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Lunch today was again in the Coastal Kitchen. It was excellent. My wife had the lentil soup for he appetizer while I decided to try the fennel sausage flatbread (amazing!) For her main course it was the Green Vegetable Curry and I had the Roasted Lamb Loin. We both really like our dishes. Food porn:

That is the cup that came with my Soda Package. I have no idea about the DBP.

Today is a short port visit to Katchikan. After breakfast in the Coastal Kitchen we grabbed our jackets and walked off the ship. We proceeded to the Salmon Market and purchased the snoked salmon that we will give to family, friends, and neighbors. We then went to the drug store to get some mouthwash, we used the last of what we brought wiyh us this morning and I did not recall seeing any for sale onboard. Our daughter had asked us to pick ip a couple of t-shirts for our grandaughter so we got her two. We were back aboard and in our stateroom by 0910. I am sitting on our balcony people watching as we are on the starboard side overlooking the dock/pier. A couple of photo’s I took earlier.

On Quantum last week and this we were given a form to complete for customs declaration for Canada. On the first week, we also had to fill out a piece of paper that our stateroom attendant left one night in our room that asked for the code from our our ArriveCAN application. We received the customs declaration for our second leg but were not asked for the code from our ArriveCAN application.

We have been on a Quantum B2B the last two weeks. One of the things that my wife. and I both really like is rice. We asked and have received rice, either steamed or fried, with every meal that we have requested it since thing. While we have not even considered asking for items from the MDR, we have been told that if there was something in the Windjammer that we wanted, they would be happy to accomodate.

I agree 100% with this. I had to ask someone where I could pick up my cup.

You described me perfectly!

The free sessions were booked very quickly, both this week and last but if you checked daily, there were opening appearing. We had a reservation for a free session that was cancelled due to issues in port but were able to book for another inport date/time. . The paid ones seem to be more readily available. I would suggest you keep checking daily as openings do occur.

Tonight was the first "Dress to Impress" night for this weeks sailing on Quantum of the Seas and we've seen everything from men in t-shirts to tuxedo's and women in regular dress or blouse and jeans to evening gowns. That is for both Coastal Kitchen and the MDR. As far as Windjammer goes, it is still is anything but bathing suits or birthday suits.

I can verify that we have received the shareholder benefit OBC on both Royal Caribbean and Celebrity cruises.

On Quantum last week and this week - no Quest.

Here is the file for the "Cruise Compass" cruisecompass.pdf It contains the information for Day 2 and Day 3.

No, There are no video poker machines on Quantum of the Seas, as of tonight. I just walked through the casino on my way back to the room and double checked.

We had issues with internet access in the terminal last week and I simply presented the paper copy of our boarding passes and we were good to go. There were a couple of couples struggling to bring up their documents on the phones that we went around.

Dinner was in Coastal Kitchen tonight. We enjoyed it. Main Lobster salad Crab & Shrimp Crusted Pollock - we both had this Rosewater Panna Cotta Apple Pie Ala mode Food porn:

That is correct. Continental breakfast is free. We had ordered hot food, eggs and sausage, etc.. I have not heard any discussions with regard to the engines. We have a very short stay scheduled for Ketchikan due to the distance to Skagway and speed restrictions. I think we are scheduled to dock at 0700 and all aboard is around 1100.

We are on Quantum this week and the food and service has been wonderful. The filet the fist night was simply wonderful.

I thought that might be the case. When I get back to the room tonight I will see if I can download the document and post it as example. It was a 14-page document with much of the additional papers they use to supply in the room each night. This one had the show schedule I posted earlier as well as bio’s for the headliners.

Yes.

Lunch today was in Izumi. It did not disappoint. Chicken kara agi miso soup Snow crab California roll Izumi Ryu Futomaki roll Baked Snow Crab and Dynamite roll The futomaki was unlike any futomaki I have ever had. I am not a fan of cream cheese in my sushi rolls and did not pick up on the fact that this had cream cheese in it before I ordered it.

This is the cup being used on Quantum of the Seas.

No, Coastal Kitchen is for Suite Guest and Pinnacles only. We sail in grand suites on Oasis and Quantum class ships because of CK. I prefer the Oasis class as the Suite Lounge share the space with CK and the wine with lunch and dinner is free, unlike the Quantum class ships where the two venues are separate. We appear to be in a minority as we prefer CK over the Speciality Restaurants. I am not saying that the speciality restaurants are not good it is more that we prefer our meals simple and enjoy the taste of food versus it being covered with fancy sauces. As has been said here and in numerous other post, food is very subjective and everyone has their own personal preferences, likes, and dislikes.

Today was the first day we did not receive a paper copy of the Cruise Planner. Instead we received a QR code to scan. scanning the QR code gave us this link. https://minio.rccl.com/compass/cruisecompass.pdf (I hope the link works for you. )

Canuck, Great news for you, I spoke with Romana and she will be onboard until November.

We walked through the Solarium Bistro after breakfast this morning and there is a self serve coffee and drink station to the left of the buffet line.