Explorer of the Seas Review

Good. Not Great.

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Explorer of the Seas

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Sail Date: Dec 2007
Cabin: Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Balcony
Traveled with children

I am 32, traveled with my husband 38, daughter 1, brother 28 and parents. I'm about to write a lot of negative things about this cruise but it is not saying I didn't enjoy it. It was still a GREAT trip. We are used to traveling Celebrity so I will be making a lot of comparisons to that. We have sailed on Celebrity, RCI, Holland and NCL in the past.

EMBARKATION: We arrived by car form Staten Island around 11:30 am, sat in a long line of cars, dropped off luggage, checked in really quickly (we are platinum members and used the priority boarding area), then sat around and waited in the little area until about 2. It sucked, but didn't really care because it was a lot better than flying in. When we went to the bathroom, we saw what looked liked a refugee camp with 3000 people in the main waiting area. People will pulling chairs down and standing around. It was a lot of people. In our area was a bit calmer. They served the same food as in the main area (cookies and coffee, juice, water) but in those silver urns instead of big plastic troughs. I got a cup of water and mold slime was floating in my drink. So I got a cup of juice and had that instead.

CABIN: Looked decent, just like every other cabin I'd been in except the bed was much much much MUCH MUCH better. Nice and firm without that stupid crease in the middle, nice white soft sheets, not that flowery dirty duvet that I'm used to finding on my bed. We had cabins 7606 and 7608. Our cabin steward Luis was good, not the best in memory, but up there. On the last night I noticed a confirmation for my Portofino's reservation two nights previous. I guess he forgot to give it to me. There were a lot of crumbs or something in the drawers so I lived out of my suitcase the 9 nights. The bathroom gave off a stagnant smell from time to time, I'm guessing it was from the pipes below.

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Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Balcony

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