Old Explorer Cabin Layout

[5waldos]

Am I remembering correctly that cabins on the Explorer before the changes in 2018 had walk in closets? Or is this my imagination? 

[drron29]

The silver suites and medallions certainly did.

[jpalbny]

Some of the ones on deck 3 and 4 did too. You're not misremembering.

 

We stayed in the old larger suites: 323 once, and 427 twice. They were called "expedition" and "discoverer" suites. As illustrated on these old Prince Albert II deck plans from 2009, they had a huge walk-in closet that occupied the space between the entryway and the bathroom, and there was a second door that exited the closet into the bedroom.

 

We loved those suites and booked one for our fourth cruise (November 2017) but alas during the dry dock that Summer, they split all of the deck 3 and 4 suites into two smaller cabins! So we got upgraded to 700. Not a bad tradeoff!

 

I've attached a second set of deck plans "after refurb" which shows those 3rd and 4th deck cabins now split in two. The only remaining suites of that size are Silver Suites on deck 5.

PAII_suite_and_deckplans.pdf RE15659_Deck_Plans_Explorer 2017 after refurb.pdf

[5waldos]

So the wonderful upgrading led to significantly smaller cabins and closets.  Funny that isn’t mentioned anyplace. I will miss the walk in space. 230 sq ft is now potentially 153 sq ft. Quite a significant change.