Class: Voyager
Built: 1999/2000
Registry: Nassau, Bahamas
Entered service: October 28, 2000 (maiden voyage)
Status: in service
Tonnage: 137,308 Gross Register Tons (GRT)
Length: 1,020 Feet
Beam: 157.5 Feet
Draft: 29 feet.
Decks: 15
Speed: 23.7 Knots (25.3 MPH)
Crew: 1,185
Passengers: 3,114
Explorer of the Seas is the second unit in the Voyager class ships from Royal Caribbean International. Unique in the cruise industry, Explorer of the Seas hosts a working labratory, administered by the University of Miami. The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science makes use of the regular schedule the ship maintains, to gain data on the regions in which the ship operates. Short tours can be taken aboard ship, of the labs facilities.