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On this show, Australian journalist Natalie O'Royan will be joining us via satellite from Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas. But first, Stuart, Stuart, you're on the cruise guys here. Hello, Stuart. Hey, Matt. Hey, Doug. Hey, man. All right, let's get right to it.

The Grand Princess was recently in Dry Dock for some renovations.

What kind of enhancements did it undergo?

It's actually right to it. The Grand Princess was recently in Dry Dock for some renovations.

What kind of enhancements did it undergo?

It's actually a significant renovation because they're adding some of the features that are found on some of the newer ships, like the Piazza, which is like a main gathering area with, you know, coffee bar and other things in the middle of the ship.

But the most significant part of the ship is they are removing what is commonly

called as the shopping cart handle, which was Skywalker's Lounge.

So it's that big, huge, I think it's like 327,000 pounds or something.

At the very top rear of the ship, they removed that entire

structure so it more resembles the newer ships. So it's a significant structural change to the ship,

and every time Princess does renovations to the ships, they really look amazing.

Why did they take it off?

I think it just had to do with looks, functionality.

I don't, you know, just over the years, people just weren't going up there.

It wasn't a very large space, and that's where their disco was.

So they were going to relocate it down several decks and just make better use of the ship, of the space.

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