Adventure on the high seas: What a cruise on a Royal Caribbean ship is like

For the best views, take a ride almost 100m up in the air in the North Star. Photos: Royal Caribbean

Within minutes of boarding the cruise ship, I was suspended almost 100m in the air in the North Star, a glass observation capsule attached to a rotating crane arm that lifts passengers up into the great blue sky.

I was on Royal Caribbean’s Spectrum of the Seas, all ready to set sail on the Singapore leg of its maiden voyage.