Welcome to the Real Crimean Blog Podcasts where we look into the world of Royal Caribbean

Cruising.

I'm your host, Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode of our 524.

I'm going on my very first week-long cruise on the inaugural voyage of Icon of the seas.

I want to preview what I've got lined up, what I'm planning, and what it's going to be like

to go on this brand new ship.

Here we go.

It's kind of interesting that I'm going on my first cruise on ICON to the seas,

the first, I guess, real revenue cruise.

But I've been on ICON now for a three-night cruise and a seven-hour stint.

Now, I talked in the last episode about my seven-hour visit to it. Since then, I went on ICON for a three-night cruise and a seven-hour stint. Now, I talked in the last episode about my seven-hour visit to it.

Since then, I went on ICON for a quick three-night preview cruise, full disclosure,

Royal Caribbean paid for that cruise, or rather, it was just paid for as free.

Everyone to look at it.

There was no cost to it.

It was a short three-night cruise just for travel agents and members of the media. And we've

done this in the past for many ships going back to Quantum of the Seas, where Real

Korean holds a short preview sailing. Usually it's two nights with ICON. They increase the three,

because of course there's so much to do on ICON, they figure they need an extra day. And I

really do appreciate them doing that because it really

made a difference. So having been on the ship and taking a short four-day break before the

inaugural visit, you know, I'm going on this ship again. I'm really looking forward, obviously,

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