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Item: Explorer of the Seas
Rating: 4.3
Author: SCcruiseteam

Explorer of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

SCcruiseteam

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 58

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

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14 Night Scandinavia & Russia (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 07, 2019

Ship: Explorer of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 6506

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Ship is tired and menu in main dining room needs an update

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Very quick

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Menu was lacking and choices were not very good. One thing we always enjoyed which this cruise did not have is cold soups.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

A number of whirlpools are available

Entertainment

5 out of 5

One group we really enjoyed was hott sands

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Service in room was great. Service in dining room was slow. Service from excursion staff was terrible

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Could have used more elevators

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin was at front of ship which afforded us a great view out the front and made for a more spacious cabin

Ship tip

Ship is in need of some updating

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Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

5 out of 5

We did our own excursion but the city was very crowded. Attractions had a very long wait. Was surprised that everything had an admission fee.

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Oslo, Norway

5 out of 5

Copenhagen, Denmark

5 out of 5

Tallinn, Estonia

5 out of 5

St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

2 out of 5

Helsinki, Finland

5 out of 5

Stockholm, Sweden

5 out of 5

Skagen, Denmark

5 out of 5

Stavanger, Norway

5 out of 5

Cruised the fjords on a ship which was a great experience. Was looking forward to this portion of the trip and was not disappointed

Thumbs Up 4

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Disembarkation was quick and easy(carried our own luggage off. Ship was 4 hours late docking due to maintenance being done in Stavenger Norway

3 Comments

wgammon1 4 years ago

Glad you had a good cruise. Thanks for the great review.

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Barbschroeder 5 years ago

I think I heard the ship is being remodeled in March but is there a way to speak to someone about your thoughts on the food?

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Sarahs58 5 years ago

We didn't think much of the food and found the ship was dated. Would be interested to know why you gave St Petersburg only 2 stars.

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