For somebody just 35 years old, Dhani Jones has lived an intriguing, diversified life. Linebacker in the NFL for 11 years with three teams, one of which played in the Super Bowl. Founding partner of a New York creative agency. Star in a TV show (Dhani Tackles The Globe) on the Travel Channel, where viewers watch him — in 20 episodes over two seasons — learn to play 
unfamiliar sports around the world. Author of a book about his world odyssey. And now…
Advisor for Quantum of the Seas.
When Royal Caribbean's new ship arrives next year, a part of it will wear the footprint of Jones, the way football fields and running backs did ever since he began making a name for himself as a Michigan Wolverine. In his newest position, bruises will be minimal.
What Jones is trying to do for Royal Caribbean customers is make Quantum of the Seas unforgettable. That's unforgettable in an active sense…because Quantum will have the largest sports and entertainment complex at sea. It includes bumper cars, roller skating and a circus school, to complement sports and fitness programming in the Sports Deck, where Quantum customers will ride the surf, climb the wall and make simulated sky dives.
All of these things Jones will do himself, of course, in order to tweak what has already been developed to make it more…interesting, challenging, invigorating.
"I have a natural affinity for sports," he says. "I have a natural affinity for travel, for fitness, for the adventure of life, and when you put all those together you have a match for Royal Caribbean."
Jones has been working with the cruise line since June. His footprint will be seen when Quantum of the Seas is launched about one year from now.
Photo by Phil Konstantin
Celebrity Eclipse
13 nights
April 19, 2014
Fort Lauderdale, Nassau, King's Wharf, Ponta Delgada, London
Inside: $764
Cost per day: $58
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