Since announcing the news, a spokesperson for the cruise line told Fox News it's been swept with support and had thousands of people offer to volunteer.
“Royal Caribbean has some of the most loyal guests in the cruise industry, and we have been overjoyed with their interest to take part in our simulated trial sailings," a spokesperson said on Friday morning. "This week alone, we have received more than 6,000 emails, not including the tweets, comments and messages across social media and on our Facebook page we have more than 20,000 individuals that have expressed interest in participating."
Royal Caribbean’s first cruises next year may be short trips to CocoCay, its private island in the Bahamas, according to the report.
Source: Royal Caribbean says thousands of people want to volunteer for trial cruises