Welcome to the Royal Caribbean Blog podcast, a week of look into the world of Royal Caribbean cruising.

I'm your host, Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 330.

Happy Thanksgiving.

I'm lucky enough to be spending this Thanksgiving on board Oasis of the Seas.

And this week, I'm once again digging deep into the email inbox that podcast listeners have sent in to answer as many Royal Caribbean

questions as I can. Here we go.

We are recording this episode live from the Central Park neighborhood on Oasis of the

Seas. I got to tell you guys when it comes to recording podcast episodes, if I can do it

on a cruise ship, it's pretty darn good. A lot of fun. So here is this week's episode. We're

going to be answering your questions. And if you want to send me a question to be answered,

whether I answer it back at home or on a cruise ship, be sure to send it to Matt at Royal Caribbeanblog.com, M-A-T-At Royal CaribbeanBlog.com. Our first email is from Markerite.

I've listened to a few of your podcasts and found them to be well done and enjoyable.

Thanks for all your efforts.

In May of this year, I did my first Royal Caribbean cruise on Anthem of the Seas.

It was great.

We've been on Celebrity Summit twice before.

My comparison is that Royal Caribbean is much more to do.

Food and service staff were very good.

Celebrity was less going on, quieter, more relaxing. Food on Summit was even better,

and their service was also better, a very relaxing cruise. I might go on Celebrity again,

but the cruise market is strong. They sell Celebrity as a premium brand, and the price is much

higher than Royal Caribbean. In 2015 and 2018, I found that great

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