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Does anyone know if Discovery 2 has passengers onboard now while it is sailing to Mauritius, or have they been offloaded in Colombo.

Yes the 25 night is still there and that has come down in price a lot. i think the one cancelled was a 14 or 16 night cruise at almost the same date as ours, so it would have been easier for people to transfer to that if people have work/holiday time to juggle. Maybe someone who is affected by this cancellation can comment when they receive the options from tui.

I have thought for a while now that the cruise on discovery 2 through the Red Sea would be cancelled. we are booked on the 18 night discovery repo cruise Barbados to Turkey on the 18th of April and i see that it has been removed from Tui web page for sale. It leads me to think that it may be being held back for people who may want to transfer to it from the Suez Canal cruise. i will watch the Discovery 2 ship to see if it will sail all the way around Southern Africa without any passengers.

No problem, enjoy the cruise.

hi, we were on discovery Christmas and new year 2022/23 deck 7 balcony cabin and it was a lovely glass door shower cubicle.

Hi. Yes they can be unlocked, we have not done it ourselves but have seen them open when they do a weekly hose down of the balconies so ime sure they will open them for you.

ok thanks and will do, its been a long time coming.

I am reading on Malaysian web page that now their arrival card is from 1st January 24 a couple of days ago it said it was live from early December, i wonder if they have had issues with it or was not advertised enough so caused huge backlog. we will find out soon we fly in the morning.

Hi all up date. my phone is a few years old so wont support E simm. I have just submitted my Singapore arrival card as we fly out Thursday and land Singapore Friday morning. you are aloud to fill it in a little early as Singapore is 8 hours ahead. I did it on my phone for us both as a group. I scanned our passports rather than fill it all in. i got confirmation e mail right away with a D E number for each person. i screenshotted these and wrote the numbers down and obviously will keep the e mail. It took me longer than most because i am a tech dinosaur. As above has said TUI is not down as Airline so put cargo/other and you can type in TUI and TOM number. its a massive scroll down to put in previous airport ie Manchester and a more massive scroll down to get to Manchester England for where you live, we dont live there but it was the nearest on the list, you will see. When it came to address/ hotel in Singapore i put other and i put day trip as opposed to transit as we will leave the port that night, sorry dont know which was right but it has been accepted. Next destination i put Phuket which was on the list. When in Penang or KL i will have to do it again when in shopping mall to re enter Singapore and again the following week when i can get internet. It looks the same for the 3 visits in Malaysia, why cant cruise ships do it as a block. oh and 3 yes or no health questions to tick. If i missed anything give us a nudge. good luck all Graham

when we get back in early January i will put it on here so everyone will know what to do.

Update. i have just watched a you tube video and it says the Malay arrival card was introduced 1st December 23 but there is a grace period until 31st December where you can fill in the form on the day of arrival, after which you have to submit it 3 days before.

If we all have to fill in the Malaysian arrival card 3 days before we dock in Langkawi which will be CHRISTMAS DAY, we will have to fill it in on Saturday 23rd December (sea day). no one will have internet so Tui will have to do that. will we have to do the same for Penang and Port Klang. It looks like we have to do the Singapore card 3 times also, sounds a complete nightmare to me.

I have downloaded the app and next week i will be filling this out also. I thought Marella would have outlined how we go about filling this thing in, me thinks were on our own and lots of wrong answers. there are some frequently asked questions on the website but they dont answer the questions we have. Someone may have a clue hopefully.

hi, we went at Christmas and new year last year on Marella Discovery in the Caribbean, it was fantastic. We watched from deck 5 of the atrium looking down to the stage on deck 4 as Father Christmas and his Elves gave out presents to the kids and sang carols, there was a service in the theatre also. I would say maybe 100 kids or so, nowhere near as many as you get in the med in summer months. The children were not a problem. The ship was decked out in all areas with decorations and a huge tree in the atrium, everyone looked to be having a wonderful time. we had such a magical experience we are doing it again on Discovery 2 IN the Far East. Enjoy.

Hi Kirsty, I have looked on the government web page for travel to Singapore and it does look like we will need a SG arrival card. it must be same as Barbados one we had to do online 3 days before and if so Tui will prompt you to do it, however i will ring my local Tui shop to confirm and ask about the return to Singapore a week later. happy cruising. Graham.