Not many to explore on the Explorer

Item: Explorer of the Seas
Rating: 2.6
Author: sssss

Explorer of the Seas Cruise Review

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Contributor Level: Purser

201 Days Till Next Cruise

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 3

Overall rating:

2.6 out of 5

5 Night Eastern Caribbean & Perfect Day (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 07, 2024

Ship: Explorer of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8568

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 months ago

Review summary

Dated vessel at this point hard to compete with the updated you can get at the same cost. Service in general worked much better in past cruises. Time to try something different

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Booked the cruise more than 1 year prior the sealing date. For dinner we booked at 5:30pm as good time for our 3years old child. Surprisingly they gave us not any reservation and booked us for the “your time dining” that start at 6:45pm. Too late for us with our kid becoming too tired to sit quiet at the table. A lot of stress. We enjoyed cruising with RC before with no any issue. Quality is going down. Now we decided to move to MSC for our next trip

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

If your plan is to get something for your kids, Explorer is not the right cruise. There is almost nothing for kids. Unless you are just looking for the childcare to park your children for some hours, there is no any kids room, playground area. No pool for children or splash areas. The 2 pools are adult-size used also by kids able to swim

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Poor service, almost nobody to clean tables at lunch time. Room: supposed to get a room with sofa bed (as per the booking). Surprisingly the website is not accurate and we got a problem with space for the 3 of us with just a king bed

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5