Welcome, my friends to the Royal Caribbean Blog podcast. This is episode 128, and this episode was actually recorded live on January 13th, 2016.

I've always been a firm believer that going on Royal Caribbean cruise is a lot of fun, but going with friends, well, it's even more fun.

There's something so great about sharing the excitement, memories, and experiences of a cruise with other people.

And this week, I want to talk about an exciting event that is coming up soon, the Royal Caribbean Blog Group Cruise on Allure of the Season.

With less than six weeks until our adventure together, I wanted to talk about what a group cruise is, what we have planned,

and why you might want to join us for one of this, like this cruise, or perhaps another group

cruise we've got planned, sometime in the future.

So, joining me on this podcast episode is someone who truly appreciates a good drink,

time on the beach, and most importantly, by the way, the virtues of Sabore Modern Mexican.

It is Annette Jackson from MEI travel. Welcome, Annette.

Hey, I'm just impressed that you got my name right.

You know what? It only takes me, how long have you been married now? Six, eight months.

Yeah, well, you know, sooner or later, I'm going to learn it.

I know. And on today's show, we're recording this live, as I mentioned.

And what this means, we're actually going to be, Annette and I are going to be talking a little bit in the beginning.

And then we're going to be taking your phone calls a little later in the episode.

So for those of you that are listening live, have your phones ready.

Don't worry, we'll have some time for you to talk. And, you know, and I wanted to do this episode because, you know, I was getting

excited about the group crews that were having a lure this season. You know, I kind of want to say,

well, first of all, some people might be saying, you know, why, what is a group cruise and why are we

taking a group cruise? Why are you taking group crews? Why should I take a group group? And all of those kinds of questions. And, you know, really got me thinking. And maybe it is important to kind of talk in the beginning about, you know, this idea of a crew going on a Roller Cripping Cruise with other people that kind of get it.

And I remember, let's go, let's turn the clock back to.

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