aururab
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San Francisco
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SCUBA, Travel, Family vacations
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Disney, Paul Gauguin
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Tahiti, Tortola
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I know the website says that - but the photos really look the same. Just curious if anyone had experience with it.
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aururab started following Miami to Miami - November 3-17, 2023 , CATEGORY OS 701 - Queen or Twin Sofa , Youth will be served on Explora Journeys and 2 others
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Odd very specific question. Does the owner's Suite 701 have a Queen pull-out or a twin pull out?
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Youth will be served on Explora Journeys
aururab replied to Host Jazzbeau's topic in Explora Journeys
I know next to nothing about Dominica, and I am vaguely obsessed with visiting! Looking forward to hearing your report! -
Multigenerational Journeys - onboard Explora I with children
aururab replied to aururab's topic in Explora Journeys
There will be a lot of kids on that sailing! They will have a wonderful time! -
Multigenerational Journeys - onboard Explora I with children
aururab replied to aururab's topic in Explora Journeys
Happy Thanksgiving! Everything is going great, we are enjoying a beach day in St Barthโs, and my kids are bargaining regarding how much time they can spend in the kids club today! -
Youth will be served on Explora Journeys
aururab replied to Host Jazzbeau's topic in Explora Journeys
Well, my kids are little so if I want to do anything longer than 3-4 days they are along for what we decide! Ha -
Youth will be served on Explora Journeys
aururab replied to Host Jazzbeau's topic in Explora Journeys
I am not sure my kids would want to go back to another line after this! Other than Disney of course!! But that is far from relaxing. ๐ -
Youth will be served on Explora Journeys
aururab replied to Host Jazzbeau's topic in Explora Journeys
My kids are onboard now, as I posted about separately. They are absolutely loving every moment. The kids club is small, but they have been absolutely fantastic with the kids, and really talking to them about what they want to do being, instead of the typical - now it is craft time, now it is free time, etc they get on some larger ships. The staff has been doing all sorts of things with the kids around the ship (with parents permission), including a scavenger hunt, playing basketball and pickleball. They have offered to take them to the pool several times, but the kids are having too much fun doing other things and have declined! I am impressed with how child led it is. There is a range from about 6 to probably 16, with the older ones and coming and going more. In the evening they were playing games that somehow managed to incorporate them all, and we didn't have the heart to pull our kids out and put them to bed at a normal time. The hours are also entirely flexible, as all you have to do is ask the day before and they can extend them however you need. They also have plethora of high end VR, and video game consoles, but managed to offer enough other fun things to do that my electronics obsessed 11 year old is busy doing other things as well. I was of course a bit nervous about what this sailing would be like with kids along, but it is beyond perfect and we are looking at summer 2024 European itineraries with friends. Of course I wouldn't expect many children for mine to interact with if we weren't on a Caribbean sailing over an American school holiday, but it would be amazing to plan with friends with similarly aged kids. Even if there were less kids, then the staff is truly fantastic and I think the kids would be fine. On top of that, my kids are trying all sorts of foods they have never had before (my oldest now likes caviar, not sure this is a good thing or not ha!) and the restaurants have been great at slight modifications for their palettes (the salmon without the sauce for example at Sakura). -
I am currently onboard Explora I with my kids, ages 11 and 7, and we have been beyond impressed with everything 24 hours in! There has been a lot of discussion on here regarding luxury cruise lines and kids, and this sailing is probably the first time the Nautwith 22 kids onboard. All the hosts have been so sweet with them, and the Nautilus Club is small but amazing, taking them all over the ship, swimming, basketball etc. They currently ditched us to go hang out with their! We are in connecting suites, as the max occupancy is 3 per suite, and of course it is an amazing amount of space for the 4 of us. The connecting suite had beds thar converted to twins, and a bathtub instead of a shower, which is perfect for them! Today we had lunch at Sakura, and the chef modified the salmon a bit to make it perfect for the kids palettes.
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I have heard the current number is much lower, someone told me 480, will inquire further!
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Explora told me it would stay on Pacific time, which is why I was asking for clarification.
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Question regarding listed port times Are the listed times in Miami time or Atlantic Time?
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I am curious to hear how your port times line up with what is listed. I was told the ship stays on Miami time, which is standard, but some of the timings don't quite make sense to me if that is the case and I'm curious to see how it plays out.
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Onboard Explora 1 (Sept 25- Oct 13) with Hank
aururab replied to Hlitner's topic in Explora Journeys
I missed this - what did you pack to cut the angst? ๐ -
Onboard Explora 1 (Sept 25- Oct 13) with Hank
aururab replied to Hlitner's topic in Explora Journeys
What time did you end up disembarking?