Explorer of the Seas

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Explorer of the Seas
Placed in Service: October 28, 2000
Status: in service
Tonnage: 137,308 gross tons [1]
Length: 1,020 feet
Beam: 157.5 feet
Decks: 15
Speed: 23.7 knots
Complement: 3,114 passengers, 1,180 crew
Registry: Nassau, Bahamas
Port side of Explorer, as viewed from the stern of the ship
Port side of Explorer, as viewed from the stern of the ship

Explorer of the Seas is one of five Voyager-class cruise ships from Royal Caribbean International. It can handle over 3100 guests, including scientists making use of a built-in atmospheric and oceanographic laboratory operated by the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Voyager-class ships are the third largest passenger ships in the world, after Cunard's Queen Mary 2 and Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas.

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[edit] Norovirus exposure

On the February 26, 2005 sailing of Explorer of the Seas, 243 of the 3,252 guests onboard became sick with what Royal Caribbean identified as Norovirus. All guests who were sick during the ships stop at Grand Cayman island received 50% off a future Royal Caribbean cruise as compensation.

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Preceded by
MV Voyager of the Seas
World's Largest Passenger Ship
2000–2004
Succeeded by
RMS Queen Mary 2
Royal Caribbean Fleet Independence of the Seas | Liberty of the Seas | Freedom of the Seas | Voyager of the Seas | Explorer of the Seas | Adventure of the Seas | Navigator of the Seas | Mariner of the Seas | Brilliance of the Seas | Jewel of the Seas | Radiance of the Seas | Serenade of the Seas | Enchantment of the Seas | Grandeur of the Seas | Legend of the Seas | Rhapsody of the Seas | Splendour of the Seas | Vision of the Seas | Majesty of the Seas | Monarch of the Seas | Sovereign of the Seas | Empress of the Seas
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