I was on Explorer once to do an interview with Captain Bill Wright, Royal Caribbean's head of maritime operations, and Dr. Otis Brown of Miami University and the Ocean Lab. http://www.beyondships.com/Explorer-WinningEquation.html and http://www.beyondships.com/Exploreroceanlab.html Unfortunately, I believe the Ocean Lab is now closed.
In addition to just the pleasure of cruising, I am looking forward to photographing the ship from top to bottom. When I was on before, I had not yet started to do comprehensive photo shoots of the ships.
Hope to see you onboard.