Marella Discovery 2 - Reviews

Cruise was fantastic as always with Marella, flights out and back were a nightmare.

This was the third cruise we have taken, but the first with Marella, and what a lovely surprise we had, I’d been reading the reviews of Discovery 2 on fb and had mixed feelings about the ship, but I needn’t have worried had a fabulous 14 days cruise, the fist week was not fabulous weather, in fact, we had only 3 days of sun and choppy seas for a day, but the entertainment on board and the lovely people we made friends with kept us busy and took our mind off the awful weather. The second week was great too and the weather soon picked up, will we sail with Marella again? You bet we will.

Great ship great staff will go back for sure . Overall 4-1/2 out of 5 *. Thanks Marella Discovery 2. Wonderful vacation look forward to new adventures on board .

It was our 1st cruise and it was wonderful and would definitely go again!

Had a very enjoyable time would think about an other cruise with your company again.

Did the Exotic Explorer cruise on Discovery 2. First cruise for me. Something for everyone if you want it. Enjoyed all the port stops. Cabin cleaned every day and bed turned down every night. Very polite and friendly cabin porters. Drinks waiters were mainly friendly but felt management kept their personalities a bit suppressed. Food and waiters could not be faulted. I especially loved Gallery 47 Italian.

The only complaint we had was the size of the pool sea days you could not get a chair. They were reserving them then leave for hours. Rules say no reserving the staff will time ticket them but that only happened once.

Good cruise but not great food for me sorry 😁, friendly staff, my suitcase was damaged when I got it back at cabin, but friendly staff replaced it with a brand new one 👍 10 out of 10 for that, 😎

My first cruise really enjoyed it will be going with you again next year

Really great first cruise. Enjoyed the experience. Great that so many people made the effort on dress to impress nights. Overall very good.

Love the all inclusive and staff are very friendly.

We loved our cruise. Would highly recommend this cruise line. The guests and cruise personnel were wonderful.

Loved this cruise. Cuban Fusion 1 week. Travelled from Toronto to Montego Bay. Lots of British on ship for 2 week cruise. Overall the ship was clean our balcony room was great. Food was good ate in all included restaurants and we were not disappointed. Grand cayman we just shopped and had a fantastic lunch on the waterfront. Cuba we took an old convertible car tour and really enjoyed it. Cozumel we just walked around enjoyed the sights of carnival and had a great lunch at Woody's. Best guitar player we have heard in a long time. Overall was a wonderful cruise.

This is the sister ship to the Marella Discovery and is just about identical. Three of us all ladies had a deluxe cabin right at the back of the ship. We were looked after by our brilliant cabin steward Mario who kept us spotless and also provided the usual towel art 😁We had twin beds and a sofa bed which was left out, this caused a slight lack of space but didn’t cause any problems. There was plenty of storage for all our stuff, even for the three of us. The balcony was very spacious with two chairs a table and two sun beds. The only downside was the shower curtain that kept sticking to you, yuk! We had some fantastic views especially in Havana where we were berthed backwards, we felt we were nearly in the street. We tried all the inclusive restaurants and the food was lovely in all of them but the best experience was in Surf and Turf where the food was amazing and the waiters fantastic. They couldn’t do enough for you. The only time the ship felt crowded was on a sea day. Despite lots of notices saying sunbeds were not to be reserved, they all were with nobody moving people’s belongings off however long the bed was unoccupied. The entertainment was brilliant. Some of it wasn’t for us i.e the pianist but each to their own. We found the shows all great, high quality singers and dancers. Unfortunately I can also say the medical team were great as I had a fall in Costa Rica, nothing too serious but as it was on one of their excursions the treatment was free. Lovely ship with amazing friendly staff. We will be back.

This was our first cruise experience It was good fun, met good people on board But we prefer to be on land then sea!!

very good cruise we liked it and would cruise again

Compared to similar - but more expensive cruises - we have taken in the past, this was amazingly cheap and fully inclusive. Ok, I like a good red wine, but the Cabernet was more than acceptable, and the option to buy my favourite was there if needed. Superb entertainment, nice size easy to get about ship, not crowded and generally very civilised. Highly recommended.

TUI staff were excellent , we watched 2 shows and they were brilliant

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.

For our first cruise it was over all excellent cruise felt photographers very pushy which put us off buying any - also if there are rules such as no children in certain areas between certain times this should be monitored such as Glasshouse and Gym apart from that had a fab time and would cruise again