Icon of the Seas wonder of the Seas star of the Seas what about other Royal cing cruise ships today I’m showing some love for the five Royal cine crues that nobody talks about but I’m going to share why you should go on them up Next hey everyone it’s Matt from realan blog.com you know it’s easy to fall in love with the latest and greatest new cruise ships just draw so much attention to them and it feels like we’ve been talking about icon on the Seas for like two years because well we haven’t been
Talking about icon for two years but when it comes to new ships they just draw the line’s share of the attention but you might be wondering about the rest of the ships in the fleet because real K and has almost 30 ships in its Fleet currently and there’s plenty of
Good reasons to go on those every Monday right here on our YouTube channel we do a live stream that’s not just a Shameless plug but actually a segue to explain that I get questions all the time about All Ships in the fleet and inevitably I’ll usually get a comment
That goes something along the lines of like hey I never hear anything about blank of the Seas and they want to know what’s all about so I thought about what are the five roil cing cruise ships that have been more or less lost in the shuffle for whatever reason maybe they
Run just pedestrian itineraries and there’s nothing really truly amazing about them maybe they don’t have all the whizbang features that have been added to some of the newer ships in the fleet and it just gets lost in that shuffle as I mentioned earlier so here are my five
Realy cre cruise ships that nobody talks about and what you need to know about them starting off with Symphony Of The Seas of course Symphony Of The Seas is an oasis class cruise ship and I wanted to talk about the reasons why you might want to sail on Symphony what makes the
Ship totally different number one the solarium is really nice the salarium on symphony is of course the Delta only area it’s on Deck 15 but it also features a one-of-a-kind art installation that is comprised of thousands of diic acrylic elements I I said that right and a night it lights up
With combination of Pinks blues and greens it’s really pretty and Symphony Of The Seas has a pool in it and if you remember well a couple years ago Harmony didn’t have a pool whistle doesn’t by the way in the salarium and they added it back to Symphony Of The Seas also
Symphony has Playmakers and at the time it was a big deal because prior to this over in the boardwalk you would have had sabour but having playmaker sports bar is a huge well pardon the pun home run get it anyway there’s 31 big screen TVs in there and person one of my favorite
Touchdown Sundays really really nice and speaking of specially restaurants you’re also find hooked on Symphony Of The Seas one of the few Royal cing Cru ships that has the New England Style seafood restaurant so if you’re really into lobsters and clams and shrimp and this is definitely the restaurant for you
Also neat little feature about Symphony the not a reason to book the sh by any means but I like it is the hidden piano staircase that on Deck 15 leading up to the wind jir on Deck 16 there’s actually a staircase that doubl as a giant piano
So as you step up the stairs it plays a note I think it’s really cool probably gets annoying if you sit there long enough but don’t stand around and you’re totally cool on there of course being in Oasis class Cru ship the entertainment options are truly amazing first of all
You have hair spray the Broadway musical which is probably my favorite Broadway musical on any realen cruise ship sorry Mama Mia that being said it’s available on here really cool including your cruise fair over in the ice skating rinks Studio B you’ll have 1977 the ice skting show which has light emitting
Drones which is really neat effect and over in the main theater flight Dare To Dream might be one of Royal kian’s best original Productions because it really focuses on Humanity’s fascination with flying and I don’t want to ruin the finale although I’m pretty sure Jenna’s going to post the video in here anyway
But the right flyer that appears in the show is amazing being a newer Oasis class cruise ship the accommodations on Symphony really stand out if you’ve been on a lur of the Seas or Oasis of the Seas the room look to them are not near only as
Updated or moderns you’re going to find on Symphony I don’t know what we call this but cabins on newer cruise ships that have built since like 2014 2015 have a different look aesthetically than chips before that anyway it’s nice that they have this on Symphony the SE looks
A lot more modern there’s a lot more storage space on there next on my list of overlooked cruise ships nobody talks about Liberty of the Seas and Liberty being a freedom class cruise ship the reason why Liberty gets glost on the shuffle is pretty obvious in this situation because the other two Freedom
Class cruise ships Independence and freedom both got real Amplified and Liberty did not because Liberty was supposed to get it during like I think 2020 or 2021 that didn’t happen because of the cruise industry shutdown and as a result she’s kind of left in like a less
Of a status but nonetheless there are still some things that you should love about Liberty of the season number one saour so I I still love sabour modern Mexican it is a Dying Breed especially a restaurant but it’s someone who loves Mexican number one it’s appealing to me
And number two I really like their menu and the amazing Margaritas but by far the freshly made guacamole is the star of sabour I just can’t get enough of them so if you’re on Liberty of the Seas make sure you stop by sabour is especially restaurant it is worth eating
At if you ask me next up is that Liberty does have Splashway Bay Believe It or Not Liberty of the Seas was was like the first cruise ship to test out Splashway Bay which was at the time Royal car’s newest take on a water park for kids if
You have children this is actually a great ship for you because Splashway Bay is full of water slides water cannons water falls and more it’s basically the kind of place where your kids won’t want to leave because there’s a giant drench bucket multiplatform Jungle Gym met not
Only will the kids get and stay drenched while playing there but they’re going to have a great time doing it also something kind of cool May something different you want to change it up is try one of the panoramic Stater rooms on Liberty of the Seas if you think that
State rooms on a cruise ship are the same from ship to ship then you need to check out these panoramic rooms so real caran began adding State rooms that have floor to sealing glass windows to provide a spectacular view now granted these rooms lack a balcony but having
Such an unobstructed View at your disposal is such a treat now the rooms range in size between 191 to 215 Square ft just lots of space which I absolutely love also unique to Liberty only on this ship is Saturday Night Fever the Broadway musical so I talked about hairspray on Symphony and Liberty
Actually has a Broadway musical on board which is of course Saturday Night Fever musical depicts Tony an ambitious Brooklyn teen who spends his Saturday night justco dancing and it’s a nostalgic look back to the 1970s and lastly let’s talk about the water slides on Liberty of the Seas because no
Selling on Liberty is complete without of course checking out the water slides now Liberty has the perfect storm water slides you’ll find on many other roller crues but it has one extra slide you won’t find on any other ship other than of course I think icon has it now so
Maybe I need to update this anyway Liberty has a boomerang style water slide known as The tital Wave this slide features a steep drop that propels writers up a near vertical wall for a moment of weightlessness and then into freef fall really cool thing the next Royal cing cruise ship that nobody talks
About is Explorer Of The Seas a Voyager Class cruise ship kind of like Liberty she never got upgraded in 2021 and kind of gets overlooked a lot but I want to talk about things that really stand out about Explorer Of The Seas number one
There’s a hot tub in the spa so when you walk around the pool deck of Explorer you’re going to find lots of pool options right and of course the hot tub is always popular but did you know there is a bonus hot tub in the Vitality fitness center that you can use anytime
It’s located right at the entrance of the fitness center and it’s rather large actually and most people have no idea it exists speaking of the fitness center there are Comm complimentary sauna steam rooms on board so right across from the hot tub I just talked about in the
Fitness center there are changing rooms which also have access to steam in sauna rooms and they’re free to use during your cruise something else neat about Explorer the Seas is there’s something called the peak ofoo bridge where guests can peer into the bridge of Explorer the Seas almost any time this observation
Window allows guests to look down onto the bridge and observe what the officers are up to in their daily navigational duties to reach the peak of Bridge you just have to head up to deck 11 and walk past the sliding doors that go forward of the salarium and don’t seem to be
Leading anywhere but trust me they go there from there keep walking forward till you reach the front of the ship and you’ll see that area it’s really neat to see what’s happening on the bridge and then of course explore the Seas like all Voyer class Cru ships has an amazing
Helipad to go to located on the bow you can actually walk to the helicopter pad and enjoy unobstructed views they can only get from this spot from the helipad you can enjoy a near 360° view of what is around exploring the Seas to get the helicopter pad go
Outside of deck 5 and then walk forward climb up a set of stairs continue walking forward until you reach the helipad it’s a really great spot for sailway I love it every single time you might be surprised by the next ship on my list here but it’s actually Odyssey
Of the Season you’re say Matt Odyssey is like a brand new cruise ship dude yeah but it kind of got like lost in the shuffle because Odyssey of the Seas came out and then like two months later wonder the Seas debuted and then became the stepchild of the rest of the fleet
Like hey what about me but despite the fact that it’s easily overlooked I think Odyssey of the Seas is a great ship even though maybe people don’t talk about it nearly as much as some of the newer ships out there number one it has 270 in musicall great venues on any Quantum
Class cruise ship usually when roll holds a 70s dance party or some other big celebration they hold it right in the middle of the ship on the Royal prominade but on Odyssey it has a specific venue for it and this is a great change having the events held in
Either 270 or Music Hall it’s it’s really meant for those who really want to dance to be part of the fun plus both venues were large enough to really feel like a party not some cramped room the energy from this venue and the crowd in there really helps quite a bit the added
Benefit is that means the real Esplanade is mostly clear and the musical acts and the pub or boleros could continue unabated there’s not these weird pauses I got to admit I’m a sucker for a really nice looking main dining room and odyssey of the Seas might have the most
Beautiful main dining room in the entire Fleet while the actual food served in any restaurant is ultimately what makes it a good choice or not I just really enjoy the look of it now spectrum of the Seas was the first cruise ship to adopt this look but because Spectrum has been
In Asia ever since her launch well I’ve only been able to go on Odyssey and I’m going to say arguably more people get a chance to go on Odyssey here in North America or even Europe so we’re going to talk about it here what’s neat about
This is royal caran cut out the top of the dining room to open it up to the Via and the overall aesthetic is really lovely it’s a fantastic looking room so not that I would book a cruise because of the main dining room look but it’s an
Added benefit for going in here and something different compared to anthem of the Seas or Quantum of the Seas or even Ovation of the Seas now earlier I talked about the fact that I thought flight was the best original Roller production in the fleet can I change my
Vote now because affectors is on Odyssey of the Seas and it might also be the best show right now in the fleet with all due respect to the Broadway shows if you want to look at just shows real has created I think affectors is among my top choices between the music selections
And the very impressive technical effects I think affectors has the best balance of pizzazz in story yet while I still want realy Kion to develop shows with a more coherent plot affectors has enough of it that it clearly stands out from every other show I’ve seen and then
We have the clex and the clex is well fantastic so Odyssey is the fifth Quantum class ship all the chips have the clex but they really figured this out perfectly on Odyssey of the Seas so this is a great spot for guests of all ages and it’s really nice to have all
Different kind of venues in there it’s really nice whether it’s badminton or pickle ball or volleyball or dodgeball it’s really cool that they have that but the icing on the cake for clex is Playmakers and I’m going to say this right now Odyssey of the Cs has the best
Playmakers in the fleet Ro are being put Playmakers on the second floor of the clex and it is again a home run that’s two puns in the same video on Mo ships Playmakers is either Outdoors or overcrowded because it’s conveniently located mid ship the after locations are
Too hot or humid most of the time of the year for my taste and on ships where it’s indoors it usually gets way too crowded because gets overflow because it’s right in the middle of everything on Odyssey it’s air conditioned has lots of space and a giant screen to catch the
Game even when there’s not a game to watch on the screen you can watch the action Below in the clex while I do like The Playmakers locations on Independence and freedom The Playmakers on Odyssey is the only Playmakers location that is real destination for me during the cruise and while I’m waxing poetically
About Odyssey of the Seas I really love of course giovan’s Italian kitchen and the wine bar they’ve added here so instead of vintages giovan Italian wine bar took over the area on Odyssey of the Seas and offers a smaller Bar menu such as fried lasagna bites these small
Plates are meant to go really well with a glass of wine for wi fishan AOS and those that are just looking to grab a bite the new wine bar offers something different and I really love this so here’s a little Pro tip if you can’t get reservation at giovan talian kitchen you
Can always go to the wine bar and order the same food there without a reservation and lastly I’m going to talk about Brilliance of the Seas is a cruise ship that nobody really talks about but you really should try out so things I love about Brilliance of the Seas first
Of all the pub on Radiance class cruise ships is always I think one of the best designs out there but on Brilliance of the Seas there’s actually a dart board on there that you can actually play which is really nice because after a few pints of beer you might want to try to
Play darts which of course is a pretty common Trend in a real English pub and they’ve got it on there there’s also two ways to watch a movie on Brilliance of the Seas like so many Roan cruise ships out there movies are shown in the evening by the pool poolside movies are
Great because you can combine catching a new flick while in the hot tub but Brilliance disease also has a dedicated movie theater with stadium seating and a fully enclosed space to see the films just like a theater on land and both venues whether the pool or the cinema are
Complimentary and one more thing about Brilliance of the season I wanted to talk about is the third thermal Spa if you’re looking for the perfect way to relax then you really want to consider purchasing a thermal Spa pass on Brilliance the thermal Spa pass gets you access to a few different services that
Can be enjoyed throughout your cruise includes hot stone chairs a rainforest shower room infrared sauna and a steam room Royal Caribbean sells day passes for the service which offer unlimited access to the thermal Spa these passes are limited in quantity to prevent overcrowding and there are two thermal
Spa pass prices single and couples it’ll depend of course how long you’re your sailing is but when you get on board the ship you go to the spot in order to buy it you can’t pre- purchase it before the sailing so there you have a look at the
Five real GRE creu ships nobody talks about and what you need to know about them so hopefully this will help you out I’m sure the comments are filled with hey Matt what about this of the she’s or this of the Seas or that of the Seas I
Get it I mean we can talk about all the ships but these five just kind of jumped out at me as kind of being easily overlooked let me know in the comments below what is your favorite thing about Symphony Liberty expl lur Odyssey or Brilliance and what ships would you
Nominate for the next time we do this kind of a list of cruise ships that nobody talks about looking forward to your comments down there below please do me a favor hit the like button if you enjoyed the video make sure you subscribe to our Channel and turn on
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