Mark Rad

Hello. My wife and I just got off the Quantum on June 30th. We took the best of Japan cruise and left from Beijing (Tianjin port) and returned to Beijing. We are Diamond level cruisers and I must say that we had an excellent cruise. I did read many of the posts on this site and most of them were negative and we found much of it to be true. But if you are prepared, I think you will enjoy the cruise. Fist of all, the cruisers we were with were 95% Chinese people. They are different in that they are kinda loud and a bit rude as a majority but some were very nice and friendly. The crew on this ship are super friendly and very accommodating. Anything we asked for, we got. It almost seemed that they were eager to please because they understand the differences between us and the majority of the other cruisers. As an example, we met and became friendly with the head waiter in the Chic dining room on the first night. From that point forward, he went out of his way to take care of us. He even prepared an authentic Indian meal for us one evening that was not on the menu. It was outstanding! I also noticed on the first couple of nights that they did not serve savory bites (which I love) as a bread option. The next night at dinner, I had freshly baked, piping hot savory bites. They were fantastic!! I have never before had fresh ones and now I am spoiled. My wife and I also liked the table we sat at which was a four top next to the window. Every night, this table had a reserved sign on it for us so we could keep our table. The menu is quite different and was mainly Chinese dishes of some sort with a few options. We did eat in three specialty restaurants and the food was excellent in all of them. One day at lunch, I asked for a hamburger in the dining room as the menu was mainly Chinese and they happily got me an excellent hamburger with a piping hot plate of french fries. So as far as food and service were concerned, it was excellent. I should have taken more photos of the menus but I have one I attached which was the lunch menu on the day I ordered the hamburger. You get the idea though. By the way, all the menus have pictures like this one. Must be something the Chinese people like.