If you read the reviews on the Explorer of the Seas, they are unusually mixed. For most, the entertainment, the ice show, the varied entertainment rooms and activities on the ship and the positive attitude of the entire ship staff are real pluses.....and I agree. Unfortunately, there some areas that just don't work...

First and foremost is the food. It's almost difficult to know where to start. Perhaps the entire kitchen should be given a copy of the Royal Caribbean Cookbook that they sell on board. Any resemblance between recipes and pictures in this cookbook and what's served on board is completely accidental...and I am sure that if anyone actually produces something that looks like any of the dessert pictures, they are promptly fired.

This is nine days of eating at your local low cost buffet or inexpensive restaurant. There's plenty of food, but it's really mediocre. Now, if you view food as a necessity more than something to enjoy and any food that you don't have to cook yourself as a good meal, you are going to like the Explorer of the Seas. If you like your fish cooked soft enough so you don't need a cleaver to cut it or you like a dessert with anything like a flaky crust or something other than sheet cake squares, you are going to hate the food on the Explorer of the Seas. Read more