We did a Back to Back on the Explorer beginning June 3 to Bermuda followed by June 8 to Bermuda/Caribbean. We arrived at Cape Liberty about 12:30pm on June 3 and were met by porters that removed luggage from our car in a minute. My husband parked the car and walked back to the terminal where we went to priority check in and within 10 minutes were on the bus to the ship. It is a crazy scene at Cape Liberty but they really have it down to a science and the porters do a fantastic job of keeping everything moving fast.

We had the middle of the Hump JS on nine and it was a nice cabin although the guestbook needs to be replaced as it was pretty beat up. Our cabin steward was pleasant and did her job of keeping our cabin cleaned. We sailed thru rough seas on our way to Bermuda due to tropical storm Barry but the Explorer handled the rocky conditions just fine although many passengers were seasick.

We arrived in Bermuda to beautiful sunny weather! Bermuda is our favorite port so we enjoyed the island once again. On Tuesday night there is a festival put on by RCCL by the pier and it was a lot of fun with a magician and juggler performing and several local vendor booths set up. Later that evening we had the pleasure of seeing the Bermuda Royal Marching band and bagpipers perform. This is not to be missed! They are wonderful! We sailed back to Bayonne on calmer seas! I was posting live reports back to the CC All Things Explorer thread that I participate on throughout the entire back to back and I purchased CyberCabin to use with my laptop. For the 5 night it was 85.00 and for the 9 night it was 125.00 for unlimited access. It is a dial up but I found it much faster and less expensive than the internet cafe. Read more