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MS 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 own Freedom Class.

Basic Facts:

• Ship Name: Explorer Of The Seas
• Departure Port: Cape Liberty Cruise Port, New Jersey
• Ports of Call: Cape Liberty Cruise Port, New Jersey; Kings Wharf, Bermuda; Cape Liberty Cruise Port, New Jersey
• Maiden Voyage: October 28, 2000
• Passenger Capacity: 3,114
• Godmother: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
• Gross Tonnage: 138,000
• Length: 1020′
• Max Beam: 157.5′
• Draft: 29′
• Cruising Speed: 23.7 knots

Activities include

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

Other amenities

• 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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Pay Attention:

Open the windows after you enter your car and turn ON the air-conditioning after a couple of minutes.

According to a research done, the car dashboard, sofa, and air freshener emit Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin (carcinogen – take note of the heated plastic Smell in your car).

In addition to causing cancer, it poisons your bones, causes anemia, and reduces white blood cells. Prolonged exposure will cause Leukemia, increasing the risk of cancer. May also cause miscarriage.  Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50 mg per sq. ft…

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“While a man was washing his new car, his 4 yr old son picked stone & scratched lines on the side of the car.

In anger, the man took the child’s hand & hit it many times, not realizing he was using a wrench.

At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures. When the child saw his father…. with painful eyes he asked ‘Dad when will my fingers grow back?’

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