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Hello everyone, I am a new member here.

I am booked for my first 5 nights Quantum of the Seas cruise which will be starting on 30 November. Can't wait for it and so I have trawled the internet and various blogs for information and advice. So far, this is the best website both in terms of depth of discussion as well as breadth of topics.

Read that they will be adding an escape room and laser tag on Quantum too! ? 

Unfortunately, I have just found out about the royal suites class categories! 

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40 minutes ago, Noonstar said:

Hello everyone, I am a new member here.

I am booked for my first 5 nights Quantum of the Seas cruise which will be starting on 30 November. Can't wait for it and so I have trawled the internet and various blogs for information and advice. So far, this is the best website in both in terms of depth of discussion breadth of topics.

Read that they will be adding an escape room and laser tag on Quantum too! 

Unfortunately, I have just found out about the royal suites class categories! 

Hi

What did you find out about the Royal Suites class categories?

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5 hours ago, Noonstar said:

Hooray!!! I just found out that I have booked a grand suite instead and it comes with a royal genie!!!

 

@Noonstar, do you have a Grand Suite, or a Grand Loft Suite? Only the latter comes with a Genie as it's part of the Star Class suite group. The "regular" Grand Suite is in the Sky Class group, which does not have a genie.

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On 10/14/2019 at 8:27 PM, JLMoran said:

@Noonstar, do you have a Grand Suite, or a Grand Loft Suite? Only the latter comes with a Genie as it's part of the Star Class suite group. The "regular" Grand Suite is in the Sky Class group, which does not have a genie.

You are right. It is the grand loft suite. Not the grand suite. Thanks for pointing out the difference.

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I will be on my first Star Class cruise in less than 60 days and though I have read up quite a bit, one of the things that I need help in would be tipping. Tipping is not a culture where I am from so I am not sure what would be a good amount for the genie. I have always tipped the room attendant $100 and I normally tip the day before disembarkation because we normally leave early in the morning. Any advice for the genie? Also, when do you give your tip to the genie? The day before? Will we get to meet the genie on the morning of disembarkation?

Another question would be the drinks package. What does that include? I have never purchased one before.

Really appreciate any advice

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3 hours ago, Noonstar said:

Another question would be the drinks package. What does that include?

It includes individual alcoholic drinks up to $13 (you pay the difference for any overage).  I say individual because it doesn't include flights or tastings or buckets of beer where you are served multiples at once.  You also get specialty coffee, bottled water, fresh squeezed oj, smoothies and juices from the spa cafe, milkshakes at Johnny Rockets, soda..basically everything that has a normal charge and isn't complimentary for everyone will be included. 

You also shouldn't get charged for any food that comes with a charge like the stuff at the pub or in Vintages.

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8 hours ago, AshleyDillo said:

You also shouldn't get charged for any food that comes with a charge like the stuff at the pub or in Vintages.

Really! That's news to me, I always thought that the Deluxe Beverage Package only covered drinks and not any food items in the bars. Wish I had known that wasn't the case, I'd have gotten something to nosh on with my beer at the pub!

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24 minutes ago, JLMoran said:

Really! That's news to me, I always thought that the Deluxe Beverage Package only covered drinks and not any food items in the bars. Wish I had known that wasn't the case, I'd have gotten something to nosh on with my beer at the pub!

I should clarify that the food thing is a Star Class perk..didn't mean to infer that it was included with the beverage package.

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On 10/13/2019 at 11:26 PM, Noonstar said:

Hello everyone, I am a new member here.

I am booked for my first 5 nights Quantum of the Seas cruise which will be starting on 30 November. Can't wait for it and so I have trawled the internet and various blogs for information and advice. So far, this is the best website both in terms of depth of discussion as well as breadth of topics.

Read that they will be adding an escape room and laser tag on Quantum too! ? 

Unfortunately, I have just found out about the royal suites class categories! 

I am on the same cruise

John?

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On 10/25/2019 at 9:27 PM, WAAAYTOOO said:

I’m very excited to read about how SC in Asia differs from SC in the US.

 It will be my first time in SC so I probably won’t be able to tell the difference. I think everything will be “WOW’ for me. But I am going to write about my experience after my cruise on 30 Nov. It’s a month away...Gosh! I am so excited!

 Looking for a little advice here. Should we plan out our dining venues for the entire cruise and let the genie know if we want to dine at specialty restaurants for dinner each night and for lunch on embarkation day? Or can we decide day by day? When will it be too late to let our genie know? 

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32 minutes ago, Noonstar said:

Should we plan out our dining venues for the entire cruise and let the genie know if we want to dine at specialty restaurants for dinner each night and for lunch on embarkation day? Or can we decide day by day? When will it be too late to let our genie know? 

You can do anything you want to do !  You can plan everything and then change your mind 5 times a day if you want to.  I normally only ask the Genie to make our embarkation lunch reservations ahead of time so that I know what I will be doing that first day....but from then on, I just play it by ear.  It's never too late.  The Genie can get you in wherever you want to go at any time.  With so much to do on an O class ship, your plans/itinerary will change at the last minute.  When you're ready to eat, call the Genie and tell them to make you a reservation at whichever restaurant you want to go to.  Sometimes we just don't feel like going to a restaurant to eat and so we will ask the Genie to order our food and have it delivered to our suite.  The only issue with doing this is that you have to be sure to ask for EVERYthing you want (including salt, pepper, butter, bread, etc.) b/c they will bring you EXACTLY what you order and nothing more.

This kind of flexibility is really what being Star Class is all about.  Don't feel like you are stuck with a schedule that you set earlier. It allows you to be spontaneous and change your plans.  The only thing you DON'T want to do is "stand up" the Genie.  I have only done this once and I felt like a complete ingrate.  Yen had held seats for us at a show in the theater and we started playing poker and completely forgot about it.  By the time I remembered, I was running down the Esplanade to find her and she was coming back from the theater.  Of course, she had released the seats that she had been holding (and standing there waiting for us to show).  I had truly wasted her time and I felt terrible.  Other than that, do what you want to do, when you want to do it !

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@Noonstar I am thinking of booking a Grand Loft on Quantum out of Singapore in April 2020. Could you please ask until when Star Class will be available on Quantum as I am getting different answers from RC and post a review of your SC experience after your cruise? Thanks. I would love to book it as if it’s quite affordable. Thanks 

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I am back from my cruise and it was a wonderful experience for the entire family. In fact, we have booked our next star class cruise on board. I guess  there is no looking back from now.

Firstly, I must say that star class is truly an experience and having a genie really makes a difference when it comes to booking of activities and making those reservations at specialty restaurants.

The sheer number of exciting activities available on board plus the huge number of passengers equals to some careful planning needed, especially if you are travelling with kids.

Here are some reasons your genie will be invaluable;

1. Planning

Normal: Upon embarkation, at about 11.30 am, a snaking queue, with at least a hundred people, had already formed, all waiting to book their on board activities and make reservations for lunches and dinner. I was also informed that some of these activities cannot be booked pre-cruise. The line grew exponentially by the time we finished lunch and there were still people queueing when we went down to our muster station at 4.30 pm!

With genie: We sat down for a leisurely cocktail at Schooner Bar while our genie confirmed all our bookings for us and helped us to activate our Voom package on our devices. All these took about 15 min. After that, we were escorted to lunch at Coastal Kitchen.

 

2. Time consuming Queues

Normal: There were long queues for almost all the activities which limits the number of times you and your family get to do them. I overheard some of the guests complaining that they had been in the queue for about 20 min and they were only mid way to the front. Some activities were also fully booked for the entire duration of the cruise from day 1. So, many without reservations were turned away.

With genie: We got to skip the queue and could even do the activity multiple times if we wanted too. (We did not take up the offer to repeat the activities, considering the dagger stares that we got, yikes!)

 

3. Best seats in the house

Normal: You will need to get to the shows early to get your preferred seats and even then, you may not be successful some times.

With genie: Our genie booked the seats for us based on our preference and also escorted us to our seats each night. We only had to turn up 5 min before show started each night.

 

That’s all on genies for now. If you have specific questions, you can ask me too. Oh yes, by the way, genies are not allowed to communicate via WhatsApp. For me, we communicated through Facebook messenger.

 

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On 10/16/2019 at 9:18 PM, JLMoran said:

Really! That's news to me, I always thought that the Deluxe Beverage Package only covered drinks and not any food items in the bars. Wish I had known that wasn't the case, I'd have gotten something to nosh on with my beer at the pub!

Yup. That’s a confirmation! Food items are covered as well. We had great cheesecake at the coffee house next to Cafe Promenade. The coffee there is delicious and they also have bottled Starbucks Frappuccino and Latte.

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