Now that the holidays have passed, company and family gone home, I’d like to give a review or our recent Quantum cruise.
A little background: My wife and I have now cruised twice. We are just shy of 50 years old. Our first cruise was Royal Caribbean Freedom last October (for our 25th wedding anniversary), then Quantum on the 12/01 sailing. On Freedom, we sailed by ourselves. On Quantum, we sailed with another couple, friends of ours for many years.
When we arrived at the terminal, it was not immediately clear where to take our luggage for in-processing. Departing passengers were thoroughly mixed with arriving travelers, and it was crowded. Once I figured out where to go, we breezed through check-in and were on the ship in exactly 10 minutes! After the Freedom last year, I was prepared for a 45 minute wait (which we thought was pretty fast, really). Could not believe how fast it was…off to a great start.
We were pleased with the size of the room, and the amount of storage available. Bathroom was well thought-out, with a spacious shower. Balcony was very nice, with comfortable lounge chairs and footstools. The view from the balcony was slightly diminished by the lifeboats just below, but the beautiful sunrises and sunsets overcame that flaw. Nice stateroom, we were pleased.