Explora cruises from the eyes of clients

[kelleherdl]

2 hours ago, Mattsudds said:

I hope you have a brilliant time and any teething problems are gone by then. Out of curiosity, exactly how are you making the restaurant bookings. I keep looking at my booking through the website and there doesnt seem to be any obvious way to do it. This restaurant reservation thing seems to be central to so much criticism that I’m keen to sort it out before boarding if possible. 

I called the EJ Ambassador number myself. I got confirmation of my two reservations right over the phone. We like to eat early (6:30) so finding openings was a piece of cake. We have Sakura and Marble&Co. We are not interested in the supplement paid Anthology. I may also do one of the Chef’s Kitchen classes. I’m personally not worried about getting dining times. Even the Marketplace looks fabulous to us. But if the Master wants to invite us to dine with her I doubt we will decline. 😀

[machotspur]

2 minutes ago, kelleherdl said:

I called the EJ Ambassador number myself. I got confirmation of my two reservations right over the phone. We like to eat early (6:30) so finding openings was a piece of cake. We have Sakura and Marble&Co. We are not interested in the supplement paid Anthology. I may also do one of the Chef’s Kitchen classes. I’m personally not worried about getting dining times. Even the Marketplace looks fabulous to us. But if the Master wants to invite us to dine with her I doubt we will decline. 😀

 

Nice one - thanks for the tip. Yes, we too have booked Sakura & Marble & Co.

 

Hopefully in the future their system will get sorted so we can manage stuff like this online !   

[Waltershipman]

8 minutes ago, kelleherdl said:

I called the EJ Ambassador number myself. I got confirmation of my two reservations right over the phone. We like to eat early (6:30) so finding openings was a piece of cake. We have Sakura and Marble&Co. We are not interested in the supplement paid Anthology. I may also do one of the Chef’s Kitchen classes. I’m personally not worried about getting dining times. Even the Marketplace looks fabulous to us. But if the Master wants to invite us to dine with her I doubt we will decline. 😀

Love it and Agree i am looking forward to more posts about food from passengers

[Waltershipman]

18 minutes ago, machotspur said:

 

Nice one - thanks for the tip. Yes, we too have booked Sakura & Marble & Co.

 

Hopefully in the future their system will get sorted so we can manage stuff like this online !   

I have booked that way successfully as well 

[TER777]

Thanks for the advice. I called the EJ Ambassador at 833-925-1567 and was able to book some dinner reservations.

[ljsanantonio]

we booked Sakura and Marble & Co as well.  Just a simple call to EJ, even though I booked through my TA.  Just easier to do it directly with EJ,

[TER777]

What time is embarkation?

[kelleherdl]

3 hours ago, TER777 said:

What time is embarkation?

Our assigned time for Sep 9th is 1:00.

[Stickman1990]

3 minutes ago, kelleherdl said:

Our assigned time for Sep 9th is 1:00.

I wonder if they stagger boarding depending on suite level?

 
Not a big issue - I’ll just be glad to get onboard on the 9th

[daleandrews]

We will watch you from the deck.  🙂 

 

(Boarding in Glasgow on the 2nd.)

[kool kruiser]

Could somebody possibly remind me when dining reservations can be made, oplease.

 

Thanks

[Waltershipman]

5 minutes ago, kool kruiser said:

Could somebody possibly remind me when dining reservations can be made, oplease.

 

Thanks

60 days out from embarkation through TA or directly with EJ ambassador on phone. ENJOY

[kool kruiser]

8 minutes ago, Waltershipman said:

60 days out from embarkation through TA or directly with EJ ambassador on phone. ENJOY

Brilliant, thanks !!

[bitob]

On 8/10/2023 at 3:59 PM, Stickman1990 said:

I wonder if they stagger boarding depending on suite level?

 
Not a big issue - I’ll just be glad to get onboard on the 9th

I expect you to email me with your perspective!!!!!

[machotspur]

On 8/10/2023 at 11:54 PM, kelleherdl said:

Our assigned time for Sep 9th is 1:00.

 

Our time on 21st August is 12:30 !

 

[vistaman]

20 hours ago, bitob said:

I expect you to email me with your perspective!!!!!

may I ask when you are on board ? 

I am on board 21st August and 13 th December   

[Stickman1990]

22 minutes ago, vistaman said:

may I ask when you are on board ? 

I board on 9 September in Reykjavik 

[vistaman]

5 hours ago, Stickman1990 said:

I board on 9 September in Reykjavik 

enjoy your trip!

[nancygp]

On 8/10/2023 at 5:59 PM, Stickman1990 said:

I wonder if they stagger boarding depending on suite level?

 
Not a big issue - I’ll just be glad to get onboard on the 9th

Looking forward to following your cruise

 

Nancy

[Waltershipman]

5 minutes ago, nancygp said:

Looking forward to following your cruise

 

Nancy

Me too

[PaulMCO]

13 hours ago, Stickman1990 said:

I board on 9 September in Reykjavik 

Definitely interested too - we are not going until January.

[dolls123]

On 8/10/2023 at 3:54 PM, kelleherdl said:

Our assigned time for Sep 9th is 1:00.

Our time on Nov 3rd is 12:30. I'm in a aft deluxe penthouse

[travelberlin]

Honest reviews from paying guests are being provided about Explora in other social media channels. The overall impression seems to be positive. There are however some things that for me are important information. For example that there is a cigar lounge in deck 5 and that you can smell the cigarettes in some cabins specially in deck 6. That would be very annoying for non smokers like us. I hope Explora can do something about this.

 

In addition, long lines for the restaurants Sakura/Marble and only two types of included wine available to choose from: one red and one white? Otherwise one would have to buy and the bottle prices start at Euro 40.  I hope that they improve the wines options and that we will not get offered the merlot and pinot grigio that the “easy package” from MSC includes. 
 

Ivi

[TER777]

54 minutes ago, travelberlin said:

Honest reviews from paying guests are being provided about Explora in other social media channels. The overall impression seems to be positive. There are however some things that for me are important information. For example that there is a cigar lounge in deck 5 and that you can smell the cigarettes in some cabins specially in deck 6. That would be very annoying for non smokers like us. I hope Explora can do something about this.

 

In addition, long lines for the restaurants Sakura/Marble and only two types of included wine available to choose from: one red and one white? Otherwise one would have to buy and the bottle prices start at Euro 40.  I hope that they improve the wines options and that we will not get offered the merlot and pinot grigio that the “easy package” from MSC includes. 
 

Ivi

Ivi, 

I had noticed there are a lot of outdoor smoking areas scattered about. When seated indoors near the door to the outside, if there is a lot of traffic through the door, there can be smoke drift inside. I’ve had to move seats on occasion. My room is not on deck 6, so no experience to report there. 
 

Sakura/Marble are the reservation restaurants so there should be no lines there. The lines would be at Fil Rouge and Med Yacht. Flexibility advised. There are more included wines. If the first one offered is not one you enjoy ask for one of the others. That said, I don’t think any of the ones I’ve tried are more than just passable. 

[travelberlin]

1 hour ago, TER777 said:

Ivi, 

I had noticed there are a lot of outdoor smoking areas scattered about. When seated indoors near the door to the outside, if there is a lot of traffic through the door, there can be smoke drift inside. I’ve had to move seats on occasion. My room is not on deck 6, so no experience to report there. 
 

Sakura/Marble are the reservation restaurants so there should be no lines there. The lines would be at Fil Rouge and Med Yacht. Flexibility advised. There are more included wines. If the first one offered is not one you enjoy ask for one of the others. That said, I don’t think any of the ones I’ve tried are more than just passable. 

Thank you for giving us more information. Glad to hear that there are more options fore the wines. Do you remember any of the names? Or is there a wine list for the included wines?

Ivi