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

I'm your house Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 195.

Sometimes you just have to indulge a little bit and reward yourself.

And one of the best ways to do so on a Royal Caribbean cruise is by staying in a suite.

Sweets offer the most space, best benefits, and incredible service while on board.

If you're considering

moving on up to a suite for a future cruise, I'll be sharing in this week's episode some of my

experiences in a suite and what you should consider before dipping your toes into the sweet life.

Here we go. It took me a few years, but I finally decided to go for it and try a suite on a couple of

recent Royal Caribbean cruises. Royal Caribbean suites offer a ton of space, amenities, and additional

service that aims to make you feel like a VIP. This week, I want to provide an overview of what

the suite experience on Royal Caribbean is like and why you might want to try it yourself. And

really, when

you're talking about a suite, we're talking about rooms that are grand suite or above. There are

things called junior suites, but they're not in Royal Caribbean's eyes considered a full suite. So for

the purposes of this episode, we're going to ignore junior suites. We did an episode actually

dedicated junior suites a little while ago, and I will post in the show a link to that episode, so that way you can listen to that if you're looking for a junior

suite.

But it's really important to understand that if you are in a junior suite, despite the fact that

it says suite in the name, it's not a true suite.

You've got to get to a grand suite or above to actually be in a quote unquote suite on a Royal Caribbean ship.

Now, if you've never stayed in a suite before, the most common question you're probably

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