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 316.

Taking a Royal Caribbean cruise is a great family vacation because of all the great things to see and do on board.

You've got swimming, fine dining, kids clubs, Broadway shows, massages.

That's just the beginning of the wonderful activities you can do on board a ship.

And with so many choices, you may be wondering what you can do to ensure you not only see it all, but don't miss anything.

Today, I'm sharing not just 10 tips for a great Royal Caribbean cruise, but 10 tips I personally use on every Royal Caribbean cruise I take.

Here we go.

One of my favorite things to do on Royal CaribbeanBlog.com is to share tips and tricks and

advice that, you know, I've learned over the years of cruising and others have shared as well,

and it's really cool to be able to to share all

that and it got me thinking the other day was like what tips do i not only do i actually use

because sometimes i offer advice but doesn't really apply to me or perhaps i see it differently but

regardless i was really thinking what advice do i actually you know practice what i preach

what do i actually use every single sailing that I go on?

And that way, I think, is a kind of an intriguing fact because to share tips is one thing.

To share tips that I actually use, I think would be pretty helpful. And these aren't the only 10 things I do,

but I felt like I would pick out 10 tips that I use every single time

in the hopes that this would add more credence to the argument that perhaps you should at least

consider it for your particular thing. Because of course all tips and advice is subjective

and what works for one person may not work for another, but I have found these 10 tips work

for me quite well. So these are 10 things, strategies, personal beliefs, whatever you want to look at it that I

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