This cruise on Quantum of the Seas was my 17th cruise in total, and my 13th cruise on Royal Caribbean. Traveling was myself (43), my husband (42), my daughter (15), and in an adjoining cabin was my mother (63) and father (74). I am a Diamond member. We sailed on Quantum from Dec 1-12, 2014, Southern Caribbean route, with stops at San Juan, St. Maarten, Martinique, Barbados, and St. Kitts. As a point of reference, to date my favorite ship is Explorer of the Seas, with Liberty of the Seas RIGHT behind it. We’ve also been on Enchantment, Freedom, and Oasis, and now defunct Nordic Empress, but that is irrelevant these days, lol.
The number one thing we noticed on this cruise: WOW do people LOVE to complain! The biggest bunch of negative-minded humans we have ever experienced. On the very first night in American Icon, a table of four “Diamond Plus” members were reaming out the poor waiter and called over the Head Waiter over ridiculous things. And I should know, as our tables were close enough so that we might have all been together, so I heard every last word. What a table of crotchety, picky, nasty people. Little did I know that would only be the beginning. Sheesh. I feel bad for the cruise employees, having to deal with people’s EVERY complaint over ridiculous things. (So what if someone’s food came out 30 seconds later than someone else’s at the table! Do you have nothing going on in your life that this is what you have to make a big deal about? I wish that was all I had to complain about!!) Believe me, I did encounter complaining people onboard that did have valid complaints, no doubt. (Including us! More later….) But the level which people were taking things to was ludicrous.
Embarkation was fine. We got to the port, checked in our luggage, got our luggage tickets scanned, and proceeded to check-in. We didn’t get in a line, we went to a mobile person who held a tablet in their hands. She checked us in, went to get our SeaPass cards, and we were on our way to board the ship. Painless, and took about 15 minutes. It’s great not having to ride the busses to the ship, although that never really bothered me anyway.
Disliked the cabin location. Right above the Bionic Bar, which had blaring music every night until late.