'Live' Video Postcards from Quantum of the Seas Maiden Voyage

I will be on Quantum of the Seas transatlantic voyage and will share daily Video Postcards with reviews, highlights and activities from November 2 to 10, 2014,

when sailing from Southampton to Cape Liberty, NJ. Visit either my:

QtoS Maiden Voyage Blog to watch the short videos.

Also let me know if ether are areas of particular interests.

Stay tuned from Sunday November 2, 2014.

Example Video Postcard:

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I'm excited - thanks for doing this for us all! I've already signed up :)

Subscribed!! Can't wait! I'm going on March 21st!!

Kathie

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Looks fantastic, subscribing

Thanks for taking us along! :D

Awesome looking forward to it

Unfortunately the band width of the internet at this sailing does not allow for upload of videos or pictures

- so my planned uploads must wait until next week.

Stay tuned.

A short review of day 1

Finally November 2, 2014 and the time for Quantum of the Seas maiden voyage from Southampton to Cape Liberty, NJ.

We arrived at Southampton City terminal at noon.

We dropped the suitcases, got the RFID stickers attached so we could track the luggage, dropped it and went into the departure hall.

Here was it reasonably chaotic! The check-in was not well managed resulting in long queues. Obviously the staff really didn't know what to do.

Good the this is the only Quantum of the Seas departure from Southampton and that the facilities in Bayonne are suited for a smooth check-in

Finally, after one hour we could board the ship, but also here the queues were longer than expected and the staff not good enough prepared..

The good news was that our cabin was ready when we came aboard - a key was outside the cabin with our name and the WoWband was waiting inside

After having inspected the cabin, we did have lunch in the Windjammer marketplace.

In the afternoon we was walking around the ship - A tour down the Royal Esplanade - great experience. An amazing ship

We checked also the Various restaurants. Back in the cabin we unpacked our suitcases and made the last reservation using the Royal iQ App.

After a little more chaotic start than expected it looks like it will be an amazing cruise - Quantum of the Seas appears to be a fantastic ship

Unfortunately the internet does not have the expected bandwidth for this trip, so I cannot upload the videos - expect to upload starting from next Monday.

Also in general the IT systems onboard were not fully reliable causing some problem and longer queues. There are over 100 IT specialists onboard to fix the problems.

Hopefully the majority will be fixed before next departures.

Managed to get the first video uploaded - Departure from Southampton and some pictures from the ship - many more to come.

Internet bandwith has improved and Royal iQ is working.

All passengers got a fair compensation for the start-up problems at check-in.

Excellent cruise and excellent ship.

watch the short video - many more to come.

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Absolutely lovely! Thanks for taking the time to do this! Your efforts are truly appreciated! Enjoy the rest of your trip!

Wonderful video! Thank you for taking the time to make and post it.

My wife and I will be cruising on the Qunatum in Feb 2015 to the Eastern Caribbean. I have never really done any video work but would like to explore it. Would you mind sharing what equipment and software you use to make and edit your videos?

Thanks

GREAT video, thank you for posting! We will be onboard on December 1st. QUESTION: Do you need to subscribe to their wifi package in order to use the Royal IQ app? :confused:

Thank you! Have fun!

I really enjoyed the video

To all - thank you for the comments - I hope to get more videos in the next few days - bandwith is improving and for cruises out of Bayonne from next week, when the O3b network technology is in place there will be much more bandwidth.

GREAT video, thank you for posting! We will be onboard on December 1st. QUESTION: Do you need to subscribe to their wifi package in order to use the Royal IQ app? :confused:

Christie: No - the Royal iQ just need registration at no costs - access to internet is for a fee. Royal iQ has improved over the last days - more that 100 IT people working to improve the IT systems.

Christie: No - the Royal iQ just need registration at no costs - access to internet is for a fee. Royal iQ has improved over the last days - more that 100 IT people working to improve the IT systems.

Great, thanks so much for the info!!

One more question....I understand the Royal IQ app has communication functionality for other members of your party onboard, and that there is a "nominal fee" for this service. Do you know what that fee is? Would love to stay connected to the rest of my family onboard instead of searching the ship when plans change at the last second :confused: lol

One more question....I understand the Royal IQ app has communication functionality for other members of your party onboard, and that there is a "nominal fee" for this service. Do you know what that fee is? Would love to stay connected to the rest of my family onboard instead of searching the ship when plans change at the last second :confused: lol

The price for the text package is $12.95 for the cruise - I have not used it myself, but as I understand it, you need that $12.95 package at each phone you want to connect to.

The price for the text package is $12.95 for the cruise - I have not used it myself, but as I understand it, you need that $12.95 package at each phone you want to connect to.

Thanks yet again!!!!!

Here is a short video showing North Star operation at the Azores.

Unfortunately I didn't made the tour myself - next cruise.

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Here is a short video showing North Star operation at the Azores.

Unfortunately I didn't made the tour myself - next cruise.

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Great NorthStar video!!! Thanks for posting! How were you able to make a reservation for that....does it have to be onboard or can you do it before your cruise? And was there a cost?

Great NorthStar video!!! Thanks for posting! How were you able to make a reservation for that....does it have to be onboard or can you do it before your cruise? And was there a cost?

At this cruise you just had to queue - no reservation possible and at no cost.

Don't think it will change.

It was snowing here in New York last night. Reading your review makes me think about our upcoming cruise in June. Great review and videos! Looking forward to the rest

Thank you for the videos. Loved what I saw. I hope the 3rd ship is base in Florida.

Here is a short video from SeaPlex- enjoy the circus school and flying trapeze, the full-size regulation basketball court and the bumper cars

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Great videos! Thank you!:)