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 147.

One of the things Royal Caribbean really does well is it offers cruises to destinations around the world,

with sailing as it visits so many different ports of calls.

One of the more popular cruising destinations Royal Caribbean serves are cruises to Alaska. And this week, we're going to look at the ins and outs of

taking a Royal Caribbean cruise to Alaska. This is such a big topic that we're actually

going to be beginning a brand new series of podcast episodes focusing just on cruises to the last

frontier, as we consider this week the length of cruises to Alaska,

the pros and cons of the ports you'll be sailing out of, and we'll also consider the times of year

that you can cruise to Alaska. Here we go. You know, they say tis the season, in this case,

tis the season to cruise to Alaska. Alaska is somewhere

Royal Caribbean has been cruising for a long time. In fact, it's probably one of their biggest

areas of destinations that they can take you to. And when we're in the month of May, we are

really beginning a very popular time of year to go cruising in Alaska. And, you know, it got me thinking, we should talk about this.

More than just answering an email, more than just a passing thought.

Let's talk about the ins and outs of cruising to Alaska.

And this is actually going to be the first of two episodes, I believe, that are going to look at taking a Royal Caribbean cruise

to Alaska, both the planning process and actually what to expect on board.

I'm hopeful that this is going to be a very helpful process to help everyone listening

understand what to expect, what to do, what to avoid, and really have a better Alaskan

cruise.

And if we're talking about taking a cruise to Alaska,

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