Whatever Weds. Quantum of the Seas

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This week I’ll share some photos I made of the ship we sailed to Alaska on. She’s the largest Royal Caribbean ship we’ve sailed on.

She was built in 2014 and sails under the flag of Bahamas. At the time of her delivery she was the third largest cruise in the world by gross tonnage (168,666 GT). She’s 1,141 feet long (347.7 meters) and 236ft 3inches tall, (72 meters). Her top speed is 22.0 knots and will hold 4,180 passengers (double occupancy), and a maximum of 4,905 passengers, with a crew of 1,500.

On sea days we felt the 4,900+ people on board especially on the days the pool deck was closed due to heavy winds, and rain.

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The Bow of Quantum of the Seas
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Aft of Quantum of the Seas showing off her Climbing Wall a bit.
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This is Felicia the Big Magenta Polar Bear by artist Lawrence Argent. Titled ” From Afar”. She’s 30ft tall, is comprised of 1,340 stainless steel triangles, and weighs eight-tons.
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That arm with pod on the end is the North Star Observation Pod. It gives you a 360 degree panoramic view of the ports, ocean, and surroundings. We didn’t try it. We meant to on Port Days but, were so busy with excursions we never got the chance to.
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One of the Pools, hot tub, bar, and track on Deck 15
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Waves of Light by artist So Sunny Park

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The Esplanade on Decks 4 and 5. Here you’ll find shopping, dining, entertainment, and socializing. We spent a lot of time on this deck.

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Quantum of the Seas Orchestra on the theater stage on Deck 4.
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Quantum of the Seas Lifebuoy on Deck 15

She’s a beautiful ship that we enjoyed a lot. We came off her ready for another cruise.

Have a lovely week everyone!

more to come…

Galveston, TX from Navigator of the Seas

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I’d never been to Galveston, TX, but driving through the old part of the city to get to Port of Galveston on our sailing day I saw it looked interesting. It reminded me of New Orleans a little. There’s an area with homes, shops with lots of wrought iron decorations on doors, windows, balconies, fences, and gates.

I wished we had had time to wander around a bit. Alas, I didn’t so here are few of my observations from the ship.

Galveston, TX from the observation deck on Deck 4-Port Side

Galveston from Deck 4 Navigator of the Seas

Carnival Magic was also in Port. She set sail 30 minutes or so before we did.

Carnival Magic Setting Sail Before Navigator of the Seas

She churned up lots of good stuff from the bottom of the channel. There was a group of 3 to 5 Dolphins feeding in the water. Unfortunately, they never lifted their snouts out of the water.

Dolphins Feeding in the Channel Galveston TX

Dolphine Feeding Galveston TX

Western Monarch docked

Western Monarch Galveston TX Port_2115

We pulled away from the dock, and sailed past this Dry Dock

Dry Dock Pelican Island Galveston TX

then we sailed past SeaWolf Park on Pelican Island. I didn’t know anything about it, but it looked interesting with the old submarine, and navy ship so, I looked it up when I got home. From the park’s website I gleaned this,

“Seawolf Park is located on Galveston’s Pelican Island on a former immigration station site. The park offers one of the island’s most popular fishing piers, picnic sites and a playground. The park is also home to tourist attractions, including the WWII submarine the USS Cavalla and one of only three destroyer escorts in the world, the USS Stewart. The remains of the WWI tanker S.S. Selma, the largest concrete ship constructed, can be seen northwest of the park’s fishing pier.” ~Galveston.com

Sea Wolf Park, Galveston TX

Our first night on the ship was fun, and I slept like a baby until my alarm woke me up at O’Dark Thirty for sunrise.  Grabbing my camera I opened our sliding glass door to our balcony and was greeted with this view:

Sunrise at Sea Day 2 Gulf of Mexico

We were in the Gulf of Mexico now heading to Cozumel, Mexico.  On the Horizon is Carnival Magic all lit up. She was sailing almost the same route we were.

The bright Planet in the sky might Venus, but I’m not positive.

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More to come…