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 82.

Going on a Royal Caribbean cruise means you'll be taking into some of the most beautiful and exciting ports of call all around the world.

But sometimes it can be just as fun to stay on board your ship while everyone else leaves.

Royal Caribbean ships offer so much to do on board, and staying on board while in port can be a good option to consider when making your ship plans.

I'll discuss why you might want to stay behind on your next protocol and why so many other cruise veterans choose to do this as well.

We've also got more of your listener emails to answer, so here we go.

Staying on board of your Royal Caribbean ship you're in port may sound a little crazy to

some of you, because after all, you're going on a Royal Caribbean cruise not only to experience

the great things that these ships offer, but also to go visit places all around the world,

Europe, the Caribbean, Alaska, Asia. I mean, there's just so many places

where the Caribbean goes. And for a lot of people, the destinations that you're visiting is just

as important as the ship you're on. So why would you want to stay on board? It's a really good

question, actually, and it's something a lot of people kind of, you know, ask when they first

hear this idea. Certainly I did, why would you want to do that? That seems silly. Well, there's a couple of good reasons for this, and let's kind of explore this. Number one,

one of the most compelling reasons stay on board is if you've been to this port of call a number of

times. Great example is the port of NASA in the Bahamas. Don't mean to dump on this port. It's a very nice port. There's a lot of things to do and a lot of people enjoy their time here. But it's a port that Royal Caribbean visits very often.

And odds are, if you've been on a couple of cruises, Royal Caribbean or otherwise, you've

probably been to NASA.

And if you've been to NASA at least once or maybe even twice, you've probably kind of

gotten the idea of, well, we've pretty much seen and done everything. And there's other ports that people have this opinion of as well. It's not just NASL can be any port, really. But the bottom line is if you've been to a port before

many times, or you've been there enough times that you've kind of gotten your fill of it and there's

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