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 15.

Frankly, I'm surprised it took this long in the life of this podcast to address this week's topic,

but all this episode, we're going to be discussing why to cruise with Royal Caribbean.

It's obvious I'm a pretty big fan of Royal Caribbean cruises,

so I want to share with everyone why Royal Caribbean is as popular as it is and why you should consider Royal Caribbean for your next or maybe even first cruise vacation.

Here we go.

Cruising has never been more popular around the world than it is today, it seems.

And Royal Caribbean is one of the leaders in the cruise industry, and deciding which cruise

line to go with can be a big decision for a lot of people.

Now, rather than contrast Royal Caribbean to other cruise lines, this week I want to point out

what makes Royal Caribbean popular and why so many people like myself choose to cruise on it.

So let's look at a couple of things to do on board. Royal Caribbean has really built itself

on the idea of making the cruise ship a major party of your vacation and what there is to do

on board. Any Royal Caribbean commercially on television you see these days often shows guests

doing various activities like rock climbing, ice skating, surfing on the flowrider, playing

mini golf, and these are just a few of the ideas

that we're talking about.

Now, Royal Caribbean likes to promote that their cruises offer you a wide assortment of things

to do on board, and is not just a floating hotel.

At the same time, Royal Caribbean also offers a lot of ways to relax on your vacation in addition

to all the physical activity.

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