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Only 1 sea day per week (Day 2) so only expecting 1 per week. We're doing the same ex2 on 30th 2 weeks back to back, so hopefully I don't spill down myself... 🙂 

Used it last time at Birmingham, makes the early morning airport flight much simpler. If you are worried and have an iPhone you could place an AirTag in a case so you can make sure they're going with you.

We also had our first cruise last year (discover 2). I really enjoyed the food. We tried Surf and Turf and Kora La (paid for restaurants) and both were excellent. We only did buffet breakfasts so can't comment on the mdr breakfast. The mdr meals were good and service was excellent everywhere.

Dress code was fine, didn't feel underdressed in shirt/chinos and on formal night (sea days for us) I stuck a tie and waistcoat on too and felt fine. People did have dinner jackets on but it was a good mix of people in smart casual upwards.

We only did a few tours (Rome and Pompeii) but as it was our first cruise I was a bit scared about missing trains etc so felt safer doing the packaged ones. Mostly we got off the ship and explored the port town/city.

Evening entertainment was ok, I enjoy drinking so was fairly happy with the standard beers+wines. Cocktails were a bit too strong though for us.

We are booked again for 2 weeks on Explorer 2 at the end of the month and I'm really looking forward to it 🙂

 

Anybody tried the newer on board wifi which now uses Starlink, have they updated the prices to reflect Starlink as it should be cheaper?

Previously I've had to log out and back in to refresh the list

Seems the restaurant booking issue is resolved as have now managed to book our dining for 30 May cruise.

I found I had to log out and log back in to see the excursions. We are going June 20th and have booked all the excursions we need. Dining does not seem to be available for us yet though.