Too busy, room subpar, food repetitive, excursions disappointing

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

Explorer of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

kmaeve

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

2.6 out of 5

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7 Night Italy Greece & Croatia (Barcelona To Ravenna)

Sail date: May 11, 2024

Ship: Explorer of the Seas

Cabin number: 2240

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 months ago

Review summary

I found this a very busy cruise, with 5 ports and only 1 sea day. The places were beautiful but the ship needs a fix-up.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Food was boring and repetitive

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

DJ was horrible

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

it needs a refurbishment

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Bathroom smelled like a sewar, room was damp feeling

Ship tip

Don't

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Ports of call

Naples, Italy

3 out of 5

Messina, Sicily

2 out of 5

Excursion was a nightmare

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Corfu, Greece

5 out of 5

Kotor, Montenegro

1 out of 5

Tendering took alot of time and port was waaaay too busy. Beautiful but not worth getting off the boat for.

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Zadar, Croatia

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

8 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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lsinisi 5 months ago

Why pick an itinerary with one sea day and then complain about it? You chose it. Where did you see that the ship needed a fix-up?Do you have photos and exact places that I didn’t see? We just got off of it on Saturday and thought the ship,staff and cabin were fantastic and thankful to be able to take a European cruise!

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javawoody 5 months ago

Appreciate the review

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kdlady 5 months ago

Glad you had such an awesome time!

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cruising2004 5 months ago

Is this review for your 13 night cruise, or the seven night cruise, or both? If for both then I can see why the menu was repetitive. Thanks for your review.

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Gwbigdog 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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bubbles60 5 months ago

Wonderful itinerary. I love a cruise with great ports and few sea days.

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HeavySeas 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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