Beautiful Country, not so good ship.

Item: Explorer of the Seas
Rating: 4
Author: jbrown40

Explorer of the Seas Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

jbrown40

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

7 Night Alaska Glacier (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 25, 2018

Ship: Explorer of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 3027

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

We have been on 8 cruises with Carnival. This was our first with RC and our last. The ship was OK but we just found to many things onboard that we just didn't agree with. Cover charge for Johnny Rockets really Guys burgers free Carnival. Convince fee for room service really? free on Carnival. No free laundry room available on Carnival. Food Avg. at best. I could go on but I'll just let it go.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The buffets were not very good. Main dining room was good.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

The ice skating ring was close too often. Too cold for pools.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Very friendly crew. Only thing we noticed was our room steward just did't reach out to us like the ones on Carvinal.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Bring lots of money they charge extra for almost everything

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Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

4 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

4 out of 5

Long walk to town or Pay to get there. I think RC should provide free transportation when docking that far out of town.

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Skagway, Alaska

4 out of 5

Once again unless your luckey enough to get the town port you walk a long ways or pay.

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Victoria, British Columbia

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

7 Comments

scubadiver2018 6 years ago

Head back to carnival

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tammy8 6 years ago

Everyone is different. The great thing about cruising is you try options and pick what is right for you. I have sailed Carnival, Royal Caribbean, NCL and had wonderful experiences on all as well as challenges. Ford, Chevy or Toyota-you love what you love and trust what you trust. You are the decider on how much you let things bother you. Millions of people will never get the opportunity to critique a cruise. Enjoy the opportunity for what it is! Happy Cruising to everyone!

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ukmama 6 years ago

Everyone says so many different things. I've read on here how happy people were and that it was best cruise ever. This is confusing

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PsychoAndBarb 6 years ago

Have fun cruising with Carnival 😂

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renaedave 6 years ago

happy cruising

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deepcman 6 years ago

You hit the nail on the head with your comments. Can't disagree

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jlg91167 6 years ago

Carnival just changed their room service policy. It’s no longer free after 10pm. That blows. That’s when you need it the most. Lol

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