Another week has come to an end and we've gone through and hand-picked some fun articles for you to take a look at in case you missed any of it.
The big Royal Caribbean news this week is the changes to the unlimited alcohol packages that Royal Caribbean rolled out on Friday. Royal Caribbean added a few new plans and then changed its existing plans.
After being rumored for a few days, Royal Caribbean rolled the new beverage plans out, starting with a new non-alcohol plan as well as an ultimate alcohol package that promises to include, "virtually unlimited options".
Royal Caribbean also added to the existing Select and Premium unlimited alcohol packages the Coca-Cola Freestyle cups and a discount on the onboard wine packages without any price increase.
Royal Caribbean News
- The other big news this week is that Allure of the Seas will be getting a one week refurbishment in February 2014 to address propulsion issues, at the expense of having to cancel one sailing.
- There's a new Quantum of the Seas progress photo to view.
- We had an exclusive interview with a Royal Caribbean designer how new cruise ships are designed and built.
- Royal Caribbean also changed this week the way they handle complimentry stateroom upgrades.
- Royal Caribbean is going to test a new Wi-Fi system that they hope will increase internet speeds for guests at sea.
- There's a new Quantum of the Seas video showing how they are using virtual reality to design the ship.
- Royal Caribbean is also planning to make a big announcement on November 21 and we're pretty sure it will be Anthem of the Seas will be sailing out of Southampton, England.
- Royal Caribbean pledged $1 million to the victims of the Phillippines typhoon Haiyan.
Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast
The fifteenth episode of the Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast is available and we're discussing a core question of why to cruise with Royal Caribbean.
This week, Matt looks at what he finds appealing about Royal Caribbean and what seperates Royal Caribbean from its competitors. Rather than compare Royal Caribbean directly to other cruise lines, Matt focused on what Royal Caribbean does really well.
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Royal Caribbean Around the Internet
Cruise Critic has a list of the five coolest things on Vision of the Seas.
BeyondShips has a photo tour of Brilliance of the Seas' refurbishment.
