gparmeter Cruise Review on Explorer of the Seas on Feb 22, 2017

Item: Explorer of the Seas
Rating: 4
Author: gparmeter

Explorer of the Seas Cruise Review

gparmeter

Contributor Level: Purser

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Sail date: February 22, 2017

Ship: Explorer of the Seas

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Last day today on Explorer of the Seas of a 10 day cruise. Many differences were noted between a Voyager of the Seas cruise last year and this one on the Explorer. The most obvious was the lower numbers of staff in key areas like the bars and pool deck. It was difficult to get service at crowded bars and there was no service that I saw on the pool deck. One staff member when asked why this was the case said that it was because the Explorer had com from cruising in Asia and the Asians don't drink much so staffing was kept low. On Voyager in the Sapphire Restaurant all of the senior staff and Matre' D would introduce themselves to all of the tables - not so on the Explorer. Some venues were inappropriate for the activity. such as Karaoke for families being in the The Tavern and not The Star Lounge. Mind you, these are comparisons after having sailed on the Voyager and would probably have no impact for someone who had not. The cruise on a whole was still perfect!

4 Comments

vagabondtraveller 7 years ago

Both Voyager and Exployer are ideally suited for the Australian market. Radiance needs refurbishment and Ovation like Qauntum has that Asian feel.

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midog 7 years ago

we sailed on Explorer in November just gone and it had only just arrived from Seattle, we are sailing on Explorer in April to go to Seattle so your right it's based in Seattle / Alaska. The staff member has his wires crossed I think. When we did sail in November we noticed less staff on the ship compared to the February previous to that. But overall we love it if not we wouldn't be sailing to Seattle on her âº

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vagabondtraveller 7 years ago

Voyager is based in Hong Kong and Exployer does the Seattle to Alaska run during the Australian winter months.

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kayzzzz 7 years ago

we sail on her tomorrow can't wait!

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