Explorer of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Great cruise! I wish the comedy was better. And I wish the could’ve been more flexible about my situation, I ended up paying $400 extra to get co-joining with my kids since my mother wasn’t able to make the cruise.

WInjammer food never changed for lunch. Hamburgers and hot dogs were the main items. The main dining room food was not good, a whole table of people walked out the last night due to poor quality of the prime rib. Bar service was slow. Overall the cruise was a pleasant adventure and I am overlooking the food issues. One should give them more time to recover from the Covid effect on everything from their supply issues to the help.

Overall, the ship needs some serious cleaning and overhauling. Royal Caribbean no longer has to follow covid protocols, so my wife and I are now fighting covid. Two days after leaving the ship we tested positive. Not a very good experience this time and this ship. We will no longer cruise on the Explorer of the Seas.

Would love to go back to Curacao and Aruba! They are wonderful ports of call, but only with private tours through the local operators we found. We snorkeled, just the two of us with our captain of our own private boat and witnessed the cruise guests we were sailing with on boats with 60+ people. We went to some of the same attractions as the masses from the ship but it was times right so that when we were arriving or departing we were avoiding buses that were carrying hundreds of people. Doing it our way, Curacao and Aruba was amazing. Grand Cayman is also a wonderful port of call if you have never been there before.

Crew tried hard to overcome an erratic kitchen. There isn't enough entertainment so lounges go crowded out. I wouldn't go back on this ship unless it was an outstanding itinerary.

Cruise was fine despite cruise ports changing 4 times. I understand in COVID times you have to do the best you can with what you have. Turned out to be a great cruise. The staff was fabulous but understaffed. Corporate needs to only book the volume of passengers for the staff. Not sail understaffed. Every staff member went above and beyond but they are exhausted without telling you and smile despite it and do the best they can but really Corporate should be ashamed. You can't treat people like that.

I think there were quarantined staff; thus, limiting the attention that was given to guests. It was a good trip, I was just expecting fantastic.

It was fine but not up to our expectations after such a long wait. The last minute changes were very frustrating. Once was understandable but none of the itinerary changes were explained and other RC ships were still going to those ports at those times. We booked this as a 4 stop cruise and ended up with 2 and a half. Very disappointing but at least we got to sail somewhere after it being cancelled twice.

This wasn't the experience I was expecting from Royal Caribbean. Not a crew issue but certainly a management issue by overbooking while short staffed. Yes I know staffing is very difficult but the price I payed was for a usual RCCL experience. We did not get it. Ship needs to be refurbished.

I was very disappointed in the quality of the entertainment and on board activities. I would have selected different ports. I don't feel a need to go back to any of the ports. The food was tasty and had variety. The ship was very clean.

This was my third cruise on Royal Caribbean and the second from San Juan. It was a very disappointment experience this time.

We had a very nice time. Enjoyed this cruise very much.

It was amazing can wait to go again. Staff went out of there way to accommodate us in any need we had.

There is a lot to in each port but if you like to relax, there is no time for that on this ship with a port everyday, there is no time to relax.

I think I added a lot on the comments above. Destinations good.

Regarding ports: Resort for a Day at the Marriott Curaçao was by far our favorite. Don’t miss it!

We had a great time relaxing and enjoying the sun together.

Do not go until all the Island Mask mandates are gone and all testing gone before boarding a cruise. I have to go fight with my insurance to cover a $210 test that was already provided by my insurance and Dr. but not accepted by the cruise line at boarding.

Wonderful cruise. Ship was at less than 50% capacity so there was no problem doing anything on the ship. Staff was very friendly and all were helpful and eager to make things great. Specialty dining was super as were the servers. Cabin attendant also did a fantastic job.

We had a great time on this cruise with an awesome itinerary