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'Absolutely exceptional': inside one new-to-cruise agent's journey to becoming Royal Caribbean confident

Partner Content Royal Caribbean
Jessica Reid
24 August 2026

Travel agent Lucy McRae reveals how a TTG campaign with Royal Caribbean presented the perfect opportunity to enhance her brand knowledge – particularly after scoring a place onboard Legend of the Seas for its inaugural sailing.

Photo collage of Lucy McRae and her friend singing karaoke, standing in front of a ship and eating a pancake
Lucy McRae

Travel agent Lucy McRae enjoying her experience onboard Legend of the Seas

When Lucy McRae, a travel planner at Travology Travel, was watching a theatre production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, she recognised a familiar scent that started to fill the auditorium air. “I was pretty sure they had started pumping out the smell of chocolate." 

"I looked at my friend and said, ‘Can you smell that?’” she explains. “I've never experienced anything like it."