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Item: Explorer of the Seas
Rating: 4.4
Author: karensharpe

Explorer of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

karensharpe

Contributor Level: Third Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

9 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 29, 2019

Ship: Explorer of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9230

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Nice for a small shop. But I prefer a larger ship.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

They had a computer glitch and we had to wait about 15-20 minutes.. it can happen but no big deal we were on VACATION!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Service was great! Food was good.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Being a small ship there was not many good shows. But due to that we just relaxed.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

All staff were professional and fun to talk to..

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Clean and maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin was clean and comfortable just needs a little updating.

Ship tip

Don’t be rude to staff. Talk to them learn about the country..

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida Did not visit port

Just there to embark.

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Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5

Nice beach

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Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

We did a city tour, not part of the ships tours. It was nice. The guides also allowed us to go to the caves that was not part of the tour.

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Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5

We did a city tour that included a stay at a beach. It was nice.

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Oranjestad, Aruba

1 out of 5

We did a city tour

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Disembarkation was very quick. Other than my husband was not allowed to leave until he visited customer service. They had us down to pay cash before disembarkation but we had a credit card on file to take care of this..

4 Comments

Alexxajade 4 years ago

I went on enchantment last year and that seemed large to me so I’m going on explorer in 10 days and I’m sure it will seem bigger it’s not that small it’s over a 1000 feet long and enchantment was about 920

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Deleted2 4 years ago

I have sailed on Explorer.. It was average size and in nice condition 2016 : I prefer smaller ships for crowd size and 'ye olde world sea experience' .. huge, wizz-bang adventure vessels only stress me out. 😎😁🤔

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Kactus59 4 years ago

Your very first cruise was onboard the Explorer of the Seas, and at that time it was the largest ship afloat. She is still impressive in size, but the newest ships being a couple hundred feet bigger, I guess can make the argument that she seems"small". What a beautiful ship she was back then. She's been "transformed" twice since then, so she could have crowded more stuff onboard and lost her spacious appeal.

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CruzeFan 4 years ago

I always smile when someone calls a 138,000 GT ship that holds 3,100+ passengers “small”. The first ships I sailed on in the 80s and 90s were 20,000 GT and held 450 passengers and we thought they were huge.

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