Steveok Posted August 7, 2006 #1 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Hello cruisers We're thinking of trying the Exploreer of the Seas from New York (N.J.) in January of 2008. We've got the Empress of the Seas booked for this January for the 11 day cruise from San Juan. The intrigue of a New York departure is we would be able to drive to the departure port. Can anyone help with info on port, ship, or the 12 day New York cruise in general? Thanks , a New England cruiser who need to go where it's warm in Jan!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzboss1 Posted August 7, 2006 #2 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Steve ~~~~ We did the 9 day on the Explorer 6/30, booked it again for 7/20/07 for a 9 day and a 12 day 12/23/07. I would love to answer any questions for you!! It is an awesome ship and we had the best time.!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzboss1 Posted August 7, 2006 #3 Share Posted August 7, 2006 oops, I missed a question you asked. Here is where our 12 day on 12/23/2007 goes: leave Dec 23 sea sea San Juan St Thomas Roseau, Dominica Bridgetown, Barbados Basseterre, St. Kittts St Johns, Antigua sea sea sea NJ on 1/4/2008 And it is out of Bayonne NJ, not NY. We are from Mass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankreeves Posted August 7, 2006 #4 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Check out the Member reviews section or the Ship reviews. It has a lot of good info on the explorer. Also do a search at the top right of this section type in Explorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjerryw Posted August 7, 2006 #5 Share Posted August 7, 2006 The port is actually in Bayonne. There have been problems in the past with people reporting that they found paint on their cars when they came back from their cruise. The paint apparently comes from an independent dry dock facility near the parking lot. Here are links to 2 threads discussing this problem. http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=230845 http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=369992 Some people have said that if they park there they will bring an inexpensive cover for their car. As for the ship, it's great. As for a 12 day cruise from New York, it's 12 days, you're cruising and you can drive to the port and you're not at work. Seems like a winner to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyaJune Posted August 7, 2006 #6 Share Posted August 7, 2006 We did the 9 night Voyager cruise out of NJ last year and LOVED being able to drive to the port. Everything was very well organized as far as parking and checking in. We are leaving on the Explorer for a 5 night Bermuda cruise in 4 weeks. This will be our 2nd time on the Explorer and the ship is fabulous. Plus I believe it was last year that it was sent into drydock so it should be as good as new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majesty Fan Posted August 7, 2006 #7 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Hubby and I are on the Explorer on the 1/13/08 sailing! I have never been to NY so we plan to come a few days early to see the sights and the today show! We have an aft Balcony so it should be a nice view from the aft. We were on the Explorer in 03 we had a great time. It is a very nice ship! Lexi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty1 Posted August 9, 2006 #8 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Hubby and I are on the Explorer on the 1/13/08 sailing! I have never been to NY so we plan to come a few days early to see the sights and the today show! We have an aft Balcony so it should be a nice view from the aft. We were on the Explorer in 03 we had a great time. It is a very nice ship! Lexi Lexi - We're also booked on the Jan 13 2008 cruise. Come join our roll call on the Meet & Mingle board. We'd love to meet you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steveok Posted August 10, 2006 Author #9 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Thanks to all for your replies. We did our first aft cabin on Srenade last year and loved it. This cruise from NJ has some of the same ports that we so enjoyed last year. This Jan we're on the 11 day from San Juan and we're looking foreward to that as well Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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