Tom Having been to Cruise to Nowhere with Royal Caribbean Cruise and Cruise to Nowhere with Dream Cruises, it is now time to give the lowdown of which company actually does cruise to nowhere better! In this post, we’ll check out the dining options, activities and shows on the cruise to nowhere with both Dream Cruises (World Dream) and Royal Caribbean Cruise (Quantum of the Seas)!
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Cruise to Nowhere Royal Caribbean Cruise vs Dream Cruises – The Applications
There are applications developed by both Royal Caribbean Cruise and Dream Cruises for their respective cruisers. However, Dream Cruises’ app can only be accessed via the wifi onboard World Dream. On the other hand, Royal Caribbean’s app can be accessed using the usual wifi. Of course, for booking of shows, both utilises the wifi onboard. The cool thing about RCC’s app is that you’ll be able to see what are the activities and packages that you have booked, all before you board the cruise ship.
Winner: Royal Caribbean Cruise
Cruise to Nowhere Royal Caribbean Cruise vs Dream Cruises – Pre-Departure Tests
Royal Caribbean Cruise utilises the PCR swab test as the pre-departure COVID test while Dream Cruises uses the ART test. This means that for cruise to nowhere with Royal Caribbean Cruise, you’ll have to make a booking for a PCR test, take a half a day off to head to Raffles City to take the PCR test before the cruise. On the other hand, for Dream Cruise, you’ll just have to head over on the day of the cruise to take the ART. Within 20 minutes, you’ll have the results to board the cruise ship. The winner here is obvious.
Winner: Dream Cruises
[Update] Royal Caribbean Cruise has changed its pre-departure test to ART, on the day of departure, from 8 November 2021 onwards. However, the ART tests from December 2021 onwards, requires testing at Raffles City – which means passengers have to travel back to Marina Bay Cruise Centre after testing negative. Hence, on site testing by Dream Cruises at Marina Bay Cruise Terminal still edges slightly ahead in this department.
Cruise to Nowhere Royal Caribbean Cruise vs Dream Cruises – Complimentary Dining
There are really pros and cons of the complimentary dining on both Royal Caribbean Cruise and Dream Cruises. Let’s dwell into the details:
Cuisine Options
There are buffet options at both the Windjammer (Quantum of the Seas) and the Lido (World Dream) while the complimentary seated dining rooms of both Dream Cruises and Royal Caribbean Cruise offer both Western and Asian options. Hence, we’ll consider it a draw in this department.
Multiple Dining during Each Meal
Definitely a win for Royal Caribbean Cruise. This is because during meal times onboard World Dream, you can only choose to dine at one of 3 dining venues. Once you’ve dined there, you will have to pay extra to dine at another venue. Royal Caribbean Cruise on the other hand, allows you to dine and multiple locations during the same meal time. As a caveat though, both cruises allow top up of dishes at the seated restaurants. But in this department, without the restrictions, Royal Caribbean Cruise wins hands down.
Taste
Royal Caribbean Cruise does better in the western dishes while Dream Cruises does better in the asian dishes. So it is a draw. However, overall Royal Caribbean still does aaaa little better. Hence, the over winner in the complimentary dining options department is :
Overall Winner: Royal Caribbean Cruise
Cruise to Nowhere Royal Caribbean Cruise vs Dream Cruises – Specialty Dining
Overall, in terms of taste, quality and price, Royal Caribbean’s Specialty Dining Options win hands down. Just take a look at the size of the steak from Chops Grille. It was REALLY good by the way. Also, Wonderland on Quantum of the Seas has innovative and creative cuisine that really excites the palate. None of that on the World Dream.
However, the Hot Pot option on World Dream does give a different touch to the hot pot experience. Enjoying the cool evening sea breeze and sea views while tucking into a simmering hot pot is definitely an unique experience. However, the winner in this department is clear…
Winner: Royal Caribbean Cruise
Cruise to Nowhere Royal Caribbean Cruise vs Dream Cruises – Complimentary Activities
We won’t go into the same offerings of swimming pool, gym, jacuzzi, rock wall, table tennis and basketball. Let’s look at the differences though…
Royal Caribbean Cruise
FlowRider and Bumper Cars are some premium activities that Royal Caribbean Cruise offers. We especially enjoyed the Bumper Cars. Bumper cars on a cruise? How great is that?! The Solarium is another sanctuary that we enjoyed as it’s an adults-only area that offer great views while soaking in the hot tub.
Dream Cruises
Dream Cruises on the other hand offers water slides and a rope course, complete with a flying fox. As for sanctuaries, Palm Court offers great views in a quiet setting. We totally enjoyed both the water slides and rope course. If we were to choose between the activities that are different, we actually prefer the rope course and water slides. However, if you’re a regular surfing dude, it is definitely a high CP-value to have it complimentary for the cruisers.
Winner: Draw
Cruise to Nowhere Royal Caribbean Cruise vs Dream Cruises – Paid Activities
As for paid activities, there is iFly onboard the Quantum of the Seas. How cool is that, again?! There’s also an observatory through the North Star, a novelty for cruise ships. As for Dream Cruises, there’s the VR experiences. The motion simulator is definitely a new concept that we have not tried before and you don’t have to pay an arm and a leg to try it. In terms of novelty and pricing, both are still neck-in-neck. Hence, we’ll call it a tie here.
Winner: Draw
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Cruise to Nowhere Royal Caribbean Cruise vs Dream Cruises – Performances
There were 4 headliner shows during our cruise to nowhere with Quantum of the Seas. This includes Gold Art Duo, The BeatleManiacs, Starwater and Sequins and Feathers…
Around the ship, there are also other musical performances on the piano, drums, bands and our favourite – the Accolade Duo (Violinist Victoria Stryzhak and Guitarist Anna)
As for Dream Cruises, there were only 2 main shows and some singing performances…
In terms of number of shows and quality of the shows, Royal Caribbean Cruise wins hands down. We enjoyed all the shows and particularly the violin performances by Victoria Stryzhak. Simply breathtaking!
Winner: Royal Caribbean Cruise
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All in all, you’d notice that Royal Caribbean Cruise wins in many of the categories listed above and rightly so. This is because for an equivalent balcony stateroom, Royal Caribbean Cruise can cost almost twice the price of Dream Cruises. Many have mentioned that this is because Dream Cruises is heavily subsidised by gamblers on World Dream 🙄
So, if we’re really comparing based on the offerings of both Royal Caribbean Cruise and Dream Cruise, without price considerations. Royal Caribbean wins the challenge with better food options, quality shows and a generally nicer vibe all around the ship (everywhere you go within World Dream, you’ll definitely see a slot machine). But if price is a consideration, we’d say that Dream Cruises is not that far off. With the same price, you can “upgrade” your overall experience with the Classic Beverage Package like we did. With that, we felt that Dream Cruises is still a viable option. Of course, if price is not a consideration, Royal Caribbean Cruise with its better food, quality shows, out-of-this-cruise-world offerings such as bumper cars, flowrider and iFly definitely wins Dream Cruise hands down!
If you’re heading to your next Cruise to Nowhere with Royal Caribbean Cruise or Dream Cruises, we hope that our posts will be able to help you in decision-making and planning for your next cruise! Enjoy!
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