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 79.

Freedom of the Seas, one of the most popular Royal Caribbean ships in the fleet has just finished a ship-wide refurbishment and offers guests new spaces, restaurants, and some exciting new additions throughout the ship.

This week, we've got an in-depth discussion of everything new on the ship,

the decor, state rooms, dining options, other activities, and much more.

Here we go.

Earlier this week, Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas emerged from a 24-day dry dock session

where she received a number of upgrades and changes, and I want to talk all about what's new

and different on this beautiful ship.

Joining me to discuss what's happening on Freedom of the Seas is someone who actually has

already experienced firsthand these changes on freedom.

It's Becky Mackey and of MeeI Travel.com. Welcome back, Becky. Thanks, freedom. It's Becky Mackey and of M-Ei Travel.com.

Welcome back, Becky.

Thanks, Matt.

It's great to be back on shore, but then again, not because it was a really short cruise.

Absolutely.

You know, Becky was on a two-night cruise on Freedom of the Seas.

It was kind of a trade event that was on there.

But Becky got to check out some of the first hand again, those changes

to the ship. And, you know, this was an interesting refurbishment because, I mean, really up until

maybe two, three weeks ago, we didn't even know what was going to be changed. And then Royal Caribbean,

you know, announced what was going to be coming here. And it's not, you know, let's

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