Jayneykul

Glad you have had a reasonable outcome pensioncruiser! We must have got on as you got off. 28th sept we sailed. We also had a junior suite but didn’t have any issues with it. We did have issues however with the dining room. There was a 50 minute wait each night. On the second night we weren’t seated until 9.50 after waiting since 8 pm the staff were miserable and the food just not good at all don’t know what happened in between as sounds like you did not have these problems. There were a lot of complaints  with a good few people saying they were going to cancel future bookings on D2. It was in complete contrast to our sailing in May on E2. Even surf and turf wasn’t v good. Will wait to see Marella response to the formal complaint 😩

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Hi Campolady I live on Bredbury Green small world! 

I will just try and book the things I want on board Hookedoncruising, thank you though for trying to help!

We sail on D2 on Sat 🤗can’t wait. we really liked E2 in May far better than E1 maybe because it was adult only but did miss the glasshouse and pizza place from E1. Nonnas was nowhere near as good. We did really like E1 and wouldn’t hesitate sailing on her again but there were a lot of issues on it, probably because it was only the second week of sailing. People we met on E2 were raving about D2 and the atrium. Every ship has its pros and cons . Hope you really enjoy Dronnygirl, let us all know,

I would do that hookedoncruising but that is my issue I can’t log into my account. Honestly I’ve tried every number Brummiejam it will all have to wait until Sat I will hope the suite concierge can sort it all 😁never mind, thanks for replying x

Title says it all really! Due to go on D2 on Sat, log in for my account not working tried for days to get through given up as a bad job! 

Not as far as I remember 

Well transferring to an American line wouldn’t cut it (Cunard aside, owned by Carnival) as we were very much in the minority dressing up, the majority are (I’m being kind) extremely casual

We did the same itinerary as you last year on Explorer, in Ajjacio there is a really nice miniature train takes you on a tour of the town and the down the coastline it’s not expensive highly recommend. Civittevechia we have done Rome many times so we went on a tour of Tuscania and food tasting, very good but maybe a bit boring for your teens, marina di Carrera they put a shuttle on into the town if you don’t use that arrange an excursion as the port and surrounds is not nice (imho before someone shoots me) St Raphael is pleasant enough to walk round good beach, Barcelona everything is on your doorstep fabulous place if u have time the hoho is great value. Have a fabulous time hope this helps

Make sure it’s not near the staff entry doors, a lady I met on Marella 2 had compensation given to her and everyone nearby as the door was in constant use with staff talking all the time she said it didn’t actually bother her as she slept with ear plugs 😩that was on deck 8 but not sure where

If you look on the ports of call section I’m sure there will be lots of suggestions for Costa maya, hope you have a fabulous time! 

I don’t normally disagree with you SausPud but our loyalty on Celebrity/Royal Caribbean entitles us to some decent things like free internet, free laundry, captains party, gelato in the speciality ice cream, helipad sailaway party & lots more. We haven’t been on that many cruises with them unlike some people on here with Marella. It is certainly a factor when deciding who we sail with. Marella should introduce something especially when the prices are going as high as they are. 

We were on Explorer 1 last year and Explorer 2 this year. We enjoyed both very much but did prefer Explorer 2 particularly the fact it is adults only. We had quite a few very unruly children onExplorer 1 last year. We really liked the different bars on Explorer 2. Would agree with Dronny girl food on a par with P&O the service and entertainment is far superior on Marella. We are booked on Discovery 2 in September 

That is very true Pensioncruiser had forgotten about that!

We did the same as you Miller really enjoyed it 

28.9.19 Discovery 2 magic of Spain 😁

Ps I don’t think they do the newspaper on Marella, they certainly don’t do port of call maps which is a bit disappointing 

We haven’t been on Celebration only Explorer and Discovery. We really enjoyed it so much we have booked several more. We went on Britannia once. (We are probably biased as we didn’t enjoy it and wouldn’t sail P&O again) Comparing those 2, the cabins are less well appointed on Marella but nice enough. There are not the number of channels for example on the Tv.  Britannia had lots of really good movie channels and this was a blessing when we didn’t make it into guernsey because there really was nothing else to do. The balcony was just about big enough to put a chair on Britannia they are decent size on Marella ( don’t know if they have them though on Celebration) Food quality about the same on both. Service far better on Marella (there was a real language barrier on Britannia) .1 morning on Britannia we ordered the kedgeree which was the breakfast special of the day they brought a plate of fish curry and a bowl of rice! Entertainment is superb on Marella on Britannia it was abysmal. The entertainment staff really want to give you a good time. On Britannia I don’t think we saw any all week! The drinks package is really good on Marella we choose to upgrade because we like the bottega gold Prosecco for example but there really isn’t a need to if you don’t fancy there is so much choice. Another good thing about the cruise you are looking at is it’s bonded luggage. That is a big bonus! Hope you have a lovely time whatever you choose

Didn’t do the same itinerary exactly no Sardinia and Barcelona not the port you are doing 

In Livorno we were met at the ship by a company called Italy tours. They took us to Pisa and the Florence with a guided tour then some free time I can recommend them it was a great day. In Civitavecchia having been to Rome a lot we took a tour with the ship to Tuscania and then food and wine tasting at an Italian farmhouse which again was a good tour

We decided not to do the restaurant package as it only saves you a few pounds and includes kora la which we did not fancy (just our choice we heard very good things about it from others) we paid £29 each for surf and turf it was excellent. We will definitely try diners club when we are on discovery in September 

Yes I would say most of the cocktails are not on the regular menu. Can’t say there was that much of a difference with the wines in the MDR (definitely noticed a difference in surf and turf wine lovely in there) forgot to mention if you like whiskey or gin the separate bar in the squid & anchor is covered on the upgrade. Cocktails are a much better quality as you point out. I think it’s a no brainer but each to his own as they say. Hope this helps

We didn’t see any of the bad behaviours mentioned on Explorer 2. We had maintenance issues with our cabin which were dealt with really efficiently, better than on Cunard or Celebrity. We did have 1 bad experience in the MDR on the last night but nothing that would cause a poor review from us (unlike P&0). Entertainment best we have had. Hope you have a fabulous time 

The upgrade was well worth it for us. A cocktail before dinner in Indigo, premium wines with dinner, coffees then a gold Prosecco in Aperitif, perfect!