Ep. 70 - Bonus - Cruising Resumes: A Firsthand Look at a Return to Cruising Aboard the Quantum of the Seas

DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Brian Flock

Leisure, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Hobbies

4.8 • 580 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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This week we're talking to Heidi from QuirkyCruise.com about her recent three night cruise to nowhere aboard the Quantum of the Seas out of Singapore. We discuss the protocols onboard, Heidi's observations, and how the protocols worked when the ship was put under quarantine and turned back to port early due to a Covid scare onboard - that later turned out to be a false positive. This sailing made news here due to that scare. The DCLDuo Podcast is a weekly Disney Cruise Line and Disney travel focused podcast. If you like our podcast, please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Our podcast is also available on Pocket Casts, Spotify and most other major podcast providers. You can also like and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @DCLDuo. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, you can email us at dclduo@gmail.com. The views in this podcast are our own, and are not those of the Walt Disney family of companies, Disney Cruise Line or the Walt Disney theme parks or resorts. If you have questions about a Disney vacation or any of the Disney offerings discussed in this podcast please contact Disney directly or discuss with your Disney travel agent. Thanks for listening! You can connect with the DCLDuo Podcast and Vlog at: https://dclduo.com Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel at: https://tinyurl.com/u5bj9lv Please review and subscribe to our Podcast on the following platforms (or most major podcast providers): Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dclduo-podcast/id1501550336 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/gn6f1034 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Fcl8SPuSJFlam2KsJBHx7 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=526093&refid=stpr Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xNDZlYjkzYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== TuneIn Radio: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Sports--Recreation-Podcasts/DCLDuo-Podcast-p1319273/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/744bd586-7298-4804-96c5-be20a1fff61f/DCLDuo-Podcast You can also like and follow us on social media at: The DCLDuo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DclDuo The DCLDuo on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dcl_duo/ The DCLDuo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DCLDuo The DCLDuo Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dclduo We're also listed alongside some other great Disney podcasts at: Top 100 Disney Podcasts

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0:00.0	And I actually was doing an assignment for cruise critic covering the third quantum of the seas,
0:05.3	a Singapore cruise to nowhere, and just to, you know, just to compare the experience to the old days,
0:10.6	you know, when you didn't have to wear a mask and such.
0:12.2	And it was really interesting.
0:13.5	I had to say it was really interesting. Welcome back everybody to this bonus episode of the DCL Duo podcast.
0:34.5	And on this evening's episode, we're going to bring you the other end of the spectrum from
0:38.6	our main episode this week. So for those of you listening to this episode first, I suggest you go back
0:43.1	one episode to our a cruise interrupted by COVID episode where we brought you Christine's story
0:48.7	about her sailing aboard the Coral Princess. Christine was on a 32 night cruise that was one of the last ships to dock when
0:56.3	COVID hit. And Christine herself caught COVID on board the ship. And we brought you her story,
1:01.8	which I think is quite powerful on the last episode. This episode, with the new year, we want to
1:06.2	bring you a different kind of story, which is cruising resumed. And this evening we have a guest with us, Heidi from quirky cruises. And we'll be talking more with Heidi about quirky cruises in a future episode. But this evening, we want to talk about Heidi's recent cruise aboard the Quantum of the seas. Heidi's based in Singapore, and she took a trip on one of the first cruises to sail out of Singapore on the quantum of the seas. It was in the news recently
1:27.6	because it was a sailing that was turned back due to what was a false positive test for COVID on
1:33.3	board. And we wanted to talk to Heidi this evening about her sailing and the protocols that were
1:37.1	in place on board and what she observed and how she felt about the cruise. And so after that extended
1:41.8	opening, let me welcome Heidi to the show. Welcome, Heidi.
1:44.6	Thank you. Thank you. So you took a trip on the Caribbean quantum. Do I have that right?
1:50.2	Well, it was Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas. Right. Right. Yes, Royal Caribbean Quantum. I have it
1:57.3	wrong in my notes. And so that is a, that is a large ocean liner, right? Do you have any notion of
2:02.0	how many folks are on board? Yeah. So double occupancy, it carries about 4,100 passengers.
2:08.8	And, you know, with the whole thing, every birth filled, it would be just under 5,000. So that would be
2:13.2	the normal capacity. And this was a cruise to nowhere out of where?
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