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

I'm your host Matt Hachberg, and this is episode number 172.

While I never look forward to the end of a cruise, I do enjoy sharing with all of you my

experiences on board, and this week, I have a firsthand review of Royal Crimean's newest cruise ship,

Harmony of the Seas.

This massive new ship is as impressive as it is large, and to be honest with you, I was literally

blown away by the incredible options that are included with this ship.

On this week's show, I'll be sharing with you what I thought about the ship, review the

state room I stayed in, talk about the onboard dining options, and discuss my thoughts on how

Harmony of the Seas ranks against other ships in the fleet.

Here we go.

I think it's safe to say that a lot of people have been looking forward to Royal Crimean's Harmony of the Seas.

Ever since, while the ship was even announced, and certainly with her arrival earlier this year in 2016,

there have been many that have

been eagerly awaiting their turn to check out what Harmony of the Seas offers, including myself.

And just last week, I was able to go on two different Harmony of the Sea sailings.

They were quickies, but they allowed me to get on board and check out the ship for myself.

I was very excited for it.

And this week, I'm sharing with you my review of Harmony of the Seas, which is, well, spoiler alert, an amazing ship. You know, I've been on a number of different new ships over the years, right? Quantum of the Seas, Anthem of the Seas, just in the last couple of years, and I've certainly been on other Royal Grimony Ships that have been reverberished over the last couple of years, including Navigator of the Seas and brilliance of the Seas.

But the changes and the awesome additions to Harmony of the Seas really stood out to me.

And let me put it this way when we're talking about reviewing a cruise, it's a difficult task.

But I can tell you that within an hour of being on board, I was on two sailings, my wife was on one sailing. Within an hour of me being on board, and within about, I would say about two hours of my wife being on board, we both came to the same conclusion, which was, when are we going to be able to get back on this ship again? That's always a good reaction to have. and what's interesting, and I think the first place we should start off with,

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