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 353.

Family comes first, and that means having to change our cruise plan sometimes to fit everything and everyone in.

This week's cruise story is about Ron's Caribbean cruise that he had to change so he could be there for the birth of his grandchild,

and how changing sail days can still result in a fabulous cruise.

Here we go.

All right, guys, we're back with another cruise story, and this week I am so happy to bring

on board one of my very good friends, Mr. Ron Ladowski from.

I don't live in New York, Ron.

Do you live in Albany area or like Buffalo area? I forget exactly.

I live just a little bit north of the Albany area, Clifton Park, New York.

Clifton Park. Welcome to the podcast, Ron.

Thank you. Thank you for having me.

Absolutely. And today we're talking about your recent cruise on Allure of the Seas. I say recent, but it was September 2018, none the last day, seven-night Western Caribbean cruise. And, you know, I love hearing these cruise stories. Of course, if you're new to the podcast or you haven't joined us a little while, basically what we're doing is we're taking a look back at some memorable cruises from our listeners

and talking about, you know, with everything going on in the world, I don't think we need to

really add one more voice that talks about all the despair and issues going on.

So instead, we're looking back at better times.

We're looking back at cruises that really stood out.

And my hope is that not only will this serve to perhaps share a fun or memorable story,

but also a couple of tips along the way.

And most importantly, bring a smile to everybody's face here as we talk about some great

Royal Caribbean cruises.

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