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This is Cruise Radio.

Hey, what's up? My name is Doug Parker.

Thank you so much for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio, a review of Royal Caribbean's

Navigator of the Seas.

Also, we'll talk to Matt Hodgeberg over at Royal Caribbeanblog.com to tell us what we need

to know about Royal Caribbean.

A little later on in the program, we'll answer some of your listener questions about

the Mediterranean and some shore excursions to do over there with cruising excursions.com.

Before we get to Matt, a couple of things.

Over 430 back episodes of Cruise Radio, yeah, kind of hard to believe.

You can check us out however you're listening to this show or CruiseRadio.net.

Also our Cruise Radio News Facebook group. Come kick around the cruise conversation. All right. Hey, Matt. Hey, Doug. Thanks for having me on. Yeah, buddy. So I asked you before we started taping to give me five things that people need to know about Royal Caribbean. So you gave me a list of five. We're going to bang through them one by one. And we'll start at number five, which is Royal Caribbean create ships to be destinations. Yeah, it's interesting because, you know, traditionally cruise ships were always just bringing you from point A to point B to point C. And with Royal Caribbean, especially in the last, oh, 15, 20 years, they've really built these ships to be, you know, the focus of your cruise. I mean, obviously going to these wonderful ports is great. But if you're going on a Royal Caribbean cruise, you should know that there's going to be, they're going to be jam-packed with activities, places to eat, and a whole lot to do from, you know, dawn to dusk. Give us some examples of those jam-packed activities. Certainly there's no better exhibit A than the Oasis class ships. How about the brand new harmony of the seas? You've got zip lines, water slides, a ton of restaurants, Broadway shows, and that's only like a couple of them. I mean, do we have like an hour to go over the mall? I know, right? Just there's so much. What's your favorite personal attraction? You know, what I really love are the Broadway shows.

I, you know, I'm not a Broadway guy.

I was never really a musical person, but the fact that they're offered on a Royal Caribbean cruise and included in your cruise fair to me is an impressive perk. And being able to see them there on the ship is truly amazing. I personally love the North Star taking you 300 feet above the ship.

Oh, North Star, yes.

On the quantum class ships. truly amazing. I personally love the North Star, taking you 300 feet above the ship. Oh, North Star,

yes. On the quantum class ships, Anthem of the Seas. In fact, Doug and I shared a nice dinner on Anthem of the Seas,

what I add. It's very romantic. Moving on to number four, number four you have, and speaking of,

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