Good but could of been better

Marella Discovery 2 Cruise Review to Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 60

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5
Marella Discovery 2

Coastal Gems

Sail date: August 03, 2019

Ship: Marella Discovery 2

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The holiday went very quick which is an indication that we enjoyed it. Certain things on the ship disappointed such as trips cancelled and destinations changed but sometimes it cant be helped. Captain Chris seemed nice but he was young and a bit too over familiar with his staff in my opinion and this sometimes led to poor standards such as men in the resturants at lunch with no shirts on and sweating all over the food and nobody challenging them. Waiting on someone coming to take your drinks order in bars such as Venue was also an issue, we waited half hour one night and never did get served so left. Queues at the bar were too big to get your own drinks. So in summary, service and standards a bit poor but an enjoyable holiday all the same but I don't think we will go with tui again for a while.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
No issues, fast and efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Evening meals and restaurants excellent, Daytimes were very standard and disappointing at times

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
OK, golf was fun on ship and entertainment in day was fair

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Seen better but was ok and they did their best

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Room service very good. Tui clearly cut back on waiters which affected drinks service somewhat. Too many entertainment crew and not enough waiters in my opinion

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Cleanliness was fine, we wnt on the Discovery 1 in May and this ship is exactly the same so disappointing as we like to discover new ships but we could of been on the same ship

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Basic as inside cabins are but it had everything we needed as we don't spend much time in them

Ship tip

Be prepared for last minute changes as we had a trip cancelled with little explanation and we had to go to a completely different port due to weathwer conditions we were told

Ports of call

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

4 out of 5

Messina, Sicily

4 out of 5
went on a nice trip to Godfathers villages

Salerno (Naples), Italy

1 out of 5
not much here at all

Piombino

1 out of 5
Again , not much here to see

Roses Did not visit port

Told the sea was too rough to tender so went to Barcelona instead ( out 3rd time there so not great news )

Olbia/Sardinia

1 out of 5
Went to Torres in Sardinia. Booked a trip, wasn't great

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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