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 33.

The Voyager class of Royal Caribbean ships redefine what cruise ships can offer to guests in the onboard experience.

From specialty restaurants to entertainment to sheer size, the Voyager class ships quickly became a Royal Caribbean staple. This week,

I want to share with you why the Voyager class is really quite good and what the appeal of these

giant ships are. Here we go. On previous episodes of this podcast, I've stated my favorite

class of Royal Caribbean chips is the Voyager class. And having been on Navigator that sees last month, I can tell you that I still firmly believe this to be true. I've stayed in my favorite class of Royal Caribbean ships is the Voyager class. And having been on Navigator of the Seas last month, I can tell you that I still firmly

believe this to be true.

I've actually been on three of the Voyager class ships, Navigator of the Seas, Explorer

of the Seas, and Mariner the Seas.

It's important to understand first where the Voyager class group of ships came from and

how big of a deal it was at the time to understand how important they still are today.

Looking back will also help us understand how every Royal Caribbean class of ships since then has really been based on Voyager class in one way or another.

So there are five Voyager class ships in Royal Caribbean's fleet.

Voyager of the seas, explorer of the seas, adventurer of the seas, navigator of the seas, and mariner the seas.

Voyager-class ships were built in Turku, Finland, at what is now called the STX-Finland Shipyard.

Each voyager-class ship can accommodate about 3,114 passengers.

There are additional cabins that were added to Navigator the Seas, and presumably,

other ships in the class will also change,

so this number is not exactly going to be accurate going forward, but, well, it is what it is.

Voyager the Seas was the first ship in the class and an entry service back on November 21st, 1999.

And, you know, there were a few ways Voyager of the Seas revolutionized the cruise industry.

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