Quantum of the Seas
Key Particulars
Gross Tonnage: 168666
Net Tonnage: 154078
Displacement: 78130 design
Deadweight: 11113 design
Designer: Meyer Werft (overall); Jaime Lemus (newbuild program manager); Uwe Wulff (project manager); Henning Luhmann (technical design manager); Wilson Butler Architects (general planning and interiors); CallisonRTKL (Izumi, spa, and fitness center)
Classification: DNV-GL + 1A1
Length: 347.10m / 1138.78ft oa; 320.20m / 1050.52ft pp
Breadth: 48.90m / 160.43ft max; 41.40m / 135.83ft mld
Draught: 8.80m / 28.87ft max; 8.50m / 27.89ft design; 8.10m / 26.57ft min
Air draught: 62.90m / 206.36ft flues extended; 58.20m / 190.94ft flues retracted
Depth: 11.55m / 37.89ft mld
Decks: 20 (14 passenger)
Complement: 5680 (4180 pax dbl occ, 1500 crew); 6405 (4905 pax max occ, 1500 crew)
Cabins: 2090
Yard Data
Meyer Werft GmbH S.697
Timeline
2009
Development work begins on Project Sunshine, a new class of ships for Royal Caribbean International.
early 2010
At this stage of the design process, Project Sunshine resembles a smaller version of Oasis of the Seas.
summer 2010
The design team had shifted the project's focus, now using Celebrity Solstice, from sister company Celebrity Cruises, as the source vessel from which the new ship would be derived. In the end, Project Sunshine would be a fairly similar vessel in terms of general layout, structural components, and architectural features.
11 February 2011
Contract signed between Meyer Werft GmbH and Quantum of the Seas Inc. for the construction of yard number S.697 at a cost of €725,000,000. This contract was dependent on parent company Royal Caribbean International's ability to finance the project.
8 June 2011
A group of banks signed an agreement with Royal Caribbean International to provide 80% of the contract value for the first two ships of Project Sunshine.
spring 2012
Draft designs for Project Sunshine show forward-facing balconies and a ropes course, and the North Star observation arm and skydiving simulator had yet to be incorporated into the design.
31 January 2013
Steel cutting ceremony for S.697.
2 August 2013
The first block of S.697 is lowered into place in Hall 2 at Meyer Werft, officially signaling the start of the block assembly process.
9 August 2014
Quantum of the Seas is floated out of Hall 2 at Meyer Werft, bow first.
early autumn 2014
This is likely when the Meyer Werft Head Office toured the ship and discovered it lacked a TV broadcast room. These spaces are essential to ensuring a proper flow of programming to the TV sets throughout the ship, and to serve as the central technical hub for that system. One was eventually added on Deck 1, replacing several crew cabins, as that was the convergence point for most of the existing fiber optic lines.
15 October 2014
Quantum of the Seas conducts sea trials in the Skagerrak Strait, between Norway and Denmark. She was helped to attain her maximum speed as she was the first cruise ship fitted with an air lubrication system. This pumps microscopic bubbles under her hull to reduce the water friction against the underside of the ship. This system alone is credited with reducing the ship's fuel consumption by 4%.
28 October 2014
Quantum of the Seas is completed by Meyer Werft. She is notable as the 'tallest' cruise ship to date, with her North Star observation arm extending her air draught to a maximum of 95.00m / 311.68ft.
late October 2014
Royal Caribbean International, through their subsidiary Quantum of the Seas Inc., takes delivery of Quantum of the Seas. The ship was valued at $935,000,000 at the time of her delivery.
30 October 2014
Quantum of the Seas is christened.
2 November 2014
Quantum of the Seas sets sail on her maiden voyage.