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.

American Icon Grill

One of the new restaurants coming to Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas is the American Icon Grill, a take on classic American fare with a modern twist.

READY YESTERDAY'S POST ALL ABOUT ROBOSHOW

Essentially, the American Icon Grill will be the place to go for classic American food.  Royal Caribbean touts American Icon Grill as a place that will serve regional favorites, comfort style.

You'll find New Orleans gumbo, New England clam chowder, Southern buttermilk fried chicken and more.

Inside the restaurant, the look of the place will include sweeping natural landscapes, iconic photography and décor accents emulating the classic American roadster.

American Icon Grill is a complimentary restaurant and will be included in your cruise fare.  It will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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

Tropical Storm Cristobal is causing Royal Caribbean to change its itineraries for two of the world's largest cruise ships.

Oasis of the Seas will skip its scheduled stop in Nassau today, August 24 and will instead have a sea day.

Freedom of the Seas will not stop at Royal Caribbean's private island of CocoCay on August 25 and will have a sea day instead.

The Quantum of the Seas news is really starting to flow now and this week we heard about the next Quantum of the Seas reveal event that will occur tomorrow.

On August 25, Royal Caribbean will hold a media event at the Meyer-Werft shipyard in Germany to show off all the technology Quantum of the Seas will have.

Tech writer David Pogue will host the event and it will be live streamed online at 10am eastern time.

The technology reveal for Quantum of the Seas is expected to follow the recent dining and entertainment reveal events in showcasing what's new and exciting for Quantum of the Seas. Royal Caribbean has built a reputation of pushing the envelope when it comes to technology on its cruise ships and this event should further than agenda.

Royal Caribbean News

• Royal Caribbean released 2015 Legend of the Seas Singapore itineraries.
• Information you need to know about upgrading your stateroom.
• Don't miss our Royal Caribbean burger showdown.
• Our reader photo report from Explorer of the Seas.
• Royal Caribbean opens staff training center in China.
• A quick weekend WOW Sale wraps up today.
• New video about Quantum Experience Advisor Michael Schwartz and his new beer he is bringing to Quantum of the Seas.
• Haiti has negotiated a new passenger fee with Royal Caribbean.

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.

• SeaPlex
• Beautiful evening Quantum of the Seas photos
• RipCord by iFLY
• High-speed Internet
• Music Hall
• Mamma Mia
• ROBOSHOW

Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast

The fifty-fifth episode of the Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast is now available and we're previewing a podcast listener's upcoming cruise on Allure of the Seas.

In this episode, Matt kicks off a new series counting his favorite five things to do see, eat or watch and this week it was the Top 5 things on Freedom of the Seas.

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

EatSleepCruise has a list of four essential rules to get Dynamic Dining Reservations.

Seatrade Insider writes the San Juan pier expansion will make it ready for Quantum and Oasis-class cruise ships.

Travel Pulse says cruise lines are eager to attract solo travelers by reducing or eliminating the dreaded single supplement.

TravelWeekly posted about how an unexpected drop in fuel prices has helped cruise lines' bottom lines.

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.

Roboshow

Royal Caribbean loves to put on its ships great entertainment and cutting-edge technology so it's no surprise they combined the two with ROBOSHOW.

I'm going to try to explain what ROBOSHOW is in words but it's one of those that has to be seen to be believed.

Royal Caribbean has created a show that has six Roboscreens that descend from the ceiling on hige robotic arms.  Each screen is over seven feet in size and the screens move around quite easily on the robotic arms.

The screens can even dance with the live performers that you will see right in front of you.  In fact, the shows will be surprise performances throughout the cruise in Two70°.

The Roboscreen technology in ROBOSHOW is second only to the complexity of the robotic project in the Mars rovers.

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

Royal Caribbean has set up a staff training center in China.  The new center is at in Tianjin Maritime College in north China's port city of Tianjin.

The new training center will have an area of over 13,000 square meters and offer training rooms for Western and Asian cooking, guest rooms and exhibition halls.

Royal Caribbean chief human resources officer, Maria Del Busto, said the cruise line will have five new cruise ships from China in the next couple of years.

Tianjin gained official approval for a national cruise liner tourism development zone last year.

Royal Caribbean is kicking off a Weekend WOW deal that offers a deal on cruises booked this weekend.

Royal Caribbean is offering

• Book an Interior or Ocean View stateroom and receive $25 Onboard Credit
• Book a Balcony or Suite and receive $50 Onboard Credit

The deal is valid on all sailings between August 24 – December 31, 2014, excluding Quantum of the Seas.  Bookings must be made on August 23 or 24.

Offer is combinable with current standard/full fare rates and restricted rates (for example, Seniors, Residents, Military, BOGO, Kids Sail Free). Offer is not combinable with any other offer or promotion, including, but not limited to, Interline, Travel Agent, Travel Agent Friends and Family, weekly Sales Events, Net Rates, Crown & Anchor Discounts, Shareholder Benefits or Next Cruise offers, promotions, or benefits.

Raul Soler recently returned from his cruise on Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas.  He took some great shots and we wanted to share these photos with anyone interested in seeing how the ship looks these days or just wants a quick "mental escape" aboard one of Royal Caribbean's beautiful ships.

All photos were taken by Raul Soler.

We're counting down the days until Royal Caribbean's next cruise ship debuts, Quantum of the Seas, with our 99 days of Quantum countdown.  Each day we will post something about this amazing new ship.

Mamma Mia

Royal Caribbean revolutionized the cruise industry when it first started offering Broadway shows at sea and on Quantum of the Seas, the tradition continues with the hit musical Mamma Mia!.

The long running hit show will be performed on every Quantum of the Seas sailing and it's included in the price of the cruise.

The fact it's complimentary is a big deal when you consider what Broadway show tickets cost, even if the show is on tour off Broadway.  

Since 2009 three other Broadway musicals have debuted on Royal Caribbean: Hairspray, Chicago and Saturday Night Fever.  Each show has been a big hit with guests onboard as it offers yet another great entertainment option.

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

If you're ready for a mental escape to a Royal Caribbean cruise, then you're at the right place because we have some great Royal Caribbean photos our readers have sent in.  Each week we ask our readers to send us their best Royal Caribbean photos to showcase right here on the blog so be sure to send yours in too!

Let's kick off this week's photos with a photo from John Siegmund that he took whule snorkeling the reef at Key West, FL while on Majesty of the Seas.  What an experience!

Next is this photo from Matt Smith of Radiance of the Seas with Seward, Alaska in the background.  Love the backdrop!

Here's a photo from Bill O'Donnell of Central Park on Oasis of the Seas at Sunset.  Love those dusk photos!

Here's a creative photo by Sue of what she did with two pool towels, a bath robe, a pillow and a few other bits.  Wish I was there to see the Stateroom attendant's reaction!

Let's wrap things up with this photo by Dan Hillary of Charlotte AMalie as seen from Drake's Seat with a Royal Caribbean ship in the harbor.  Beautiful!

Is your photo missing from here?  Well, send all your Royal Caribbean photos in right now and we can use it for upcoming Friday Photo blog posts!