Matt was speechless on YouTube live!!

[12thman]

So fun to watch Matt yesterday on YouTube Live!! It was nuts with the Super chats!!

 

[ConstantCruiser]

Seems to me you were the instigator...   

[SpeedNoodles]

11 minutes ago, ConstantCruiser said:

Seems to me you were the instigator...   

I think it started with Josh and @12thman upped the ante, lol.

[12thman]

27 minutes ago, ConstantCruiser said:

Seems to me you were the instigator...   

No it was Rory...just accepted the challenge. Matt is worth every penny. He knows why I do it.

[JimnKathy]

It was fun to watch...the positive vibes Matt brings to the table to help all of us muddle through these COVID times is simply amazing.

[Galveston Steve]

This has always been a special community. Matt’s positive attitude and approach to keeping things positive and accurate sets the tone here. His blog really is the only source of RCI information that you need. I missed the live broadcast but watched the replay. Well deserved Matt!

[MLH]

@MattCan you also comment on the drinks in the Suite Lounge?  Wondering if they up the brand levels especially wine similar to the Micheals Club/Retreat on Celebrity.

[JC Pats]

1 hour ago, SpeedNoodles said:

I think it started with Josh and @12thman upped the ante, lol.

[JC Pats]

1 hour ago, 12thman said:

No it was Rory...just accepted the challenge. Matt is worth every penny. He knows why I do it.

Yes and Yes.

[Matt]

Incredible, and I still don't what else to say, but thank you all!

[12thman]

@Mattwas that the longest YouTube live you have done?

[Matt]

11 minutes ago, 12thman said:

@Mattwas that the longest YouTube live you have done?

I'm pretty sure, yes.

[12thman]

Looking forward to next week when you are on Adventure and we can ask specific questions about cruising. 

[JimnKathy]

Hopefully Matt will actually be able to do a live show next week. 

[Morganno]

I'm so enjoying Matt being speechless. Amazing if I was watching live I would definitely have chipped in the odd 5 bucks lol

[sk8erguy1978]

2 hours ago, 12thman said:

So fun to watch Matt yesterday on YouTube Live!! It was nuts with the Super chats!!

It was truly amazing! One of those moments of generosity you rarely get to see in life. 

While I couldn't participate in the moment as it was "background noise" while grilling, it inspired me to do my little part and become an insider. For the past year+ I've come to rely on Matt's blog posts and the community here to be up-to-date with the constant change. Making the decisions I needed to do regarding cruises wouldn't have been nearly as easy without Royal Caribbean Blog. Helping to keep the circuit breaker on is the least I could do.

[Matt]

1 hour ago, sk8erguy1978 said:

While I couldn't participate in the moment as it was "background noise" while grilling, it inspired me to do my little part and become an insider

Thank you so much for your support in becoming an Insider!

[12thman]

When we went on our first Royal cruise in 2019 we knew nothing about Royal except it looked interesting from the commercials and website. Searching for a forum board to gather information on what there's to do led me to Royal Caribbean Blog and there I found a community of friendly, supportive experienced cruisers willing to share their knowledge. Our first cruise with Royal was so AMAZING!! no way it would have been without this community that @Matt built from a hobby. So that's why I give to @Matt to help him keep all that he does going. Would you have know to read pass cruise compasses or even know they existed? Would you have know about when the best time to board is? Would you have know when to buy from the cruise planner and to keep checking? All these things I was clueless about, thanks to THIS community of helpful experienced cruisers we had an Amazing time!! 

Plus it's fun to watch Matt loose it when people give to say "thank you" @MattTHANK YOU!! YOU ARE AMAZING!!!

[sk8erguy1978]

35 minutes ago, Matt said:

Thank you so much for your support in becoming an Insider!

You're welcome, but honestly, thank you.

[sk8erguy1978]

16 minutes ago, 12thman said:

When we went on our first Royal cruise in 2019 we knew nothing about Royal except it looked interesting from the commercials and website. Searching for a forum board to gather information on what there's to do led me to Royal Caribbean Blog and there I found a community of friendly, supportive experienced cruisers willing to share their knowledge. Our first cruise with Royal was so AMAZING!! no way it would have been without this community that @Matt built from a hobby. So that's why I give to @Matt to help him keep all that he does going. Would you have know to read pass cruise compasses or even know they existed? Would you have know about when the best time to board is? Would you have know when to buy from the cruise planner and to keep checking? All these things I was clueless about, thanks to THIS community of helpful experienced cruisers we had an Amazing time!! 

Plus it's fun to watch Matt loose it when people give to say "thank you" @MattTHANK YOU!! YOU ARE AMAZING!!!

Our first Royal Cruise was in 2007 and only our second cruise. While this site wasn't around yet, I did participate in another forum (not CC) that helped me learn A LOT. I felt so lost and clueless on our first cruise I didn't want that to happen again. Somewhere between Royal # 4 (Oasis 1/2010) and Royal #5 (Oasis 1/2012) and beyond, as I'd search for something Royal related, a blog written by Matt would pop-up. Over the years I came to rely on those search hits as fact and had a better grasp of what I was researching. I forget exactly when but that other cruise forum started to die off a bit, there was an update, and I think new owners which killed (at least for me) the sites usability. The biggest issue was how slow it was, page loads were probably in the high seconds to minute+ (again, going off memory, this was a while ago).

Anyway, I would creep the forums here from time to time and of course keep up on @Matt's blog posts and decided to join July of 2019; I missed that other site's friendly atmosphere and saw it here. So, while I did join with a solid Royal Caribbean foundation (a lot -probably most- from Matt's blog posts), I've still learned a lot these last 2 years and try to contribute when I can... I type fast but some of you, WOW it's like you have the information ready to copy/paste  LOL. I know I'll continue to learn from Matt and this community.

If I may steal (and modify) a quote from Hagrid when Harry said he'll need a wand:

"A wand Royal Caribbean information? Well, you'll want Ollivanders Royal Caribbean Blog. There ain't no place better."