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 285.

The allure of visiting Cuba for so many has resulted in Royal Caribbean offering even more

selling to the island, along with expanded itineraries.

This week, we're talking with a podcast listener who took a Royal Caribbean cruise

that visited three different ports in Cuba, and is here to share his recommendations

for anyone looking to visit Cuba on a cruise very soon.

Here we go.

If there's one itinerary that has gotten so much attention over the last couple of years

and people have been really looking to book it immediately, it is definitely cruises to Cuba.

And Royal Caribbean especially has been really offering some interesting options there.

Obviously, a lot of the first selling went to just to Havana.

But Royal Caribbean has recently expanded its offerings to sail to even more Cuban ports of

call.

And today on this week's episode of the podcast, we're going to be talking with somebody

that actually got to sail on Empress of the Seas to not one but three different

ports in Cuba.

And joining me on today's episode is Brian Grantham of Atlanta, Georgia.

Brian, welcome to the Royal Crime

Blog Podcast. Hi, Matt. Thank you for having me. Absolutely. I'm pleasure to have you here, Brian,

and talk about what is an amazing opportunity that's kind of an itinerary, and that is cruising

to Cuba. I went to Cuba for the first time in 2018. Loved it and want to go back again.

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