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

I'm your house Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 224.

Royal Crimean unveiled some of the impressive work they're doing towards radically improving the onboard guest experience with an array of tech advancements.

Their vision for what will eventually change how guests will coordinate their onboard experience was at the heart of a media

event in New York City recently, and that gave me the opportunity to take a firsthand look at

what Royal Caribbean has in the store. This week, I want to share what these changes are all about,

and my thoughts on the next generation of Royal Caribbean technology. Here we go.

The word innovation is often synonymous with Royal Caribbean cruises.

Royal Caribbean has never shied away from pushing the boundaries of what is possible on a

Royal Caribbean cruise.

It is the consistent drive to offer guests the latest and greatest experiences that

captures the imagination of so many cruisers year after year with each new vessel that Royal Caribbean produces.

In fact, improving on the onboard experience has been part of Royal Caribbean's playbook for decades,

whether it was adding a rock climbing wall on board or creating a long thoroughfare of shopping,

entertainment, and dining down the middle of the ship, or bringing the best of Broadway to its guests,

Royal Caribbean has been at the forefront

of giving its guests new choices and new ways to cruise. Technology, like a newfound potion,

allows Royal Caribbean to offer greater marvels than ever before, and has been one of the

cruise lines' greatest strengths. Asapod, omnid directional propulsion, the ability to stream

video from anywhere on board the ship,

open your stateroom door with a wave of your wristband, these are just some of the ways technology has let guests imagine themselves in an infinite place of possibilities.

With Excalibur, Royal Caribbean wants to go a step beyond where we are now.

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