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Marella Explorer Cruise Review to Scandinavia

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 54

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5
Marella Explorer

Baltic Discovery

Sail date: August 10, 2019

Ship: Marella Explorer

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I can't see myself going on this ship again as there seems to be too many cut backs.... It's my 1st cruise with tui but a lot on board were saying how it's changed and sadly for the worst.... People I travelled with have been with tui and they said this was by far their worst experience..... I paid a £630 single supplement which I feel was very steep... To come back from a 2 week all Inc holiday lighter than when you boarded shows how bad the food was

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
4 choices in Latitude 53 were everyday choices so really you only had 3 choices.... Portions were minute.... Service was extremely slow.... Half the time the waiters just completely ignored us.... We kept having to ask for stuff.... Lots of people were complaining.... One of our group complained about finding a shell still on her prawn in the sparse prawn cocktail .... The girl higher than a waiter as she was in the blue suit did nomore than went to the kitchen and brought a prawn back fully in tact ie in its shell just to prove that prawns do in fact have shells..... Did she think we were stupid.... After that we went the market place most of the time as the fine dining was a waste of time

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
We mainly entertained ourselves

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Stage shows were excellent

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
Hardly any staff in bars....

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was very clean though got the feeling toilet paper was rationed as I kept having to help myself off the trolley

Ship tip

Steer clear

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Ports of call

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

5 out of 5

Oslo, Norway

1 out of 5
Wished had stayed onboard
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Goteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden

2 out of 5
Not that much to see
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Tallinn, Estonia

5 out of 5
Absolutely loved it here
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St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

5 out of 5
Absolutely lovely
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Helsinki, Finland

5 out of 5
Loved it
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Stockholm, Sweden

5 out of 5
Loved it
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Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany

5 out of 5
Loved it
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Copenhagen, Denmark

3 out of 5
Was ok.... River cruise was a bit daunting
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Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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2 Comments

laineyjerram    5 years ago

Used to be Thomson
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GospelCruiser    5 years ago

Never heard of this cruise line but lol at your coming back lighter then what you before cruise. You know- with all the walking you do on a cruise- it is possible to actually lose weight- I have and I ate plenty of food.
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