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Item: Explorer of the Seas
Rating: 3.8
Author: cmsgtrph

Explorer of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

cmsgtrph

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 45

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Southern Caribbean Holiday (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 26, 2021

Ship: Explorer of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 1544

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

We were disappointed. We tried not to compare to pre-covid cruises, but it was hard. not worth the money yet.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

confusing

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Main dining room had great food but windjammer was poor the specialty dinning was good but too expensive

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Children's Programs

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

just not ready yet

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Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

Kralendijk, Bonaire

2 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

4 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

they did do a very good job on this

4 Comments

wgammon1 2 years ago

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

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Dena1129 2 years ago

This is the same itenary I have for next month. Same ports. Thank you for sharing your experience.

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Ship2Shora 2 years ago

Thanks for the honest feedback, hopefully cruising as we used to know it pre-2020 will be back again sooner than later

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wl1962 2 years ago

we found carnival is handling post government overreach better than rccl. they were much more fun. rccl felt like you were being watched.

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Other reviews of this sailing

They charged me for drinking water in the cabin, among other preposterous charges.