Explorer of the Seas 9 night Bermuda and Eastern Caribbean Cruise 7/6/2007
BACKGROUND INFO: This is my 6th cruise and 2nd with Royal Caribbean. I (29 y.o.) was traveling with my husband and my mother and her husband. All of our previous cruises were out of FL, but this time we didn't want to bother with flights and booked from Bayonne, NJ.
EMBARKATION: We drove to the port from Maryland. Not a bad drive except that Mapquest.com directions to port were WRONG and deposited us on the dead end side street in the middle of Bayonne. Overall it took us an extra hour to backtrack and get to the port. On the plus side the embarkation process was a breeze, especially comparing to Miami port and overall chaos. I would say from the moment we dropped our luggage and parked the car it was about 15 min to get to the ship (bus ride included). Since we got there a little late (see above) by the time we boarded Windjammer was closed, so we had to get sandwiches at Cafe Promenade (they had better food anyway!).