Explorer of the Seas
Placed in Service:	October 28, 2000
Status:	in service
Tonnage:	142,000 gross tons
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

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 largest passenger ships in the world except for Cunard's Queen Mary 2 and Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x678, 613 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Explorer of the Seas User:Dan1980 Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Tonnage is a measure of the size or cargo capacity of a ship. ... Map of the Bahamas Nassau is the capital city of the Bahamas. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x731, 663 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Explorer of the Seas User:Dan1980 Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x731, 663 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Explorer of the Seas User:Dan1980 Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Port is the nautical term (used on boats and ships) that refers to the left side of a ship, as perceived by a person facing towards the bow (the front of the vessel). ... Aft of the Soleil Royal, by Jean Bérain the Elder. ... Voyager-Class refers to a design of ships operated by Royal Caribbean International cruiselines. ... U.S. headquarters in Miami, Florida. ... Layers of Atmosphere (NOAA) Air redirects here. ... Thermohaline circulation Oceanography (from Ocean + Greek γράφειν = write), also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of physical geography that studies the Earths oceans and seas. ... Michael Faraday, 19th century physicist and chemist, in his lab. ... The University of Miami is a private university founded in 1925 with its main campus in the city of Coral Gables in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States. ... The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science is the graduate school of marine and atmospheric science within the University of Miami. ... A passenger ship is a ship whose primary function is to carry passengers. ... Cunard may refer to: Samuel Cunard (1787–1865), British shipping magnate. ... I name the ship Queen Mary 2 --Queen Elizabeth II The Queen Mary 2 is a Cunard Line passenger ship named after the earlier Cunard liner Queen Mary, which was in turn named after Mary of Teck. ... Freedom of the Seas is a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, scheduled to launch in June of 2006. ...

Activities include:

• Ice skating rink
• Rock climbing wall
• Inline skating
• Nine-hole miniature golf course
• Ping-Pong Tables
• Shuffleboard Court
• Golf simulators
• Full-sized basketball court
• Adventure Ocean® youth facilities

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Other amenities

• Royal Promenade
• Casino
• Three-story main dining room
• Windjammer Café
• Restaurants such as Johnny Rockets (1950s-style) and Portofino (Italian)
• Themed bars and lounges
• Swimming pools and hot tubs
• Day spa and Fitness Center
• Library and Royal Caribbean Online™ Internet access
• Wedding chapel

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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. Norwalk virus is a virus, the prototype of the Norwalk virus family or the noroviruses. ... Grand Cayman from space, April 1994 Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands at about 196 km² and contains the capital George Town. ...

External links

• RCI
• Voyager-Class.com - the largest online resource for information & pictures of the Voyager-class ships
• RCIfan.com, an RCI Fan site.
• CruiseCritic.com review
• Research website for the onboard laboratory
• June 2004 article about the ship and lab from CNN
• Article about the Norovirus outbreak from CBS 4 Miami