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

I'm your host Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 179.

Want to know the most difficult question you could ask someone who has taken a Royal Caribbean cruise?

What is your favorite Royal Caribbean ship?

That question is always a fun debate, and on this week's episode, we spoke with Royal Caribbean Black Insiders to share what their favorite ship is and why.

It's a really interesting discussion of what makes for a favorite ship and what aspects of a ship really resonate with us all.

Here we go.

With 25 ships in Royal Caribbean's fleet, there are lots of great cruise ships to choose from, and if you speak with other Royal Caribbean fans, they will inevitably speak about their favorite ship.

We all have a favorite ship for a variety of reasons, and this week,

I've invited the Royal Caribbean Blog Insiders to join me to talk about what Royal Crime chip is their favorite and why.

This will be a fun discussion of what makes ship fun and what really endears us to a particular

vessel over another.

Now, we recorded this episode actually as part of a live call-in segment, so you'll obviously

get some people calling in and hearing from them.

And we recorded it for everybody for this week's episode.

It was a lot of fun getting a chance to talk to everyone.

And let's get things started right now.

Joining me on today's first call, actually, is Alex Kaufman from Massachusetts.

Alex, welcome to the Rogerman Blog podcast.

Hey, Matt, happy New Year's, and you're talking about my favorite subject, Royal Caribbean Ships.

Absolutely, first of all, happy New Year to you as well, and I'm looking forward to an even

better 2017, and you're right. We get to talk about a really fun subject, favorite Royal Caribbean

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