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 193.

Royal Caribbean offers cruises around the world, and one of the hottest cruise markets these days are cruises from Australia.

Cruising down under has become a red hot market for Royal Caribbean, and this this week we're shifting our focus to the South Pacific

cruises to share with you tips and advice for taking a cruise from Australia. Here we go.

It is truly amazing to consider how many different parts of the world you can visit while on

a Royal Caribbean cruise, from the shores of the Mediterranean to the Mesoamerican pyramids of Central America, to the marbles of Singapore, there are ships

going to so many incredible places.

And part of the goal of this podcast is to share every aspect of the Royal Caribbean cruise experience,

and Royal Caribbean, believe it or not, cruises from Australia, and these cruises are becoming

quickly one of the most popular cruise markets around the world.

Australia's proximity to the natural beauty of the South Pacific, incredible culture of Southeast Asia,

and fun activities all around the world have made the land down under a real hot spot.

And from time to time, I like to bring on my friends of the podcast to help share tips and advice.

And when it comes to Australia Cruises, I look no further

than Pippa, the host of Ocean Time, a super fun video series that celebrates all things cruising.

And of course, I have a link to Ocean Time at Railroadcom and our show notes. So Pippa,

welcome to the Royal Cremant blog podcast. Thank you, Matt. Thanks for having me.

Absolutely.

I'm so excited to talk to you about this because this is Australian cruises in general have become such a huge thing in the last couple of years. I remember when I first started Real Cream Block.com. And essentially there was like legend of the seats was the only ship that ever went over there. You know, and there was very, very slim pickings. And I know that

for you, Pippa, as obviously in Australian, you can't tell from the accent, a lot of folks down

there are super excited to finally be getting more and more ships. You've got obviously the brand new

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