Outstanding cruise with virtual balcony very cool 😎

Item: Explorer of the Seas
Rating: 4.7
Author: baddog6758

Explorer of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 30

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

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8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 12, 2022

Ship: Explorer of the Seas

Cabin number: 1605

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Great cruise, we are platinum sailors, and will be back on the new ICON! Looks like the real deal in 2024!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Embarkation was the fastest and easiest yet, from arrival to on board in under 30 minutes

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Best food in the regular dining room out of the 15 cruises we’ve sailed!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Flowrider made boogie boarding on board great fun!

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Only weak area, we saw three shows, while the singing and dancing was good, I’d prefer a good show every night! Ice skating seasons show was the best .

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Joel was an outstanding dinner steward! Truly a 10 star and Oscar was the best at our room steward!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Ship was clean but showing its age…..

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Small but we enjoyed the virtual balcony since it had cameras depicting the scene we would see if we were not in the middle…

Ship tip

Ask for Joel and Oscar, tell ‘‘em Barney sent you

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Miami is always nice…

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Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5

Small island but fun

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Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Best port

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Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Fun

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

We were off the ship with our luggage in our car in under 45 minutes… with facial recognition you can put away your passport, and smile at the camera,,, you are then outta there!