3rd time sailing with Marella, family of 4. (Summer 2019, Autumn 2022)
Did the Adriatic, Western Med on D2 now Canaries on Ex.
Explorer staff were excellent particularly after an injury sustained off-ship. never thought we would ever be the sorts of people to need such assistance but the customer experience was fantastic (as was my travel insurance to be fair) from leaving the boat to getting to the carpark at LGW.
Definitely preferred Disco 2 over Explorer. Felt more of a community, shared experience, hard to explain why, perhaps it was the central atrium on D2, slightly smaller ship as well.
Had never been to the Canaries before, Madeira a bit further away was definitely the highlight, but preferred the Adriatic of the 3 we have now done.
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