Chili

Quantum in Australia has a kettle in every cabin so they are onboard. Can’t you ask your cabin attendant for one ?

Cruise offers in Melbourne have a live booking site and the transpacific and the cruise before are still advertised but just don’t show prices . The leg from Hawaii to Vancouver has prices and available to book online. Maybe it will do the scenic route via Singapore??

Spectrum leaves Singapore in April and onto Shanghai. It’s mostly there and Hong Kong until February next year.

I would love to know how Spectrum is going with it’s bookings in Shanghai. I don’t think it will be there for very long and will go back to Singapore when Anthem leaves April 2025.

I would say extra time in dry dock. Rumours are it’s getting shore power fitted and will be deployed in California over the northern winter. If so ,it will probably be Californicated like Navigator was.

Even Radiance and Voyager will be uneconomical with the new emission laws in 2030 . That’s only 6 years away.

To bad they aren’t taking passengers,I’m sure it would be popular.

A interesting video on methanol for the shipping industry. A interesting note is the Panama Canal might be carbon neutral.

I don’t think it will have L.N.G. ,it’s just a temporary thing to get emissions down by 25% . Synthetic ethanol is being pushed by the main marine engine manufacturers like wartsila and MAN. Plus they can convert existing ships. And being a smaller ship you would think they could make it quicker ?

I found a good video on carbon emissions . Discovery will have to be a new generation of ship that can run on multiple fuels,probably Diesel and synthetic ethanol.

They were processed in Sydney,I don’t know about the current situation as I have a heap of U.S cash and just pay the bill onboard. There is an option at check in to have it processed in the U.S. buy a third party though.

You should give it a go , I have never found it a hook up just people to talk to . It’s always different,the lunch just meet at a place outside the MDR and someone takes the group in. The happy hour is pretty unorganised,just take a seat at the bar and take it from there. If you don’t like it just leave.

We only have 2 Quantum’s in Australia and I think those kind cruises are a thing of the past. The incoming carbon emission laws would make it unlikely .

I was in Texas for thanksgiving and the subject come up . You Australians don’t tip ,such cheap Charlie’s. And I went through it and why . At the end of the day they were shaking their heads and saying ,how did we get this system. They said it’s out of control even the self serve check out wants a donation.

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How many fingers have you got , I have 11 . LOL. I believe Royal and our state Gov was assessing a terminal at Kembla before COVID. I think we should get a plan for something in the new year. Brisbane is supposed to be Oasis capable but it’s can’t fill Quantam . OPT is supposed to be Oasis capable but I doubt the terminal could process 6,000 people. But Kembla with a nice terminal with a train station in it would make sense. It’s quite a nice train ride and a destination in itself. https://www.cruisemapper.com/ports/port-kembla-port-5085

We are just a hillbilly backwater,nobody cares about us . LOL Theres strong possibility port Kembla may get a terminal. Don’t know how big a ship can get into Kembla but the Wharf looks like it will take a Oasis class. Plus Andrew Forest is currently building a L.N.G. Facility there .

I have a hunch that a Quantum might go to Ravenna and it’s probably Ovation. Royal is building a new terminal there and I think they will increase capacity with a larger ship with a extended season. And Voyager whose home port is Ravenna is supposed to be coming here.

It looks like voyager might be doing a relocation the end of October/november. You could extend it with the Suez Canal and fly back from Dubai .

Don’t get me wrong,it’s a great ship in a nostalgic way . I would be on it in a second and it was great value.

I was on it after the amp that you mentioned and what a botch they did. I think they did the important legal stuff and run out of money. Half the seats were recovered,some carpet was replaced but there was lots of ugly stuff. The suite lounge was only half painted and there was still masking tape hanging off the ceiling for months. They supposed to put in a couple of new bars,like lime and coconut,playmaker but didn’t. All that happened was a heap of new cabins where the solarium was and a water slide. I believe they had another go at it in Europe recently but I don’t know about that.

Voyager is a bit of a old wreck but it has class. The first mega ship and I love the venation glass in the theatre.

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Good detective work,is it ok to post it on the Facebook page?