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Hey, what's up? My name is Doug Parker. Thank you so much for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio. Very happy to have you here. If you want to check out any of our recent reviews and recent ships, just go back a couple episodes. We were on Norwegian Escape earlier. We were on Anthem of the Seas, and we did a trip to Martinique. So all those are in the wings for you. Be sure to check out Cruise Radio News. It's our daily quick hits of the news. It's a podcast just like this. You can find it at the show notes in CruiseRadio.net. And hook up with us on our Facebook group to find out what's going on. Some Cruise News you can use. Just search Cruise Radio News on Facebook. We always like to get your cruise reviews if you have one you'd like to

share. Shoot me an email, Doug at cruiseradio.net. Like Howard did, him and his wife, just returned from a

seven-night Western Caribbean cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas. But not just a seven-night

Western cruise. They stayed in Royal Caribbean's Crown Loft aboard the ship,

so excited to hear all about this, because this is like the top-tier accommodation. So first

off, Howard, welcome to the show tonight, my friend. Well, thank you, Doug. Happy to chat with you

again. Yeah, absolutely. Now, before we actually get to Oasis and the loft and all the good stuff,

let's take a step back and give me some pre-cruz thoughts. What made you want to sail Oasis of the Seas?

Well, we had been on Oasis about three, four years ago, and these ships are so large. It's hard to do everything,

and we enjoyed ourselves so much. And believe it on, my wife had us booked on

the Anthem coming over from Southampton to Bayonne, and I'm glad she did because the weather

was terrible that week, and we had absolutely great weather on the oasis.

Oh, wow.

So you were originally booked on Anthem, then the little last-minute switch there?

Yeah, I guess my wife had a premonition about something and said, I don't like the cruise,

and the price point was affordable.

They were trying to move the crowd off, and since we had walked by one several years ago when we were on the ship, I said, oh, that's interesting.

Let's book it next time.

Why not, right? Yeah, why not? You only live once. Very, very cool. So you make your way down from the New England area down to Lauderdale. How was embarkation for you there at Terminal 18? It was easy as usual. I mean, they've got so many lines. You go through the security and you pick up your tickets.

And we were about on the ship in about 15 minutes from once we walked in through security

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