Welcome to the Railroad and blog podcast, a weekly look into the world of Royal Caribbean cruising.

I'm your host Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 252.

This week's episode is all about you because we're going to be answering your Royal Caribbean emails that you've sent me about a variety of topics, including shore excursions, when to book a cruise, travel agents, and everything else in

between.

So let's get into your emails this week.

Here we go.

Royal Caribbean seems to change a lot these days.

Almost to the point, it's overwhelming for some people, and that's actually a good

thing because there's so much to do, seeing, and, yes, eat on on a rural Caribbean cruise that it means you're compelled to cruise again and again in an effort to do it all. And with that, it also brings up a lot of questions and a lot of challenges for a lot of people. And I get so many of those questions from you all the time in person, on our weekly Facebook live sessions, email, or even

on the Roll Cream blog message boards. And because that, I like to share the answers, not just

with people that ask them, but with all of you as well, because I think it will not only help

them, but everyone listening have the best possible cruising experience and maybe even introduce

you to something you never thought of doing or seeing or eating before.

So this week, I'm going to open up the always overflowing Royal Caribbean Blog podcast inbox and try to answer as many questions as I possibly can.

And if you'd like to have your email included in an upcoming show, of course, you can always do so by sending me an email to Matt, M-A-T-T-At Royal Caribbean Blog.com. My first email this week comes to us from Alex Kaufman,

who writes, regarding your last episode about Crown and Anchor Society, we feel Diamond Plus

benefits change as you advance. At Diamond Plus, you get the gift initially, and then double

gifts at 350 points, triple gifts at 525 points,

Diamond Plus can get you a bridge tour and a backstage tour as well, and in a 340 points,

we get lunch with an officer on cruises longer than five days, and oftentimes no single

supplement fee. And don't forget the crystal blocks. Alex, thank you for reminding me about

all those actually great benefits of Diamond Plus.

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