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 161.

The excitement in the days leading up to a Royal Caribbean cruise is one of the best feelings next to maybe embarkation day.

Knowing your cruise vacation is right around the corner gives all of us such a sense of

euphoria and a warm feeling to know that it is our turn to go on a

Royal Caribbean cruise next. This week, I am one of those lucky people, and I'll be previewing

my upcoming cruise on Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas. This next adventure of mine is a

Royal Caribbean blog group cruise, and I will be previewing our plans for the ship, what stands

out about Freedom of the Seas, and what I am most excited to try?

Here we go.

This week, I'm going to be going on Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas for the Royal Caribbean

Blog Group Cruise.

And this week, we're previewing, actually, this cruise, because whether it's group

cruise or not, I love to share with all of you my experiences and what I'm

looking forward to doing to help you understand what I'm planning. And I think this will hopefully

help you and anyone else who's planning a cruise either on Freedom of the Seas or maybe just

cruise in general, you know, kind of get a good idea of what's going on, what Freedom of the Seas offers

and kind of insight into the whole planning process. And joining me for this episode is someone who's going on the cruise with me, the one, the only,

the fabulous.

Annette Owens from MEI Travel.

Annette, welcome back to the podcast.

Annette Owens Jackson.

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