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

I'm your house Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 236.

You can try so many new things on a Rail Caribbean cruise.

Perhaps it's sampling of food, learning to dance, exploring ancient ruins, or even learning how to scuba dive.

Rail Caribbean offers scuba lessons in addition to some great scuba excursions, and this is the perfect opportunity to learn how to dive while on vacation.

This week, a friend of mine is joining me to talk about how he went from newbie to

certify diver while on a Royal Caribbean cruise. Here we go.

Royal Caribbean cruises are filled with so many wonderful activities to do on board and on shore.

And, you know, one of the activities that sort of, believe it or not, gets kind of hidden or not as well known is actually scuba diving.

Yes, you can go scuba diving on your Royal Caribbean cruise.

It's actually an activity that Royal Caribbean promotes a little bit to get guests involved,

whether you're a veteran scuba diver, or you have no experience whatsoever.

And you're just thinking about, wouldn't it be cool to go scuba diving?

Well, a Royal Caribbean cruise is, and could possibly be, a great opportunity for you to try

it on out.

And on this week's episode, as somebody who has no experience with scuba diving,

I decided to bring on one of my very good friends, John Bamber, to talk about scuba diving

with us because John recently took up scuba diving and it came about as a result of a Royal Caribbean cruise.

John, welcome back to

the Royal Caribbean Blog podcast. Thank you, Matt. Thank you. It's a pleasure to be here and I appreciate

the opportunity to share my knowledge and experiences with you and the wonderful folks here in the

community. So thank you for having me. Absolutely. Of course, we will last talk to John on episode 209 of the podcast, where John

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