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Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast

Gone But Not Forgotten: Royal Caribbean features Matt misses the most

Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast

Matt Hochberg

Kids & Family, Places & Travel, Royalcaribbeanblog Podcast, Society & Culture

4.8693 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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0:00.0

Last week we did a podcast episode talking about the things I wish Royal Caribbean would change in 2026.

0:04.7

And in coming up with that list, there were certainly some other wishes I had for things that they would do.

0:09.3

But realistically, it'll never happen.

0:11.7

I mean, I do love that Real Caribbean constantly innovates and they're always looking for new ideas and new changes and they're adding things, right?

0:18.7

But some things definitely get bulldozed, pushed to the side, and once an idea is gone,

0:25.8

it kind of just never returns, right?

0:28.2

We've certainly seen that with specialty restaurants, especially, where it's like the new

0:33.0

hotness, then it doesn't get added to any other new cruise ships, and eventually it gets replaced.

0:37.4

And we're seeing that with actually Sabore on Royal Caribbean ships. then it doesn't get added to any other new cruise ships and eventually gets replaced.

0:42.5

And we're seeing that with actually Sabor on Royal Caribbean ships going forward.

0:47.5

But you kind of get the idea that sometimes ideas are not long for this world and they move on.

0:48.4

And I was actually thinking about things that I wish the Royal Caribbean would bring back.

0:51.0

And probably the reason they'll never bring these back is because it's either not

0:53.7

profitable.

0:59.8

It's an old or passe kind of idea or simply they're just moving on to something bigger and better. So I have a list of four things I really do wish Real Carby would bring back. And I don't know

1:04.5

if any of you agree with me on these, but these are my own personal, like, I really think they had

1:09.0

a good reason to exist, and for whatever reason,

1:12.1

they just didn't resonate with the audience or whatever.

1:15.3

But anyway, number one is Zone Zero.

1:18.1

I've talked about this, I think, on the podcast, maybe definitely on different YouTube

1:21.8

videos.

1:22.5

Zone Zero was a concept that existed on Odyssey of the Seas only.

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