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 265.

In searching for that just-right first cruise, you followed all the rules.

You've researched cruise lines, examined possible itineries, and read all you can on

realtorbenblog.com.

And now that you booked your ship, selected the stateroom and picked the right itiner for you,

you might be wondering what's next.

You'd be surprised at how many factors remain to be considered, such as packing, getting

to the ship, and really your life on board the cruise ship.

This week, I'm sharing some general first-time cruise tips that help you get started in

planning your cruise and set you up for a stress-free, fun-filled start to your first

ever vacation at sea. Here we go. After spending days, hours, months, who knows how long,

picking that perfect Royal Caribbean cruise, you've got the ship booked, the right state room, the right itinerary for you,

and now you might be wondering, now what?

So now what's next?

Now that you have your first Royal Caribbean cruise booked, and quite frankly, there's a lot you can do.

But on this episode of the podcast, I wanted to talk about and share some first-time cruise

tips with folks that

may be looking to go on their first real Caribbean cruise. This isn't necessarily an end-all,

be-all of all advice you can get for a first-time cruiser, but I think it's going to basically

be a clearinghouse of really important things to understand when planning your first real

Korean cruise, because there's so much that goes into it, and hopefully this will maybe be just a jumping off point for somebody who is planning their

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