I Tested Royal Caribbean's Biggest Ship Against Viking
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I looked down at my watch on day three of our Royal Caribbean cruise and I honestly thought it was broken. 15,000 steps.
The distance from your stateateroom to the restaurant, 2 minutes. The distance to the pool, 3 minutes.
On a small ship, that anxiety goes away. There's no chair hogs because there are enough chairs for everybody.
When we did the final math, the difference wasn't anywhere near as big as we thought.
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