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Explorer of the Seas - Eastern Caribbean

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Explorer of the Seas
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First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Sep 2004
Cabin: Superior Oceanview Stateroom with Balcony

We were eleven adults from NYC, San Francisco and Ohio who met in Miami and did a pre-cruise at the Marriott Biscayne Bay. I love their pre-cruise package...nice room...great view of the port. Excellent dinner in the Bay View Lounge as well...all for $149 a night! We were all repeat cruisers but this was my husband and I's first RCCL cruise as well as our first 7-day cruise. I will sail with RCCL again in a heartbeat.

This was to be a 7-day cruise, but Hurricane Jeanne gave us another sea day and we were more than fine with this arrangement. A Saturday to Sunday trip (pre-cruise at the Marriott and 7-day cruise) ended up becoming a Saturday to Tuesday trip with 8 days on board and both a pre- and post-cruise stay in Miami. With the exception of two in our party, we were all of the mindset of having fun, going with the flow and not sweating the small stuff...can't tell you how much that attitude can get you on a cruise....we had a ball!

Embarkation was painless and we were onboard by 11:25 am. Our wonderful room steward, Francesca, told us our room was ready when we went to drop off our bags, so we unpacked, put on our swimsuits and headed out to explore the ship. She's a beauty. I just loved the public spaces on this ship. The Royal Promenade was actually smaller than I anticipated but oh so charming and immediately my hubby knew he was going to be spending a lot of eating time at the Cafe Promenade...their sandwiches are excellent. Dizzy's Lounge was my favorite drinking spot high overlooking the pool area and ocean and my hubby fell in love with the cigar bar (Connoisseur Club) that is tucked into a space right outside the Maharaja's Lounge. We went to check on our dinner reservations and found that our request for a table for 11 had not been filled. They had us sitting at two tables next to each other, but we were able to fix that by the second night. Our party met up at the Solarium pool which became a favorite daytime spot for all. I have to admit that I loved having no children in the pool.

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Superior Oceanview Stateroom with Balcony

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