Royal Caribbean International will send the Quantum of the
Seas to Seattle in 2021, giving the cruise line four ships serving Alaska, its largest
deployment there.
It will be the Quantum’s first time sailing from the Pacific
Northwest, where it will sail seven-day cruises visiting Endicott Arm Fjord,
the Sitka Sound and Juneau, among other stops.
The ship will join the Ovation, Radiance and Serenade of the
Seas, which will be based in Seattle, Vancouver and Seward, Alaska,
respectively.
The Quantum had been based in based in Asia, where it was
sailing from Singapore and Tianjin, China. A Royal Caribbean spokesperson said the
company had planned to send the Quantum to Alaska in 2021 before the Covid-19
coronavirus outbreak.
Royal Caribbean said last fall that its fifth Oasis-class
ship, the Wonder of the Seas, would sail from China when it debuts in 2021.