Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas Drops ...

Cabo San Lucas is among the hottest Mexican Riviera ports, and for good purpose. The colourful vacation spot is gorgeous and gives nice eating and leisure for cruise company, even into the wee hours.

In a single day calls are particularly fashionable to present company loads of time to get pleasure from Cabo San Lucas, however company onboard two upcoming sailings of Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas is not going to be getting the in a single day visits that they had hoped.

The cruise line has reached out to booked company on each the December 5 and December 10 departures to alert them to the change.

As a substitute of remaining on the fashionable Baja Mexico port of name for a full 24 hours in a single day as initially deliberate, Quantum of the Seas will now be departing late on the primary evening, and a second port go to has been organized.

“To keep up clean crusing and adjust to secure velocity restrictions throughout our cruise, Day 4, will now be a Sea Day, changing the scheduled in a single day go to. Because of this modification, we’ll now depart Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on Day 3 at 11:00 PM,” the e-mail defined.

“Moreover, we’ll now get pleasure from a go to to Ensenada, Mexico, on Day 5 arriving at 11:00 AM and departing at 6:30 PM.”

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The December 5 crusing was to have visited Cabo San Lucas from 1 p.m. on Sunday, December 7 till 1 p.m. on December 8, however that go to will now be simply on December 7 from 1-11 p.m.

The identical change applies to the ship’s December 10 departure, with the brand new go to to Cabo deliberate for Friday, December 12, from 1-11 p.m.

The ship will go to Ensenada on each sailings from 11 a.m. to six:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 9 and Sunday, December 14, respectively.

Shore Excursions to Be Mechanically Refunded

Any shore excursions booked for the second day in Cabo San Lucas can be mechanically cancelled and refunded to the unique type of fee.

Company may also examine new tour choices for Ensenada within the Royal Caribbean app, on the web site, or onboard on the Shore Excursions desk midship on Deck 5, portside.

The 168,700-gross-ton Quantum of the Seas is homeported from Los Angeles, providing cruises from 2-7 nights. Relying on departure date and cruise size, the ship visits not solely Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada, but in addition Catalina Island.

Quantum of the Seas can welcome 4,180 company aboard at double occupancy or as many as 4,905 company when totally booked.

Additionally onboard are 1,500 worldwide crew members to make sure spectacular service wherever and each time the ship is crusing.

Why the Itinerary Change?

Royal Caribbean has not supplied additional particulars for the reasoning behind the itinerary change aside from to “adjust to secure velocity restrictions.”

It’s doable that native restrictions are tied to seasonal whale migrations or different conservation efforts to safeguard marine life within the waters alongside the southern California and Baja coasts.

To be clear, there aren’t any reported mechanical issues with Quantum of the Seas and the change in itinerary will not be a results of propulsion issues or different difficulties.

Company booked on upcoming sailings on Quantum of the Seas will wish to keep in shut contact with Royal Caribbean for updates in case their sailings are equally impacted.