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 357.

If you're anything like me, you look for any opportunity to go on a cruise.

So when choosing to get away from it all with your brother, a cruise vacation is like a great idea.

This week's cruise story is about how Joe started a cruise tradition of vacationing

with his brother on a cruise ship. Here we go. This week's podcast story is bringing us to talk to a

good friend of mine that I've known for a little while, Mr. Joe Mock. And let me tell you guys,

I get a lot of ideas for, you know, these cruise stories, people

to present them with, you know, different approaches and kind of the stories behind them.

But when I read the word brocruz, I was sold immediately.

So we're going to start off this week by talking to Joe about his brocruis, as he calls it not my word, on Independence of the Seas.

Joe Mock, welcome to the podcast.

Thank you so much, Matt.

It is an honor to be on the official Royal Caribbean podcast.

I am amazed beyond words that I've made it this far in my life.

Tell friends and family. Did you know that I was made it this far in my life. Tell friends and family.

Did you know that I was on the Royal Cream blog podcast?

No, no, no.

When I tell Sherry from Cruz Tips TV, Mr. CTTTV and junior editor that I made it to the Royal Caribbean podcast.

I love Sherry.

Yep.

So what is a brocruz?

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