The wonderful Fjords

Explorer of the Seas Cruise Review

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Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Explorer of the Seas

8 Night Norwegian Fjords (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 13, 2019

Ship: Explorer of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 1628

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Lovely ship, friendly staff, excellent food and facilities, fantastic fjords ! What’s there not to like ! Would definitely sail on her again

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Fantastically smooth and speedy, well organised from parking to embarking!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Windjammer Marketplace

5 out of 5

Loved the windjammer, it was our go to place to eat, always incredibly clean, lots of choice available , which for myself as a Keto fan was very important and very impressed with the sugar free section which enabled me to have the odd treat. Very impressed with the quality and choice. The staff in the windjammer were also very helpful and smiley which was lovely to see.

Café Promenade

5 out of 5

Loved it for a quick coffee, tea or snack . Could do with being double the size though as it was always busy and we invariably had to take it away as there were no seats available

Ben and Jerry's

5 out of 5

Cherry Garcia what a treat ! Hubby was in his element !

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All the staff were smiley, approachable and friendly. Loved the crew and the fact they seemed happy at work helped us to enjoy our holiday more. A company is only as good as its staff and they deserve a pat on the back

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Yes people say it looks tired but we thought it was fine . Lovely ship and design we found it very easy to get around and the staff kept the ship immaculate

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Excellent! Spacious and bright with plenty of room to get around and a lovely balcony. Very comfortable bed and settee and it had loads of storage. Lovely and clean and our cabin steward Cliff was Excellent- nothing was too much trouble. Lovely man he’s a credit to the company!

Ship tip

There’s a free ice cream machine on deck 11 that we used every day ! Vanilla, with chocolate or strawberry or plain. It was fun pulling ones own cornet ! We got quite good at it in the end !

Ports of call

Bergen, Norway

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Excellent off the ship at 7.10 and straight to the car. Perfect

Traveler Photos

Petroleum Museum Junior suite Petroleum Museum Three Swords
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4 Comments

Wysteria    5 years ago

The self serve ice cream was on the deck 11 right next to but not in windjammer . Go past windjammer to starboard side through automatic doors it’s there on your right .

Wysteria    5 years ago

The ice cream self serve machine was on starboard side deck 11 next to the windjammer buffet. Open until 9pm every day !

porthole21    5 years ago

Thanks for the review! One question, was the soft serve ice cream on deck 11 on the pool deck area or in the windjammer? Anxious daughters would like to know 😊

Wysteria    5 years ago

The ports of Geiranger and Alesund we sadly didn’t get to visit as the itinerary changed due to bad weather. Gutted about That.

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