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

I'm your host, Matt Hachberg, and this is episode number 410.

It's happening.

I'm going on a cruise again, and this week's episode is previewing my cruise on Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas.

Here we go.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I have never been more excited for a cruise

because finally, after well more than a year, I'm getting back on board a cruise.

That's right.

This weekend, I'll be boarding Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas as Royal Caribbean

begins cruises again, this time from the Bahamas going to various parts in the Caribbean.

We'll talk about that.

To say that I'm excited would be an understatement.

To say that my family is excited would be an understatement.

We are thrilled to be going on a cruise again.

This is basically a kind of

homecoming, not only for me, but also obviously for the cruise line, which has been unable to offer

cruises in North America. And this will be the first sailing back. This will be the first of hopefully

many cruise ships to return to service this summer somewhere in North America, whether it's

the United States or not.

More on that later, I'm sure.

But today we're focused on Adventure of the Seas.

And as is typically the case, although maybe if you started listening this podcast since March 2020,

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