Royal Caribbean International has unveiled some details about its Quantum of the Seas:
The ship will feature North Star, a glass pod at the end of a telescopic pole from where you can see the ship and the ocean from above.
Rip Cord will offer sky diving will be available in a glass tube with compressed air.
It will have Two70, a venue that transfers during the day, it will have a three storey video wall. In the evenings, it becomes a venue with live entertainment.
Sea Flex, will be an indoor multi deck high sports venue with basket ball, table tennis etc.
The ship will also feature electric cars that you can drive and crash in line with circuses ashore.
The company “was looking for a measurably more exciting, interacting and measurably more entertaining,” said Richard Fain, chairman and ceo of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL), the second largest cruise shipping group in the world, hence the name Quantum of the Seas.
London Eye, the world’s largest Ferris wheel, inspired North Star, while sky diving is also a “voyeuristic experience,” Fain said. Staterooms on board Quantum of the Seas will be 9% larger than those on the Oasis class and they have more storage space. There will be single staterooms, including ones with a balcony.
A number of staterooms can be interconnected to a suite of rooms for multi-generational groups. Inside cabins will feature an 80-inch virtual balconies that show the view outside. Fain said this should help the company to obtain a premium in ticket price.
A key element in the design is Wow! that is compounded by how the whole comes together and not just its individual elements.
The goal of the new ship is to give passengers a different feel of what cruising is about, said Adam Goldstein, president of Royal Caribbean International, the contemporary market unit of RCCL that will operate Quantum of the Seas.
The device used in sky diving is used by parachute jumpers to train night time conditions.
The indoor sports area will allow people to play soccer, volley ball and basket ball. In the evening, it will feature the bumper cars and later still, it will become a dance venue.
270 is the living room or the heart of the ship, place to read a book and take it easy. In the evening, it will become a "stunning dancing scene" with a large video screen and other electronics, Goldstein said.
Quantum of the Seas will have a main show theatre, but Two70 is an addition to the offering of entertainment, Fain added.
Quantum of the Seas is the first of two 158,000 gross ton newbuildings for Royal Caribbean International from Meyer Werft in Germany and it is due to enter service in the autumn of 2014. Anthem of the Seas, the second ship of the class, will follow in 2015.
Quantum of the Seas will sail from the New York area.
