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

I'm your host Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 106.

There are so many aspects of Royal Caribbean Cruise that come together to give guests

that fun and unique experience that we crave, cruise after cruise.

And one of my favorites is the live music you'll hear on a Royal Caribbean cruise.

So this week, I'm continuing

our top five series where I list my top five experiences on a Royal Caribbean cruise. Let's

look at why Royal Caribbean does live music so well and list my must listen to live music on

board. Here we go. Royal Caribbean does a lot of things really well, but I think one aspect of the cruise experience

that kind of floats under many people's radar is the live music. I think Royal Caribbean is

honestly a leader in live music on a cruise ship. And you may be saying, Matt, why do I necessarily

care about live music or why is it that important?

And to me, the answer is it's about the experience, about setting the table, really. And there's

obviously a lot of music everywhere you go. I mean, if you walk in the hallways, you're probably

going to be hearing some music over the speakers, right? It just kind of sets a tone.

Same thing like, you go to a supermarket, you hear music there, you go to a Best Buy store,

you're going to have music there.

You know, music is a part of our experience as humans.

I think we kind of enjoy having that as almost a soundtrack to our lives.

But on a Royal Caribbean ship, music takes on a different kind of experience.

It's not just as a passive experience as a certain, although oftentimes it is, but it kind of goes up to the next level. And when you bring in live music,

I think it really transforms what a cruise experience is, because it just adds a different

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