Ten days of sheer bliss

Marella Explorer 2 Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 30

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Marella Explorer 2

Mediterranean Marvels

Sail date: October 27, 2022

Ship: Marella Explorer 2

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Had a ten day cruise on Marellaexplorer2 fabulous all round could not fault anything about it even the weather stayed in twenty’s and the seas were like mill ponds this was 27th october to 6 November would go again tomorrow if I could

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Had to wait to get signed in for ship but what cruise you don’t nice and efficient pick up from airport and travel to ship no problem cases pretty quick all in all top notch

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
As usual food great want fantastic go to resteraunts stayed mainly in market place snack shack nonos and the others don’t like being waited on and wasting time sitting and waiting for service quicker to do it yourself pull your own drink beer red wine white wine rose perfect end with tea coffee water what more do you want

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Great activities quizzes bingo golf library shopping drinking sunbathing you name it it had it all

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Personally I thought jules was the best entertainer with comedy and music and played all diffrent instruments shows were fabulous routines like clockwork great singers special artist that were one night only superb collection were another good band also unison were also great entertainers if you like any type of music tui is the ship

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Superb anybody says diffrent there snobs and shouldn’t be on tui it’s for ordinary people who are out to enjoy there selves and who are working class appreciate what work they do from the kitchen to the bars a credit to them all and should only be treated with respect for what they do

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Nothing flashy spotless clean high standered of service layout nice and simple even the wife didn’t get lost (pity) only joking but that’s how easy was to navigate around the ship

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Balcony cabin well looked after by Nelson and his staff cabin cleaned regular chochalotes great towel presents good size cabin

Ship tip

Relax and enjoy the experience enjoy each port and sea day as they come go to every show quizz band trivia throw yourself into being there try not to waste half or full days sunbathing can do that in your garden and if that’s what you want to do stay at home cruise is not for you

Ports of call

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5
city walls fantastic have a drink in every port brilliant try cable car loads to do not enough time

Valencia, Spain

5 out of 5
What a place lovely went on a tuck tuck sights incredible not enough time to see all will go there again

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5
Again been here at least 4 times not bad shops good place to have a walk and a drink

La valletta

5 out of 5
It was adjaccio not Valletta great to walk round close to the port

Cartagena, Spain

5 out of 5
Best place on the whole cruise walked round city early morning brass bands vintage car rally churches in between shops immaculate streets local people fantastic went on road train afternoon to see rest of city from above highest point highly recommend this too see beautiful.would love to return

Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5
Went to a place out off Messina for views and city tour excellent

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
Always love Barcelona so much going on ramblers a must get on off city tour bus fantastic tappers bars everywhere markets an eye opener

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5
Been here so many times just went in city for a drink and a walk

Malaga, Spain

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Simple an efficent worked to perfection well organised and proffesional
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6 Comments

byhisgrace    2 years ago

Thanks for your review

mricho14    2 years ago

My wife and I love this ship, went on it in May around the med and we are going on 5th February 2023 to the Caribbean, cannot wait as we are really looking forward to it as never been there before

Dumfy75    2 years ago

Thanks for your review, sounds like a great cruise! Agree with your tip, maybe it’s just me but I can’t understand why so many people rate a cruise on how busy the pool and loungers are.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Wonderful itinerary. Appreciate all of your details. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing