When Royal Caribbean announced in detail more about the Quantum, they dropped that she will be homeported in Bayonne, essentially replacing the Explorer of the Seas and directly competing with the Norwegian Breakaway. The Quantum will feature 7-12 night Caribbean routes starting with the maiden voyage of November 23, 2014.  The 7-Nights go to the [...]

By now I’m sure you’ve all seen the big announcement by Royal Caribbean regarding the Quantum of the Seas. This ship packs ‘WOW.’ Everything from bumpercars to skydiving to the North Star observation arm (pictured below) is never before seen at sea. The ship is full of all sorts of venues. But is it too [...]

We have one details at least on the heavily secretive Project Sunshine. Royal Caribbean’s follow-up to the Oasis-class ship has had surprisingly little details announced/leaked. The twin 4,100 passengers, 158,000grt ships will have Azipod propulsion. The $60-million deal calls for ABB podded propulsion, dubbed Azipods, as well as ABB manufactured power plants. When completed, the first ship will [...]

In a recent post on the Chariman’s Blog, RCI CEO Richard Fain posted the following non-details regarding Project Sunshine: A new ship project like Project Sunshine is a remarkable phenomenon. The physical ship won’t be ours until well over three years from now. Yet we already live with an unending series of deadlines that drive [...]

Royal Caribbean signed a letter of intent with German yard Meyer Werft for the first of a new class of vessel for the 2nd largest cruise line. “Project Sunshine,” (Oasis was Project Genesis and Voyager was Project Eagle) will be different than current vessels but retain their features. Exactly what those features will be is [...]