Explorer of the Seas Review
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Our trip from Cape Liberty that departed on Feb 26th with Royal Caribbean was awesome! We were a group of 12 so there were many personalities to cater to and overall, everyone had a blast. When we left Cape Liberty, NJ it was snowing and quite cold outside. We all drove in an RV from PA and parked at the pier which was a nightmare. We sat in traffic for a long time waiting to even get to the parking lot. I'm still not sure whether it was snow related or just the logistics of a cruise embarking or departing or both but it was 3 hours of dead traffic! When we got on the boat we were settled in no time and even though the cruise line had tons of luggage, we still got ours right after dinner that night.
My husband and I got an indoor cabin, no veranda. Several people in our group at veranda rooms and there were really cool how they overlooked the Promenade. Others had balcony which are always pretty awesome. Notes about the rooms: Some people (in our group) had nice hair dryers and other did not. Some people had pushy room service (like it seemed like they were always trying to get in) others did not. Some people had new ice and cups every day, other did not. Bottom line, if anyone had an issue with these things, it was resolved right away. Also note that everyone had a nice safe in the room and it functioned properly.
We set sail the first night and it was rocky right away. I would not recommend this particular cruise for someone with a weak stomach. We had one in our group but she swore by the patches you wear under your ear so she was ok. We have taken several cruises before and I have never felt the roughness that we felt on this cruise. The difference is that every other cruise we took was just putt putting around the Caribbean but this one was headed down the Atlantic coastline and we were susceptible to some serious waves. One night there was a huge gust of wind that really rocked the boat at 3:30am. There were some passenger complaints of items in the room falling on them, but everyone in our group was fine.