To countdown the launch of Royal Caribbean's newest cruise ship, Quantum of the Seas, we're blogging about one aspect of the ship each day for 99 days. Check back each day for something exciting to read about this new ship.

Chic

Part of the appeal of Royal Caribbean's new dining initiative with Dynamic Dining is to offer more choices to its cruise guests.  Chic is a restaurant that will offer guests the cutting edge of modern cooking.

When you walk into Chic, Royal Caribbean wants you see a spectacular entrance that sets the tone.  With a restaurant named Chic, you know it's going to be glamorous and sophisticated, both in menu and design.

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Chic offers a contemporary menu that includes a focus on protein.  Food like beef rib-eye, lamb chops and Mediterranean sea bass are freshly prepared with sauces that are made from scratch.

In addition, Chick will offer dry-aged steaks that have been aged for almost four weeks to give the food even more flavor than before along with tenderness and a great aroma.  

You will also find Maine lobster, veal Parmesan, and grilled branzino as options to entice you.

Chic is a complimentary restaurant and will be included in your cruise fare. It will be open for dinner.

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

There's less than 99 days until Royal Caribbean's brand new Quantum of the Seas debuts and we're counting down each day with a brand new blog post all about this amazing cruise ship.  Check back every day for something new!

Family-connected staterooms

When you're traveling with a big family or group, it can be difficult to find the perfect stateroom set up but on Quantum of the Seas, Royal Caribbean is setting out to help with a brand new configuration of staterooms.

The family-connected staterooms will allow you connect three different staterooms to form one large shared space.  That also means three bathrooms for one space, which is always a plus because one can never have enough bathrooms on a cruise ship.

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This means that your entire group can stay connected while enjoying their privacy at the same time when staying in these family-connected staterooms.  Each layout is customizable and intuitive, combining soothing aesthetics, larger storage solutions, and a residential feel that will make you feel right at home on the high seas.

In addition, staterooms on Quantum of the Seas will be, on average, nine percent larger than on Oasis-class ships and feature USB outlets, more storage space and multifunctional furniture.

Family Connected Junior Suite with Balcony

With this category of staterooms, you will get 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a balcony for everyone to enjoy.  In total, you will get 575 square feet of space inside and 216 square feet of balcony.

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

There's less than 99 days until Royal Caribbean's brand new Quantum of the Seas debuts and we're counting down each day with a brand new blog post all about this amazing ship. Check into the blog every day for something new to read about Quantum of the Seas.

Kristin Chenoweth

Royal Caribbean selected Kristin Chenoweth to be godmother to Quantum of the Seas back on February 24, 2013 and she has already served in a few capacities to fill this role.

The role of the godmother for a ship is very special. Not only does a godmother christen or name the ship and serve as a guiding spirit, but she also plays a key role in the festivities of the naming ceremony and provides a blessing on the ship for the guests and crew and all who sail on her.

Kristin's selection highlights Royal Caribbean's emphasis on entertainment onboard Quantum.  As a Broadway and television star, Kristin embodies what Royal Caribbean wants to have on its newest cruise ship.

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Since being selected, Kristin has helped spread the word about the new ship. At the 2013 Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, she was on Royal Caribbean's float to help announce the new ship. In fact, during the parade Royal Caribbean made the announcement that Mammia Mia!, the Broadway show would be playing onboard Quantum.

Kristin also was named as the Quantum Experience Advisor for entertainment and joined Royal Caribbean Vice President Nick Weir to announce all the shows that will be available for guests to enjoy.

Of course, Kristin's biggest job is still yet to come as she performs her godmother duties when Quantum of the Seas debuts in November 2014.

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

Hope you had a great week (maybe one week closer to your next Royal Caribbean cruise?) and you had a chance to keep up with what's new with Royal Caribbean this week. But if not, here's a roundup of this week's news.

Royal Caribbean announced all the new technology for Quantum of the Seas earlier this week and the big event revealed how amazing this new ship will be.

Luggage tracking, RFID wristbands, robot bartenders and more will be available on Quantum of the Seas and Royal Caribbean is billing the new ship as, "the world's most futuristic ship."

Combined with insanely fast internet speeds at sea, the new ship promises to be pretty darn impressive.

Royal Caribbean News

• Royal Caribbean will expand Dynamic Dining to Oasis of the Seas
• Anthem of the Seas will get the Broadway show "We Will Rock You"
• Tropical Storm Cristobal alters two cruise ship itineraries
• Everything we know about Royal Caribbean's RFID WOWbands
• Royal Caribbean wins first place in web site suvery

99 Days of Quantum

We're counting down the days until Royal Caribbean's newest cruise ship, Quantum of the Seas, debuts with a blog post each day about what makes this cruise ship so amazing.

• American Icon Grill
• Quantum of the Seas technology reveal images
• Cocktails about Quantum of the Seas
• Quantum of the Seas construction photos
• Single cabin staterooms
• Wink
• Bionic Bar

Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast

The fifty-sixth episode of the Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast is now available and we're taking a look at the newly announced tech on Quantum of the Seas

In this episode, Matt looks at the big announcement by Royal Caribbean this week and discusses all the new technology coming to the ship.  There's a lot of new innovations to be excited about and this is our look at what to expect.

Please feel free to subscribe via iTunes or RSS, and head over to rate and review the podcast on iTunes if you can! We’d appreciate it.

Royal Caribbean Around the Internet

The Roaming Scribe has an interview with Royal Caribbean Chairman Richard Fain.

TheEMCeffect has a touching story about how Royal Caribbean helped make their cruise right.

From the Deck Chair is lukewarm on the new technology coming to Quantum of the Seas.

CruiseHangout shares his thoughts on the Quantum tech reveal.

To celebrate the launch of Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas in less than 100 days, we're counting down each day with some really cool about the ship.  Check out our blog each day for a brand new post all about Quantum of the Seas.

Bionic Bar

One of the coolest technologies has always been robotics.  The idea of a machine being able to do every day tasks (sans taking over the world) has always been a dream and Royal Caribbean has seized this idea with the Bionic Bar.

The idea is simple: guests place orders via tablets and then can watch the robot bartenders start mixing the cocktails.  Bionic Bar combines two big trends, robotics and mixology.

"It actually looks like a robot ... (although) it's not a humanoid robot," Royal Caribbean chairman Richard Fain said.

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The single armed robot will get the ice, mints and lemon and then squeeze and shake them to make your drink.  Eventually, there wont be a limit on what the drinks the robots can make.  The customization is what Royal Caribbean is aiming for.

What about gratuity? There will still be gratuity on the drinks you order but instead of lining the pockets of these robots, they will go towards a tip pool for the crew members.

The idea is undeniably intriguing and it's going to be yet another "have to see it to believe it" moments on Quantum of the Seas.

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

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!

Wink

Royal Caribbean prides itself on the world class entertainment it provides and on Quantum of the Seas, you will get a whole new show that is sure to live up that ideal.

Wink is an adults-only show that combines cabaret-style performance art with premium spirits and late-night club life into one big event.

READ YESTERDAY'S POST ALL ABOUT STUDIO STATEROOMS

Held in the Music Hall, Wink will feature the cast of the Royal Theater and sounds like it will be very different than anything else we've seen before.

In addition, Wink is something for adults to enjoy and it adds to what there is to do at night.  Royal Caribbean is referring to it as a "late night party designed for mature audiences".

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

Royal Caribbean has been informing travel agents and others that the Broadway musical on Anthem of the Seas will be "We Will Rock You".

We Will Rock You is based on the music of Queen and will be the Broadway show available on the second Quantum-class cruise ship.

In addition to the show, there will be an after-show party with the cast of the musical for guests to experience, similar in nature to the Mamma Mia! after-party on Quantum of the Seas.

If it's Friday, that means it is time to share some more awesome photos our readers have sent in of their Royal Caribbean cruise vacations!  As always, we want your photos too, so send us your best Royal Caribbean photos so we can share it with the world.

Let's get right into this week's batch of photos!

First we have this photo from John Siegmund of a double rainbow off the port side on Majesty of the Seas while sailing into Key West.  Rainbows at sea are a little sweeter!

Next we have this fun photo from Sue from her Independence of the Seas cruise.  Her stateroom attendant came up with this great elephant on the toilet creation.

Keith Davis sent in this beautiful photo of the Aquatheater on Allure of the Seas taken behind the stage.  He said he took it at 1am and it came out fantastic!

Here's a photo by Jennifer Gardner of this little surprise in the Windjammer on Independence of the Seas.  I really enjoy touches like this.

Lastly, we have this photo from Mary of Oasis of the Seas' life preserver while docking in St. Maarten.  I like how the island can be seen in the background!

Thank you to everyone who sent in their photos this week. Have a great weekend and be sure to send us your photos so we can post them next week by using this form.

In a survey of cruise booking sites, Royal Caribbean came in first place for overall effectiveness.

Royal Caribbean beat out other cruise lines and booking sites such as Celebrity Cruises, Carnival, CruisesOnly, Expedia, Holland America, Norwegian Cruise Line, Orbitz; Princess and Travelocity.

In addition, Royal Caribbean also came in first place for brand impact and performance index.

According to those that took the survey, Royal Caribbean is seen as exciting, fun, having good service, and being trustworthy, which led to it having the top brand impact score.

Royal Caribbean significantly outperformed all but Carnival and Princess in the overall rankings.

The study also looked at the mobile technology and social networking habits of respondents to determine which sites are building the best multi-channel digital relationship, across web, mobile and social.

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.

Single cabin staterooms

A big change in the cruising industry has been offering stateroom options to people cruising alone and on Royal Caribbean's newest cruise ship, Quantum of the Seas, there will be a new class of staterooms just for people that prefer to travel alone.

These new "studio" staterooms offer the single traveler accomodations without the hefty single supplement fee that was traditionally added to the cruise fare.

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On Quantum of the Seas, Royal Caribbean has even added some single studio cabins with balconies while others have virtual balconies. In total, there are 28 studio staterooms, 16 interior, and 12 with balconies.

Super Studio Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony

The first single stateroom offers a stateroom that is 199 square feet in size and a 55 square foot balcony.  

Inside you will find a single full size bed, full bathroom.  

Studio Interior Stateroom with Virtual View

The studio interior stateroom measures 101 square feet and offers virtual views via your flat-screen television.  

There's also a full size bed and full bathroom.

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