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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.

Hi There is a Canadian couple who have U tube vids of how to do it for North American people. cruising canucks Marella Discovery, this takes you to the blogs they did everyday also they have a blog when they got back home and it explains what to do in detail. As has been said above it is possible to book cruise only from Barbados or Jamaica and get your flights separate.

There is the pool bar on deck 9 as said above, there is also on deck 10 directly above the pool bar another little bar with seating area in the open air. we use it a lot as we dont lie on the sun loungers. it does tend to be busy at times. We will be living there this Christmas.😁

Yes they do, also the passengers dont go through the terminal you just walk down the steps of the aircraft and onto waiting buses to the ship, its around a 40 min journey. Enjoy.

Thats good news RR maybe we will get a refurbed cabin. thanks for the info.

Hi Has anyone any info if/when Discovery 2 will or has had its balcony cabins refurbished yet. we had a deluxe balcony on Discovery in March with a lovely glass door shower and hope its the same on D2 at Christmas and not the shower curtain.

Yes we did book with TUI and it is a TUI Dreamliner flight, all the people on board will be on the ship. Were not worried about it, its just the timings dont add up.

HIya Daveoc we have been to the far east before with Marella Discovery in 2019 and we will be going again on Discovery 2 at Christmas/ New Year. Excursions come in from £32pp to £118pp. so for instance in Port Klang for Kuala Lumpur is £32pp for the transfer coach (1.5 hours each way) to Kuala Lumpur to explore on your own thats 8 hours . there are 10 excursions in all with the most expensive being the best of KL at £61. when you book the cruise you will be able to go to Cruise Control and see all the trips to book i think around 3 months before you go. Phang Nga Discovery from Penang at £118pp being the most expensive, we have been there before (James Bond Island from The Man With The Golden Gun ) and thats 8hours. Ive not looked at all the trips so some could be more expensive ie if there are helicopter trips to book for instance. hope this helps and if you book enjoy the cruise, we loved it back in 2019 and we cant wait to go again this Christmas.

Hi all we are sailing on the Fascinating Far East 2 cruise from Singapore over Christmas and New Year, the departure time from Singapore is listed as 20.00 the plane is due to land at 10.40 am. That seems ok but a look on the port website Marella Discovery 2 is due to sail at 15.00 . That time frame looks very tight i am thinking that must be wrong, does anyone have any information who is due to sail at that time on this, oh the flight time in to Singapore is from Manchester. Any light that you can shed on it would be welcome. thanks Graham

Thanks all for the info. The subway looks favourite, walking back across Brooklyn bridge would be ok for me but not for Mrs G.

Thanks Jim