9 night cruise

Explorer of the Seas Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 7
Helpful Votes: 219

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
Explorer of the Seas

9 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 05, 2024

Ship: Explorer of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9390

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

Just got off 9 day cruise on Explorer. Here is some photos of the ship. The ship is older and could use some repair. But it did not effect all the fun we had. Staff was great. Do all the shows, if you get involved it’s more fun. We were traveling with 2 other couples. All 6 of us were involved one way or another in the shows from karaoke, quest, main shows, marriage game show and all the parties. Theme nights were great on this ship, the most people I have seen ever dressed up each night. Formal night was like it use to be all dressed up. We had 80s night few dressed up( but we did not know ahead a time that we were goin to have 80s, it changed last minute in the app. White night huge amount dressed up. Caribbean night huge amount. 70s night so fun, and we had a large amount dressed for the fun! Dress up it’s fun!! Entertainment staff is great. The cruise director Bill was ok. He’s more of a game show host. But the younger staff does most all the games, parties, classes and even Quest. The Palloza Parade was fun to watch.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Our time was 11:30, ended up getting there early and was on by 11. So quick and easy.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Main dining room was good. Johnny Rockets very filling. Chops excellent Windjammer crowded

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
4 stars because not a covered balcony. Rains can’t use your balcony. Big balcony though

Ship tip

Just do it all. Get involved

Ports of call

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
Our first stop was Peurto Plata we got off and rode the Tuktuks from ship to the shopping area. Ride them they our free, just tip. We could have walked it but never rode in a tuktuk so wanted to try it. The shopping area is so nice, the lazy river and pool at port which is free looked like a lot of fun. We did the monkeys at the port and it was worth it. They were all over us.

St. George's, Grenada

5 out of 5
Grenada we did private tour we did JnJ tours https://jnjtour.com/home-page Glenroy was great, picked us up right at the dock. We saw all of Grenada. Highly recommend them

Basseterre, St. Kitts

4 out of 5
Rained all day

St. John's, Antigua

4 out of 5
Antigua we did Royal excursion Antigua land and sea. The 3 hours tour on bus was a little long. The catamaran part was great. I wouldn’t do this excursion again.

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
St. Thomas my husband scuba dived with Royal excursion and he said it was good diving. Rest of us walked off and shopped in town

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Super fast. Scan your face and your off
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6 Comments

Gwbigdog     7 months ago

Thanks for sharing

HeavySeas     7 months ago

Thanks for sharing and glad you enjoyed your cruise

Lounray     7 months ago

Nice review, thanks for sharing.

ZATHROS     7 months ago

Sounds like you had a great cruise. Thanks for sharing.

cruising2004     7 months ago

Glad you had a wonderful time! Thank you for your detailed review.

javawoody     7 months ago

Appreciate the review

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