Welcome to the Royal Caribbean blog podcast, a weekly look into the world of Royal Caribbean cruising.

I'm your host, Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 173.

As guests, we get to see the final production of so many performances on Royal Caribbean ships,

but in reality, there's so much that goes into how these shows are created.

From concept to costuming to rehearsals, substantial time and effort goes into creating these shows are created. From concept to costuming to rehearsals,

substantial time and effort goes into creating these impressive shows.

While on Harmony of the Seas,

I was able to sit down with Royal Caribbean managing producer Alex Marchant to discuss how a show like Columbus the musical got created

and share some of the stories behind Royal Caribbean's latest big hit.

Here we go. stories behind Royal Caribbean's latest big hit. Here we go.

Here at Royal Caribbean, there are so many amazing shows.

In fact, Royal Caribbean has made a name for itself with its entertainment on its cruise ships.

And with Harmony of the Seas, there's a whole new selection of shows that are available.

And I'm sitting here in the on-air club with Alex Marchant from Royal Caribbean, and we are talking about the entertainment on board. And Alex has

got a really interesting role because Alex has had the opportunity to see the entertainment

from conception all the way to what we are here. And Alex, first of all, welcome to the World

Cream blog podcast. Thank you. It's a pleasure being here. Absolutely.

And, you know, what's really interesting, and I was joking about this before, is that people assume that, like, when you guys said, you announced Greece, right?

We all remember the big news.

Greece is coming to Harmony of the Seas and Independence of the Seas.

Wonderful.

But it's not like you just order it out of a magazine.

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