Explorer of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Reviews

This review is for the food. Having traveled on Carnival, 3 small no name cruise lines and this ship, I was very disappointed in the food. Started the first night at Chops. Ordered the bone in ribeye. I was brought a T-Bone. I'm not one to complain, but when you are paying extra, you should get what you ordered. I was told they didn't have any Ribeye steaks upon questioning the waiter. This information should have been stated when I ordered the item. The next night, I ordered the Grouper. It definitely wasn't grouper. They had the same dish but with Sea Bass on the menu. Whatever fish it was (still don't entirely know), it wasn't Grouper (which happens to be one of my favorite types of fish). It was supposed to be Pan Fried. It was not pan fried, it was baked. It was supposed to come with Capers. There were no Capers. None. This is the first cruise I have ever been on where I am Hungry. I would not recommend this particular ship. I will update this review with more information, but Royal Caribbean appears to be on a cost cutting extravaganza and trying to pull one over their guests. It isn't appreciated. If you don't have something, just say it.

Taking my 80 plus year old parents on the cruise and they enjoyed themselves. Alaska was a place non of us had been to before. Very beautiful scenery.

In my opinion, this was was great cruise. I have seen dolphins, whales, the glacier, and everything else. I have always wanted to do this cruise and I feel fortunate to be ale to do with this captain and the crew. We had a great time. We are not any party animals; we enjoy just being with great people that know what they are doing, from the captain to the person who paints the boat. Would (and will) do this again.

Beautiful ship with excellent customer service. This cruise was absolutely fabulous with lots of runs stops in Alaska. The ports of call and shore excursions were fantastic!

I am not a frequent cruiser so when I was trying to read reviews from people who were I would often find a lot of criticisms which made me wonder what was founded and what was not . My experience was that the food was very good, the service provided by the crew members was also top notch. I think a cruise is something where you will have as much fun as you allow yourself, or as much fun as the people you are with, it really is what you make of it. I think the Explorer of the Seas delivered a fun experience for our party of 6 . The one criticism I would give (and this by no means was anything horrible) is you are barely into the first day of your cruise and they start talking about booking your next cruise on board, I know they are a business and need to keep sales going, I get it, but part of me is like - let me finish enjoying this cruise before you start trying to talk to me about doing another, again that would be my only critique and it was minor.

Sometimes very good. However, everything had an extra cost. A brief overview was nothing but a hard sell for excursions. Practice emergency drill was so disorganized! We had no idea where and when to report. Only by sheer accident did we see a security guy who looked at our SeaPass card and that told us where to report. Disappointing and disorganized.

This being our first cruise I didn't know what to expect. I can honestly say that my wife and I were extremely satisfied. The bulk of the crew were very helpful and always ready to assist you. I was very impressed with n

Please just read my overall review, it says it all. My wife has taken three cruises and I have taken one. As I indicated in my review, I will be looking to book another cruise in the very near future.

Second time we've been on the ship in the past three years. Last time was 2014. The renovation has really made a good ship better. She was looking tired in 2014. All said though, really don't believe this ship is well suited for Alaskan cold weather cruising.

Plenty of negative things to say. The industry has changed since my last cruise. More attempts to get into your pockets once on board. With that being said we had a great time. How can you not have a good time when someone is pampering you 24/7. And the view in Alaska was just breathtaking.

This Alaskan cruise was our first cruise....a gift from my son for mine & my husband's 60th birthdays. It was better than I ever expected and I would definitely book another cruise on the Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas. It wasn't just the ports and excursions that were enjoyed, but the staff made it our best vacation EVER!! Will not be our last....I promise you.

Great trip and very scenic. Have to do the Alaska cruise at least once in lifetime. Plan excursions because there are plenty to choose from. May not be exciting for little kids.

We loved our Alaskan cruise so much that we cannot wait to go back with the next time adding post cruise trips to the interior. The scenery was beautiful and all along the way we spotted tons of whales.

We were on the Explorer June 30. Absolutely loved this cruise. The ship is clean, staff is not only friendly but went above and beyond if we asked for something they did not have, they found it for us. Food amazing and the ports and excursions were by far our favorite cruise. This was our 6th cruise in 15 months and it will be hard to beat. Breathtaking views of glaciers, mountains and the whales. We will be going back to Alaska in 2019 and on Royal Caribbean. Next cruise is Southern Caribbean on the Adventure Sept. 23. Alaska stole my heart but I will be going back!

Cruise was nice didn't realize so many sea days. Next time i will fly to Anchorage for more ports. Staff is wonderful Viptee, Jobill, Akshay in Windjammer

Overall impressive trip. Seamless well oiled team. Great communication, you can't get lost. Entertainment was super. Stateroom attendant Randy is amazing (5*); medical help available... we have no complains

Nice if relaxing cruising is not for everyone if I cruise again I'm going to choice a river cruise with much less people but food and staff great didn't like days at sea boring lack of entertainment for me

You should see Alaska where cars can't get to and only seen by boat. Very pretty. Be aware the temperature is much lower than most people are use to. Rain gear is also really handy.

Easily the best and friendliest crew I've ever met. Everything was made very easy, from booking excursions to getting on and off the ship. The ship and all of its facilities were clean, modern, and well-run. Wouldn't change a thing about this trip.

My first impression walking on the ship was "eh" (not bad, but not excellent). I read tons of reviews about how clean and perfect this ship is, so I expected such when I boarded. I didn't find that it was the cleanest ship I've been on when I arrived, but it certainly wasn't bad. It wasn't "love at first sight" either. As we traveled, I grew to absolutely love this ship. It's big and I was worried about how difficult it would be to navigate the floors (with our room being at the aft) and how crowded it was going to be. I quickly learned the set-up of the ship and loved how the ship itself and the schedule really controlled the crowds quite well. With all of the people on board, I never felt cramped (except on the elevators and in the Windjammer). It really helped distribute people nicely. I would definitely go on this ship again. I do recommend eating in the dining rooms to avoid crowds as it was very difficult finding tables in the Windjammer. The food was good and the cookies are always my favorite. The activities staff seemed a little unorganized, but we still had fun. Oh! I did want to mention - I read a lot of reviews that shared how there was tons of advertising for the specialty dining rooms (that they were bothered at their table while dining with an invite to purchase these dining options). On the first day, we were visited at our table once. We told them we were not interested and was not bothered the rest of the cruise. They did stand outside of the Windjammer and the main dining rooms, but did not pressure us. The ship was a bit rocky two nights (3-4 foot swells the second night and 10 foot swells the 5th night (the nights that we were going back and forth to Alaska from Seattle/Victoria). While at Tracy Arms Fjords, the captain did an AMAZING job at Sawyer Glacier. (Went there instead since the Tracy Arms Glacier was too icy to get to). We sailed all the way to it and he had the ship literally spin 365* (in place) three or four times. The scenery was stunning and it was great having this wonderful ship and talented crew get is there safely. Cheers to another awesome Royal Caribbean cruise. Up next... Hawaii!