news on the engine?

 

Cheers,

Canuck

[bigmanpw]

11 hours ago, DaKahuna said:

Here you go

 

Thanks for the quick response!  Enjoying the food and cocktail porn!

 

[DaKahuna]

1 hour ago, CanuckCruizer said:

Bxc53 - If things haven't changed since we last sailed (someone will correct me if I am wrong) but you can order Room Service Continental Breakfast with coffee for no charge (other Room Service is $7.95 I believe).  So you can order croissants, muffins, danish, cereal, fruit, bagels, English muffins, toast and your coffee and then go for a full breakfast later (or not).  My DH & I are the same - we do not go anywhere without having our coffee first.😁

Canuck

DaKahuna - thanks so much for checking that out for me - very much appreciated!  Have been out all day and just got home and told DH he wasn't getting dinner till I checked what DaKahuna was doing - haha.

 

Any news on the engine?

 

Cheers,

Canuck

That is correct.  Continental breakfast is free.  We had ordered hot food, eggs and sausage, etc.. 

 

I have not heard any discussions with regard to the engines.  We have a very short stay scheduled for Ketchikan due to the distance to Skagway and speed restrictions.  I think we are scheduled to dock at 0700 and all aboard is around 1100. 
 

 

[DaKahuna]

Dinner was in Coastal Kitchen tonight.  We enjoyed it.

 

Main Lobster salad

Crab & Shrimp Crusted Pollock - we both had this 

Rosewater Panna Cotta

Apple Pie Ala mode

Food porn: 

 

 

Edited September 7, 2022 by DaKahuna

[watcher_62]

Sorry if this has been asked/answered previously, but does the casino have video poker? Thank you!

[DaKahuna]

1 hour ago, watcher_62 said:

Sorry if this has been asked/answered previously, but does the casino have video poker? Thank you!

 

 No, There are no video poker machines on Quantum of the Seas, as of tonight.  I just walked through the casino on my way back to the room and double checked. 

 

[DaKahuna]

 

 Here is the file for the "Cruise Compass" 

 

cruisecompass.pdf

 

It contains the information for Day 2 and Day 3. 

 

 

[bobmacliberty]

8 hours ago, DaKahuna said:

 

 Here is the file for the "Cruise Compass" 

 

cruisecompass.pdf 4.18 MB · 4 downloads

 

It contains the information for Day 2 and Day 3. 

 

 

 

Thanks for posting.  I know that many people still want a paper copy and don't want to be required to use a mobile device.  I don't mind them doing this since we usually like to carry around a copy of the cruise compass so that we can see what's happening.  Much easier to have it on our phones, which we carry anyway.  I hope at some point they create a .pdf version that's better suited to small phone screens so that you don't need to do as much pinching and zooming.  

[DaKahuna]

Today is a short port visit to Katchikan.  After breakfast in the Coastal Kitchen we grabbed our jackets and walked off the ship.  We proceeded to the Salmon Market and purchased the snoked salmon that we will give to family, friends, and neighbors.  We then went to the drug store to get some mouthwash, we used the last of what we brought wiyh us this morning and I did not recall seeing any for sale onboard. 
 

Our daughter had asked us to pick ip a couple of t-shirts for our grandaughter so we got her two.

 

We were back aboard and in our stateroom by 0910. 
 

I am sitting on our balcony people watching as we are on the starboard side overlooking the dock/pier.

 

A couple of photo’s I took earlier.

[DaKahuna]

Lunch today was again in the Coastal Kitchen.  It was excellent. 
 

My wife had the lentil soup for he appetizer while I decided to try the fennel sausage flatbread (amazing!)

 

For her main course it was the Green Vegetable Curry and I had the Roasted Lamb Loin.  We both really like our dishes.

 

Food porn:

 

[LeeW]

Quantum heading north from Ketchikan as seen from Radiance. Phone won't let me rotate image.

Edited September 8, 2022 by LeeW
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[Oceansaway17]

On 9/6/2022 at 2:33 PM, DaKahuna said:

Today was the first day we did not receive a paper copy  of the Cruise Planner.  Instead we received a QR code to scan.

 

 

scanning the QR code gave us this link. 
 

https://minio.rccl.com/compass/cruisecompass.pdf

 

(I hope the link works for you. )

 

glad I was on last week then.  My steward said they were going this way which I do not agree with. There should be some paper available as it can be recycled.   I do not want to keep whipping out my phone for everything while on vacation.  my steward said they would provide paper for those who really wanted it though in the future.

[DaKahuna]

3 hours ago, Oceansaway17 said:

glad I was on last week then.  My steward said they were going this way which I do not agree with. There should be some paper available as it can be recycled.   I do not want to keep whipping out my phone for everything while on vacation.  my steward said they would provide paper for those who really wanted it though in the future.

We could probably get a paper copy if we wanted but we really do not plan ahead once we are on the ship. 
 

[DaKahuna]

While having a pre-dinner drink in the Suite Lounge we were fortunate to see a whale.  The first we saw as the whale blowing when taking a breath.  The next was a full breach.  Both were in the distance behind the ship so did not see it again.

 

Dinner in Coastal Kitchen was delicious!

 

French onion soup

Oven-roasted Cod (with steamed rice)

Ivory Mousse

Brownie wit vanilla i e cream (off menu item

 

Food porn:

 

[bobmacliberty]

17 hours ago, LeeW said:

Quantum heading north from Ketchikan as seen from Radiance. Phone won't let me rotate image.

 

I rotated it for you.  

 

[DaKahuna]

We are in Skagway today and due to the landslides in the dock area passengers are not allowed to use the dock so we are tendering.  Since all aboard is not until 8:30 pm tonight, we have decided to wait until after lunch before catching the tender that will take us to the port.  It appears to be a very short ride from the ship, around the jetty to the marina where they are disembark. 

 

Will post our experience with the process later but it appears to be working well as I believe they have called all of the 'ticket holders' for people who wanted to leave early. 

 

 

 

[Italy52]

33 minutes ago, DaKahuna said:

We are in Skagway today and due to the landslides in the dock area passengers are not allowed to use the dock so we are tendering.  Since all aboard is not until 8:30 pm tonight, we have decided to wait until after lunch before catching the tender that will take us to the port.  It appears to be a very short ride from the ship, around the jetty to the marina where they are disembark. 

 

Will post our experience with the process later but it appears to be working well as I believe they have called all of the 'ticket holders' for people who wanted to leave early. 

 

 

 

Just returned from the Quantum.  Tendering in Skagway was great; well organized and quick.  We had six tenders in use the day we went so that was a big help.  Hope your experience is a good one.

[DaKahuna]

As @Italy52 said, tendering was a breeze.  We waited until after lunch, went dow to deck 2, presented our Seapass cards, and stepped onto the tender.  We waited less tan five minutes before the tender departed the ship. 
 

About 5 minutes later the tender deposited us at the marina.  

There were free shuttle busses to the city center we elected to walk a little over 1/4- mile to the City center. 
 

The wind was blowing and there was a chill in the air but we had dressed accordingly so it was not a bad walk.  
 

Some shopping and then it was a leisurely walk back to the tender pickup point. We walked down the ramp and onto a waiting tender. About 10 minutes later the tender departed to the ship.