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

I'm your host, Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 143.

Taking a real Caribbean cruise is something that everyone listening looks forward to, and I'm

lucky enough to be embarking on my next Royal Caribbean adventure this week as I prepare to return

to a ship I call home Navigator of the Seas. I'll be

proving my upcoming Navigator of the Seas cruise and talk about why I picked the ship,

the state room I reserved, and what my plans are on board and onshore. Here we go.

When we talk about Roeckerbant on the internet these days, you know, there's always a discussion,

debates about our favorites, right? Favorite restaurants, favorite itineraries, favorite ships.

And, you know, I am unapologetic when I say my favorite ship. My favorite Royal Caribbean

ship has always been Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas. I cruised on her back in 2014,

and I really liked what I saw. I just really enjoyed the experience so much that it just jumped to the top of my list. And that's part of the reason why I am returning this week to Navigator of the Seas. And this week, I'd like to share with you my preview of my Navigator of the C's Cruise to give you an idea of what I'm doing.

And the reason why we do all these previews, by the way, is to help share with all of you the decision-making process of why we go on a certain cruise, on a certain ship at a certain time of year.

Because I think it's really helpful for everyone to understand the logic, why we choose A instead of B or X instead of Y or Z instead of D.

There's a lot of decision making, and I think in that, kind of discussing why we do it, in addition to what we're choosing, I think that helps people plan their Royal Caribbean cruises.

And I pick Navigator of the C's. Well, let's go back to the

B. And the reason why we're cruising this particular time of year we pick this week is because we are

celebrating my wife's birthday. This is the big celebration that we're doing. This is actually something

that any, this is a tip for actually for any husband out there who's looking to plan a real

Caribbean cruise and your wife tells you, no, we can't afford it, we're not going to do

it, we're busy, whatever the reason is, all you have to do is wrap it around someone's

birthday and all of a sudden they can't say, no, it's a gift, right? Who were they to decline

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