Great itinerarie but poor Ship

Marella Explorer Cruise Review

robcat4846

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

Legends of the Baltic

Sail date: June 22, 2019

Ship: Marella Explorer

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Great itineraries, poor layout and poor organisation of entertainment Staff are Fantastic

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Que to drop bags off outside then que to check in then que to board

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Evening game show and Main theatre show overlapped so we had to choose 1 or the other

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Layout of ship is poor, casino deck 12 fwd, Main theatre deck 7 fwd, Bar lounge deck 6 aft, Bar squid and anchor deck 7 aft. Disco indigo lounge deck 12 fwd.

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

Paper thin mattress and 2 wooden locked boxes protruding from headboard. After complaining, got told no other cabins available, put another mattress on top and an extra pillow to hide box 😪

Ship tip

Avoid cabin 4042

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Ports of call

Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany

5 out of 5

Klaipeda, Lithuania

5 out of 5

St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

5 out of 5

Copenhagen, Denmark

5 out of 5

Helsinki, Finland

5 out of 5

Stockholm, Sweden

5 out of 5

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

5 out of 5

Fredrikstad, Norway

5 out of 5

Tallinn, Estonia

5 out of 5

Riga, Latvia

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

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1 Comment

julieNmike 5 years ago

Interesting review thanks. We’re on her seven weeks today on a similar itinerary as yours and are looking forward to it having been on discovery 2 twice and enjoyed both trips.

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