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Explorer of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
Explorer of the Seas

7 Night Greek Isles (Venice Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 01, 2023

Ship: Explorer of the Seas

Cabin number: 1230

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 months ago

Review summary

Mykonos was good but the ship was not good at all I would never go in it again. The club was even empty. The layout was poor, most stuff was run down and broken, the staff was not helpful, they were "out" of everything because they didn't want to go and get more. It was a very disappointing experience. I did like the window in the room though but I can get that elsewhere.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
It went very smooth.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
The main Dining room was pretty. We were to be seated with two other groups, one showed up once and the other group did not show up the whole time, so My mother and I had a big table to ourselves. The waiters were nice but kept wiping their nose with their hands and then serving us. Yes, we did get sick on this cruise. The buffet was always out of something, and they told you they had no more. I waited 30 minutes for them to get more of something for them to then tell me they were out and to come back an hour later and see it there. They do not have trays or hot teapots to bring back to the room.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
You have to reserve a time for ice skating which was basically the only even that I saw. The fitness center was nice you could look out at the water but if you tried to talk to someone you would be there forever and then just end up leaving because you're wasting your day waiting for someone to talk to you.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The Performances were pretty good. I didn't see many bands or musicians

Children's Programs

No children with me

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
The room Stewert only gave me a towel animal one time. They came one time daily to clean and no more chocolates :(

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
They layout is just awful. You can only access certain things from certain sides and you have to walk across on a higher level to then go back down on the other side of the ship to get to certain things. They have a huge parade in the main isle so you can't even walk down it to get to the other side of the ship on more than one occasion as well. The main toilets stopped working more than once, the hot tub jets were broken, the showers in the gym were broken the steam room door wouldn't shut. everyone was sick and got everyone sick standing on top of them in lines. Including waiters and employees.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
The window was nice, we had the beds separated the storage was much more than anticipated. However, you had to flush the toilet 5 times before you could even flush number one.

Ship tip

Bring a Tray for your food.

Ports of call

Ravenna, Italy

2 out of 5
Getting to the Port from the airport is the biggest headache! Transportation from the ship stood us up and so we then had to take a bus and two trains hoping to make it to the correct place in time for our ship.

Cruise Bay Of Kotor (Kotor Fjord)

5 out of 5
This was very beautiful

Kotor, Montenegro

4 out of 5
I did a blue cave tour, we only were in the cave for about 2 minutes, but the water was beautiful, the boat ride was comfy and fun, and they let us on the earlier one because the ship changed our time on the island.

Corfu, Greece

3 out of 5
We did a hop on hop off bus tour looking for a beach and never found one, we couldn't find a hop on spot once we got off and walked a LOT in the heat.

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

4 out of 5
We did the museum and walked up to the Parthenon and acropolis it was a lot of walking there is no other way up. I enjoyed it my mother couldn't make it.

Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5
This port was beautiful, we took a ferry to she town and the ships were so cute, everyone was nice, we got picked up and taken far away to go horseback riding which was amazing in the mountains and on the beach. We saw mountain goats and they made sure to get us back to the ship port on time. 10 out of 10

Argostoli, Kefalonia, Greece

5 out of 5
This is the only place I ended up going in the water, but it was right off the doc because beaches aren't findable anywhere near the ports. We took a bus to the other side of the island to do the Melissani and Drogarati Cave Tour it was beautiful but a long drive and long like for 15 min boat ride and cave walk with a lot of stairs.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We got off the ship easily and took a transfer to the airport. much easier getting back than getting there.
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7 Comments

AlexBurrows     4 months ago

Sorry you didn't enjoy your trip. We were on the Explorer in September and had a great time. Absolutely loved Pireaus/Athens. MDR was hit or miss but Chops and Izumi were great.

VAcruisenut     4 months ago

Sorry your Greek Isles cruise didn’t meet your expectations. We did the same itinerary on the Explorer of the Seas in October and had a great time, though food on RCCL has been hit or miss since the pandemic.

javawoody     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing your past Cruise

Gwbigdog     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

cruising2004     4 months ago

Thanks for your 2023 review. Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise.

missnotanlines     4 months ago

We did the same itinerary on the explorer about a year ago we had none of the problems that you mentioned at all the ship was clean and the food was plentiful and good

HeavySeas     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

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