Explorer Master Suite Info

[InsGuy3]

Can we get some comments, reviews, positives/negatives, etc, on the Master Suite on the Explorer? Just about anything would interest us. It’s a lot of money and want to make sure it’s worth it. We love the Explorer suites on the Viking ships and the aft balcony in the MS on Explorer seems to attracts us. Thanks.. 

[NCCruzQueen]

The first thing I would recommend would be to look at the Regent Suite Guru thread. Look on decks 8 and 9 in the spreadsheet area for quick reviews on the master suite.

[Gpilon]

Hope this helps with your decision.

[InsGuy3]

Thank you so much, Gpilon. This video is perfect and most certainly helps in cementing our decision.

[Gpilon]

My pleasure. Looks like a sensational suite....which cruise are you looking at? We are booked on Splendor (our Splendor cruise last June was cancelled) in June 2022 in a Grand Suite....very much looking forward to that cruise.

 

[InsGuy3]

Thank you also, NCCruzQueen. Your suggestion is also very helpful. I found the spreadsheet. 

[InsGuy3]

We are on the Miami to Miami E. Caribbean Cruise in 2022. So looking forward to after watching the video. Enjoy your cruise. 

[lelak]

We stayed in the deck 8 master suite shortly after Explorer rolled out.  Most things very nice; a few serious glitches that may or may not have been fixed.  Most serious is the living room layout.  The couch is incredibly uncomfortable and far too close to the TV.  The back of the couch is too low and very hard.  Their solution was to give us some extra cushions for the back of the couch, but then you tended to slip off the couch.  This was definitely a "did anyone actually ever try sitting in the couch" thing.  There are many sets of switches for the living room, but they all do one of two things and you can't control individual ceiling lights.  At the time we sailed, the suspended ceilings in the bedrooms looked great, but tended to rattle in even moderate seas.

 

On the plus side, the aft facing balcony is huge and works well even on sea days.  The pop up TV in the master bedroom is a nice touch.  If you can play the piano (or like using the autoplay features, that's a plus; if you don't that takes up a lot of space.  Having a second bedroom great if spouses/partners have different sleeping hours occasionally.  

 

If you don't need the second bedroom, I'd consider the aft grand suite on deck 7.  More room and better layout in the living room and equivalent huge deck.  And it's a few thousand cheaper per person.

 

 You can find a detailed review I wrote on the suite by searching ship reviews.

[InsGuy3]

Thank you, lelak. Very helpful info.