Europe trip

Item: Explorer of the Seas
Rating: 3.9
Author: jmoccio

Explorer of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

jmoccio

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 31

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

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7 Night Dutch & French Adventure (London Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 18, 2019

Ship: Explorer of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6230

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We enjoyed the trip but the weather was not that great. I believe it was the rainy time in Europe.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

embarkation was smooth and easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

the meals were good (some better than others) but we enjoyed the food overall

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

We would have liked more shows and although they had a murder mystery dinner on this trip we were not able to go because they scheduled it at a time when the ship did not leave port until 9:00PM.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

We did enjoy the ventriloquist and the RC dancers

Children's Programs

no kids

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

The staff on Royal are always very nice

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

The ship layout was fine although we would have liked to see it after the redesign

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

We did enjoy the cabin esp after the small hotel rooms we had in London

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England Did not visit port

Just drove there from London

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Hamburg, Germany

4 out of 5

We actually went to Luebeck which was nice although would have liked to have some German Beer

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Rotterdam, Netherlands

4 out of 5

We ended up on a tour that dropped us off in Amsterdam

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

4 out of 5

Enjoyed the canals and boats

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Le Havre (Paris), France Did not visit port

We did an overnight in Paris

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

We did not hear them announce our number until they passed our number

1 Comment

wgammon1 4 years ago

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

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