We're counting down the days until Quantum of the Seas debuts later this year with our 99 days of Quantum blog series. Each day we will post something about Quantum of the Seas to share with all of you!

Booking onboard activities on Quantum of the Seas

If you're lucky enough to have a Quantum of the Seas cruise booked, you're able to start booking certain aspects of your Royal Caribbean cruise vacation.  Today, let's look at booking onboard acitivites and what's available (so far) for your adventure!

Fist thing you will want to do is log into Cruise Planner to get access to making reservations tied to your cruise.

Royal Caribbean is offering two activities to choose from currently that are available for booking.   In the future, you're likely to see more offerings but the process of reserving something is the same.

The all access tour and Dreamworks Character Breakfast are available.  Each has a cost, although the breakfast is complimentary for children.

The all access tour is described as, "Get an insider's look at the world's most innovative cruise line. Join us for the ultimate behind-the-scenes ship tour and explore the Bridge, the Engine Control Room and everywhere in between."

The Dreamworks Character breakfast is described as, "Special characters from DreamWorks Animation are onboard and ready to deliver non-stop entertainment. It all begins early in the morning, right at the breakfast table.  In between nibbles, the whole family will be full of giggles as the characters stop by your table for some playful shenanigans. Be sure to get your photo taken with your favorite character so you can show it to your friends back home."

Stay tuned for tomorrow's post as we celebrate 99 days of Quantum!

Royal Caribbean is offering two new sales in one. Book any Royal Caribbean cruise (excluding Quantum of the Seas or Anthem of the Seas) before the end of October, and you can take advantage of these two offers:

• Buy one guest, get one guest for 50% off
• When booking air accomodations through ChoiceAir, get an additional 5% off the first and second guests.

The new cruise deal is good for bookings made between October 2 - 31, 2014 on all ships excluding Quantum of the Seas, Anthem of the Seas and all China departures.  

Promo Code OCTOBERAIR must be entered to receive additional ChoiceAir discount.

Royal Caribbean is going to be upgrading Oasis of the Seas as part of her upgrades while she is in drydock and there's quite a bit of changes coming to this ship.  After receving lots of questions related to how where the changes are onboard the ship, we've compiled a list of the changes coming visually.

Deck 3

• Opus DIning Room changes to American Icon Grill

Deck 4

• Private dining (port side) becomes Izumi
• Private dining (starboard side) becomes Diamond CLub
• Opus Dining Room becomes The Grande

Deck 5

• Opus Dining Room has become Silk restaurant
• Cupcake Cupboard has come Kate Spade Store
• Focus store has become Michael Kors store
• Guess store has become Regalia store

Deck 6

• Seafood Shack has become Sabor
• Boardwalk Bar has become Sabor Bar
• Pets at Sea has become Britto shop
• Ice Cream Parlor renamed to Cups and Scoops
• Boardwalk Donut Shop has become Boardwalk Dog House
• Inside staterooms added (6279, 6281, 6679, 6681)
• Diamond Club replaed with staterooms (6593, 6591, 6589, 6587, 6585)
• Pinwheels has become an Arcade

Deck 7

• New staterooms added (7279, 7679)

Deck 8

• Public restrooms in Central Park forward reduced in size
• New staterooms added at Central Park forward (8450, 8452, 8454, 8456)
• New staterooms added near Dazzles (8279, 8679)

Deck 9

• New staterooms added (9279, 9679)

Deck 10

• New stateroom added near forward elevators (10458)
• New staterooms added near central elevators (10279, 10679)

Deck 11

• New staterooms added at aft (11330, 11730)
• Concierge Club is now Concierge Club & Wonderland restaurant
• New staterooms added near Concierge Club & Wonderland (11279, 11679)

Deck 12

• Concierge Club is now Concierge Club & Wonderland restaurant
• New Grand Suites added to aft (12330, 12730)
• New staterooms added near Concierge Club & Wonderland (12279, 12679)
• Royal Suite 12240 replaced with new staterooms (12238, 12240, 12242, 12244, 12246, 12248)
• Presidential Suite 12640 replaced with new staterooms (12638, 12648)

Deck 14

• New staterooms added near Card Room (14279, 14679)
• New Grand Suite staterooms added at aft (14330, 14730)

Deck 16

• Izumi removed and becomes part of the Windjammer

Deck 17

• Viking Crown Lounge has become the Suite Lounge and Coastal Kitchen restaurant
• Pinnacle Lounge has become a Royal Suite (1701)
• Pinnacle Chapel has become a Royal Suite (1758)

There's less than 99 days until Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas debuts so we're counting down each day with a brand new blog post all about Quantum of the Seas. Read our blog each day for a new post all about this amazing cruise ship.

Quantum of the Seas in Bremerhaven

Quantum of the Seas has made her way to Bremerhaven, Germany where she just got North Star installed and is undergoing sea trials, among other work being done on her.

Quantum of the Seas will remain at the Columbus Cruise Center in Bremerhaven for the next couple weeks to undergo internal development and finishing of the complete cruise ship.

Here's a video of Quantum of the Seas having North Star installed as well as a closer look at how's she's looking these days.

This week's podcast episode is ready to go, as we present episode 62 of the Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast for your downloading pleasure.

This week, Matt looks at the top 5 Royal Caribbean specialty restaurants.  There's over 20 specialty restaurants to choose from these days and Matt has considered each one to find the top 5 specialty restaurants he enjoys the most.

There's also lots of reader emails and voicemails to share this week about everything Royal Caribbean.

Here’s the podcast page for Episode 62. And don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast via RSS or on iTunes!

Take a listen and as always, let us know what you think! Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and leave your comments below!

Rebel Ink magazine has announced a tattoo-themed cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas.

The magazine for all things tattoos is inviting fans of the art to join them on April 16, 2015 for a four-night cruise out of Fort Lauderale with special events just for those who join in.

The "Ink or Swim Tattoo cruise" will feature special events such as

•  Flash art tattoo Fridays
• Tattoo pin up contest
• Tattoo competitions

Also attending the cruise witll be celebrity tattoo artists such as Tatu Baby, Amy Nicoletto, Chris Torres, Sarah Miller,Mark Longnecker and more.

More information is online at the Ink or Swim website.

With Royal Caribbean's newest cruise ship, Quantum of the Seas, launching very soon, we're counting down each day with a brand new blog post all about this amazing cruise ship.

North Star installation photos

We discussed North Star all the way back on day 99 of our blog series, as it was our first post all about this innovative new feature on Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas.

Just the other day, Meyer Werft installed the North Star feature onto the ship and Ingrid Fiebak took some really great photos of North Star being installed.  She was kind enough to share the photos with us so big thank you to Ingrid!

Stay tuned for tomorrow's post as we celebrate 99 days of Quantum!

Fully equipped at its full height of 18 decks, the individual mega-blocks of Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas are floated into the massive building hall to be connected to construct the smartest ship in the world.

Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas debuts in less than 100 days so we're counting down all the great things about Quantum of the Seas. Each day we will post something about Quantum of the Seas to share with you.

What don't we know (yet) about Quantum of the Seas

Royal Caribbean has revealed quite a lot of what will be waiting for us on its newest cruise ship, Quantum of the Seas, but there are still some aspects of the ship we don't know everything about quite yet.

Royal Promenade or not

All the Royal Caribbean ships since Voyager class have featured a Royal Promenade, which is a large strip of shops, restaurants and entertainment that create a hub of activity onboard the ship.  

We've assumed there will be a Royal Promenade onboard but that hasn't been confirmed yet.  In fact, there are rumors out there that instead of a Royal Promenade, there will be a Royal Esplanade.  In fact, the Dreamworks Experience part of the Royal Caribbean web site says, "Your favorite DreamWorks characters are coming to the Royal Esplanade onboard Quantum of the Seas."

It sounds like one way or another we're going to have an indoor area of the ship that offers a number of shops, restaurants and lounges but it may be different than we've experienced before.

Bars and lounges

Speaking of bars, Royal Caribbean has not revealed all the bars and lounges that will be onboard Quantum of the Seas.  

Will some of our favorites be returning, such as Boleros, R-Bar or the Schooner Bar?  Or will there be new experiences?  

Of course, we do know Bionic Bar is coming but there's plenty more places to enjoy a cocktail onboard.

Onboard shopping

Like the bars and lounges, which shops guests will be able to peruse online remains a mystery.

A recent presentation in Miami featured a look at what is likely to be some of the shops available onboard, including Hublot, Cartier, Kiehl's, and Michael Kors.

More surprises?

Royal Caribbean has promised the most WOW of any ship with Quantum of the Seas so there's still potential that we may see more surprises and announcements yet to come.

What questions are you still wondering about when it comes to this amazing ship?  

Stay tuned for tomorrow's post as we celebrate 99 days of Quantum!

One of the rumors going around is Royal Caribbean will have a Royal Esplanade instead of a Royal Promenade.  

Regardless of what they call it, we've run across photos of this area onboard the ship that is under construction and it gives us a look at what we can expect.

Many thanks to Lloyd for alerting us to these photos in the first places. Enjoy!