We have just returned from 2 nights at Explorers. This was an extra 2 nights after staying at Santa Fe for our park days.
We really liked the hotel. It was clean and new looking. The rooms were reasonably spacious and comfortable.
There was a kettle in the room and welcome supplies- a couple of sachets of coffee, tea bags, sugar and 1 sachet of powdered milk. These supplies werent replenished- I think you could purchase more supplies but we had our own with us. We also had a small thermos flask with us so took a cup of milk from breakfast which we kept in the flask and it was Ok til end of day.
DD (7) especially liked the pool area which had several slides. You could hire towels for 1 Euro but we sneaked one from our room one day. There was also a good play area where children could let off steam if they still have energy from being in the park all day. There were lots of tables near the play area where you could sit to have a drink while the children played.
The only meal we ate there was breakfast. It was very chaotic!!! You will have to specify your time and will be given a ticket with a time on for breakfast. However no one checked our ticket and so we could have gone in at any time. The breakfast was set out in several stalls and it was hard at first finding where everything was, trying to juggle trays and guide DD along amongst people carrying hot drinks. And then couldnt find a free table. It was easier the 2nd day when we found a table first, seated DD then went to collect the food.
There is a free shuttle bus which runs every 20 mins to and from the parks. It collects from other hotels along that stretch but goes to Explorers first so if you dont get a seat when you first get on you often can as people get off at other hotels.
We would definitely stay there again and would say the only downside was that you couldnt walk to and from the park.
