Adventures with My Sea Pass Card

The Unofficial Guide to Cruising with RoyalCaribbean

By: Neil Jones

Narrated by: Neil Jones

Length: 3 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

What is the magic of cruising?

Why does it attract nearly 30 million people every year?

This unofficial guide explores the magic of cruising on one of the world’s largest cruise lines through the eyes of a loyal Royal Caribbean passenger. The hilarious highs and lows of memorable onboard adventures cruising around the globe.

This is more than just a travel audiobook. It’s a love letter to the romance of cruising. A wry look at the antics onboard the world’s biggest cruise lines.

If cruising is in your blood this is a must-listen.

Not only does this audiobook champion the cruise vacation but it lifts the lid on common onboard frustrations and pulls no punches on the future of the cruise industry.

Packed full of laugh out loud anecdotes this look at 21st Century cruising will resonate with everyone who’s ever stepped aboard a Royal Caribbean ship.

From the excitement of the sailaway parties to trivia in the Schooner Bar to reckless gambling in Casino Royale - it is jam packed with as much fun as a daily Cruise Compass.

• Find out what the number one question is that passengers ask the crew.
• Learn how to maximize your onboard spend.
• Discover a breakthrough in preventing sun loungers being reserved but not used.
• Solve the conundrum of how to win a highlighter pen at the morning trivia quiz.

Adventures With My Sea Pass Card is a celebration of unforgettable adventures with Royal Caribbean. It's why millions of Royal Caribbean guests get withdrawal symptoms as soon as they step off the gang plank. It’s why they come back next year.

It’s the magic of cruising.

©2019 Neil Jones (P)2019 Neil Jones

Delightfully Perspicacious

I think that I have listened to, or tried to listen to, about every audiobook provided by Audible on the topic of cruising. A few of them were arrogant; the, “I know better than you do” sort of thing. I can do without that. One was bafflingly political, criticizing his reader’s voting choices. I don’t need a book on cruise ships to affirm or admonish me about my voting habits.

This, book, however, is delightful.
It’s written in narrative style, which lends itself to audio perfectly. It is read by the author, which I usually prefer. Neil is writing his experience. He doesn’t claim any supernatural knowledge or provide a list of bone-crunching facts that you couldn’t possibly do without. He is humble, a bit self-deprecating, and realistic. He drew me in with his water-cooler narrative style.
Here is a fellow human being who almost anyone might identify with.

He talks about cruising misconceptions, sea sickness, the joys of trivia and the potential awkwardness of a shared table. He talks about his engagement, his love of football (American soccer), and thrill of winning (absolutely nothing) at trivia. I was most impressed by the gentle and loving way he incorporates his autistic son into the narrative.

A strength of this book, too, is that his story revolves around one cruise line. It provided continuity and cohesion to the story.
I learned a lot. I loved listening. And, I hope that I get the chance to run into Neil and his family on a future cruise.