SpeedNoodles

I’m watching!  😆 😂 

She's on the move!

Andrew is saying your delay is due to thruster repairs. 🤔 

That would be interesting to know how many passengers are still lingering from delayed flights from AirtoSea.  
Any ramblings if all passengers will make it onboard or not
This weekend chaos with delayed and cancelled flights just proves AGAIN reason to have travel insurance and more importantly plan to arrive days ahead of time.  

I'm stuck at work on my 14-hour shift tonight, so I'll be watching your sail away!  I'm happy for you and your family.  Have a fabulous time.  I'd never leave that room, either.

I love that they are doing this. My cruise board has had plenty of people having issues even today. So kind to wait!

I'm stuck at work on my 14-hour shift tonight, so I'll be watching your sail away!  I'm happy for you and your family.  Have a fabulous time.  I'd never leave that room, either.

I'm stuck at work on my 14-hour shift tonight, so I'll be watching your sail away!  I'm happy for you and your family.  Have a fabulous time.  I'd never leave that room, either.

I'm stuck at work on my 14-hour shift tonight, so I'll be watching your sail away!  I'm happy for you and your family.  Have a fabulous time.  I'd never leave that room, either.

Room tour! 

Main entry 


 
Downstairs bedroom and Bathroom 


 
Main living area 














 
Upper level






 
Balcony ❤️

Do you not have bookstores in Canada? Or do they like buying ones in the US that spell words like favorite without that extra U? 🤷‍♂️

To make a special request send an email to [email protected]  (include your ship/sailing date/reservation number)  about 2-4 weeks prior to your sailing

She could sign in under one of your credentials.  As long as you have enough devices available on your package (at least 2), there would be no issue with this.  

I don't think they will do very much to Quantum guest areas. 
The dry dock is being performed due to required maritime maintenance every 5 years until a ship is 20 years old then every 2.5 years.  That is the primary reason for the dry dock.  The required maintenance is the basis to maintain the certificate to sail.  Without the prescribed scheduled maintenance the certificate to carry passengers would be revoked.  
It's not unusual for some additional work to be performed to guests areas during a dry dock because the ship is empty of guests.  When Anthem was scheduled to go into dry dock in 2020 before the pandemic happened Royal flat out stated there would be no meaningful updates to guests areas.  They might replace things like broken floor tiles but there would be no new venues.  During my January 2020 cruise on Anthem they replaced all the carpet in the Windjammer doing sections every night while the WJ was closed.  This was months before her scheduled dry dock in May of 2020.  The point being that replacing carpet doesn't require a dry dock.  Carpet is routinely replaced all the time as required over the lifecycle of the ship.  
Quantum, Anthem and Ovation are one year in age apart.  Once onboard they are nearly identical to each other. In many places if you were magically teleported between ships you would not be able to tell which ship you were on since they are nearly identical to each other.  There are minor differences such as the name of the pool side restaurant.  Ovation had this restaurant changed to a Fish & Ships venue during her first Alaskan cruise in 2019.  I was onboard and watched them work on it during the cruise.  It didn't take a dry dock to get this venue changed, it was done during a regular cruise with guests.  On Quantum specifically they may choose to modify this venue in a dry dock, or not.  Bilingual signage might be replaced, or not.
The SeaPlex pods that hang off the ship where Playmakers is located on Odyssey is wildly different between the original Quantum class and the Quantum Ultra class Odyssey. They would need to do a lot of work making significant structural modifications that would alter the weight and balance of the ship requiring her to be reengineered and recertified.  It's possible but it would be costly.  Would a PM generate enough new revenue to justify the multi-million dollar modification?  Without a PM guests find somewhere else to drink and eat so the investment would need to show that retrofitting a PM would generate new additional revenue that would not otherwise be spent.  
I doubt they would make this sort of investment on the original Q class ships but who knows?
They could maybe find a way install a Teppanyaki venue by displacing the teen/kids club area.  That would require some infrastructure such as plumbing and electrical to support a food venue in a place that doesn't have that infrastructure currently.  Would such an investment generate new additional revenue or would it simply drain revenue away from the existing specialty dining venues?  Royal has data to review from Odyssey to see if Teppanyaki has created new revenue or reduced the revenue from the other venues.  If the amount of new revenue is minor it's difficult to justify adding a Teppanyaki to the original Q class (non-Ultra).  
My gut is telling me that the original Q class ships won't receive meaningful updates to guest areas.  If a ship does not yet have shore power capability that will likely be added during a dry dock.  This type of modification may be best done with the ship completely dark, no power.  A dry dock while doing other required scheduled maritime maintenance is an ideal time to slip in a few days to add shore power capability.  Quantum needs shore power capability to operate from California so if she hasn't already had this added, it will be added during this dry dock.   
I think they will find a way to refresh Allure and Explorer.  Adventure is mostly "amplified" already, they just need to some minor stuff to call it a full amp.   PM on Voyager class is not required to declare them amplified so I'm not sure Adventure will get a PM.  Royal has to be careful as they have told investors they are focused on reducing debt, not so much on amplifications.  Yet we all know ships like Allure and Explorer need an update.  Liberty and Adventure to a lesser degree but both could use a minor touch up.  That's four ships that clearly have a need despite Royal telling investors amplifications have been indefinitely postponed.   I suspect they will find a way to quietly update these four ships without the fanfare and telling the worlds about it like the "amplification" program did.  Beyond these four ships I don't see newer ships such as Q class getting meaningful changes such as new venues at this time.  

I merged it on the 6th.

My cruise contract for my suite does not allow for any time to have my deposit refunded.  It was nonrefundable from the start.

My cruise contract for my suite does not allow for any time to have my deposit refunded.  It was nonrefundable from the start.

Yes, only one person should book it.  You will all have access.  Great price!  Enjoy!

I recommend that you start a Roll Call and post it there, so people who are on that sailing and join the roll call will see it.
https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/boards/index.php?/forum/43-icon-of-the-seas-roll-calls/

I always find mine on my booking invoice.  

For me it depends on what port and what I'm doing.  Labadee or Coco Cay?  You may find me headed back to the ship 20 minutes prior to All Aboard.  Any excursion where I'm being transported away from the ship (not just wandering on foot) that isn't Royal Caribbean's doing?  I'm going to make sure I'm planning to be back 90 minutes prior.

This has been recommended by cruisers here on this board before:

https://a.co/d/3yKZ89J
 

First of all, this is only my experience, and my opinion...
I have pretty severe arthritis.  I have some not-so-good days, and some better days.  I don't know when or why some days are so totally different than other days.   I don't use a wheelchair or scooter, but I have to be deliberate with every step I take.  On my last Navigator cruise, I asked for a cabin 'closer'  to an elevator, and explained the reason.  The rep put us in an accessible cabin.  When I attempted to argue out of it, he insisted and said that's exactly what accessible rooms are for. 
And once in the cabin, although I did not need the extra room, I surely appreciated the absence of thresholds to step over. 
 
 

As stated below, kept the same cabin and replaced original sailing.  Still waiting for the Utopia Railroad offering. 

My cabin was on Deck 8. I LOVED it.  So close to things that I needed!
Anyone with a beverage package will not get a receipt to sign.  If you want to tip extra, bring some cash.
You can take all cards with you to collect coffee for your group at Pearl Cafe.
You can get a ride share from Miami to Ft. Lauderdale.  It's a cluster and I had terrible cellular connection in the ride-share area, but others seemed to have no issues.  I'd personally wait to order the ride share, because I like to see what section I'll be waiting in (depending on how crowded each waiting section is).  Plus, you don't know if you'll be delayed getting off the ship or have any problems with Border Patrol.  But that's me.