Pacific Explorer Review
4.0 / 5.0
Misleaing cabin sizes shown to you on the P&O website when you book
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NickPet
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s
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Sail Date: Nov 2018
As a family we have cruised on 3 previous occasions. The 1st time was on P&O Cruises 'Pacific Eden', the 2nd time was on P&O Cruises 'Pacific Aria', the 3rd time was on Carnival Cruise Lines 'Carnival Spirit', and finally this time on P&O Cruises 'Pacific Explorer'.
The cruise-liner I'm reviewing today (P&O Cruises 'Pacific Explorer') is by far the most outdated ship we have traveled on to-date.
It was previously known as P&O Dawn Princess and was supposedly refurbished in 2017, but most of the common areas feel worn down and dated.
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Cabin Balcony
The rooms are extremely small and unlike all the other ships we have traveled on, if you choose a balcony cabin, the area for the balcony is taken out of the size of the room - leaving it very small.
It is unable to (despite what the pictures show on P&O's website) accommodate a 3 adult family - the only way for you to have your room in this configuration is to put two lots of bunk beds together to form a bottom and a top double bed.
On the previous three ships our balcony cabin has been in the format of a queen bed and a separate sofa which folds down into a bed at night - leaving more than enough room to move around.
Also on the previous three cruises we have been able to fit our suitcases in our room - on the P&O Pacific Explorer we were forced to place them on the balcony leaving us less room to sit - they also decided to hose down the balcony on the second last day without moving the suitcases. This meant that the night before disembarkation I spent 4.5hrs of my day using a petty hairdryer to dry the suitcases so our clothes weren't destroyed when we put them in for the trip home.
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