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 30.

With all the fun I've had in the last few weeks on my Navigator of the Seas Cruise,

we've developed actually a bit of a backlog on our listener email.

So I want to dedicate this week's show entirely to our listeners because I really love sharing your feedback with everyone else.

So this week, I'm going to read your emails and make love sharing your feedback with everyone else.

So this week, I'm going to read your emails and make you all the focus of this episode.

Here we go.

First email is from Sean Wallace writes.

Good morning, Matt.

Here's the shows that tickets can be reserved online for Allure the Seas.

Today is the 60-day window until embarkation.

Woo-hoo.

Enjoy your cruise.

Can't wait to hear about it.

And the list is Blue Planet, Chicago, Headliner Show, comedy shows, Ocean Aria, and Ice Games. Thanks for all the hard work. Thank you, Sean. I appreciate that. I know there was a couple episodes back. We were talking about which shows you could reserve online. and there you go. There's your list. So thank you very much, Sean.

Next email is from Dennis. Thanks once again for a great podcast there's nothing like the anticipation of an upcoming cruise your drown starts flowing before you embark I totally

understand just one word of caution just keep it in the back of your mind several years ago

we sailed on enchantment of the seas right after she was refurbished. It was major. They got the chip in half, added more cabins and another pool, and welded her back together. Even though the major work was done, there were still workers finishing up the entire cruise. This did not ruin a thing, but we were told this is a major refurbishment and typical. Unfortunately, there were some leaks in the new pool, and they had some difficulty repairing it. I think there were lots of nice additions to Navigator, but not as major as enchantment. As I said, workers were polite, but they were working our entire cruise. Just don't want to have you surprised if this happens on your cruise. As I said, it didn't ruin our cruise, just we had a wonderful time. Have a fantastic cruise and enjoy chops. My wife and I are teachers. Even though she is talking about and is excited about camp, quote unquote, don't be surprised if last minute there was separation anxiety, she might not want to go. Hopefully it'll work out for you. When you register her, if you introduce her to others signing up, she might be more willing to go. Just a tip. Thank you, Dennis. You know, at the time, I appreciated the feedback because obviously I was very excited for my careers. And the good news is, no worries at all on all those regards. The only work that was being done in Navigator of the series was deck 12. The new cabins that were being added on deck 12 were still under construction. In fact, you couldn't even go down that hallway to see anything, which didn't affect me because I obviously didn't have a cabin down there, and there was really no reason to ever go there. I didn't hear any noise. I did see some work being done, but other than that, everything else, all the facilities were open, so, and to the other point about my daughter, she took to it like a fish to water. She loved it. So we really had a great time. And thank you again for the advice. It's actually great advice that Dennis offers, not only to me, but to anybody going on a cruise ship that is going to be recently a herbish. There are some things you have to keep in mind and be prepared for. So good tips there. Thank you, Dennis. Next, we have an email from Christopher Percy. It's great to see the Voyager classes are starting to receive upgrades, which will make them even more appealing. And I still remember the first time we cruise on a Voyager class ship. We were blown away by the size, promenade, and a few other features. Enjoy Valentine's Day at Chops. Have a fun, fill, and safe cruise. And look forward to review in two weeks. Thank you, Christopher. I always appreciate hearing from you.

And, you know, I know exactly what you mean by being impressed by Voyager class the first time when I was on Explorer. This is like, wow, this is a huge ship. And then I went on Freedom and Oasis class. And they all obviously blow it away. But it's still a really large ship. And it's amazing how much they can fit in one ship. So thank you, Christopher. next email is from

Mike who writes

Hey man

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