Itinerary great, Ship poor

Marella Explorer Cruise Review

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

2.8 out of 5
Marella Explorer

Baltic Discovery

Sail date: August 10, 2019

Ship: Marella Explorer

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Itinery great, Ship very old, tired, dirty, food awful, drink fraud going on, entertainment average.. Not worth half the cost.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
Newcastle is awkward, from car park two buses to get to the ship, needs improvement

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
The food was just simply awful, I have never in the history of cruising had to return food for being of poor quality.. Until the explorer that is.. And I caught them defrauding customers by using cheap ingredients in their premium cocktails when the premium ingredients were advertised on the premium menu..

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
The dance troupe tried there best but night after night was the same boring routines in a slightly different genre..

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Pretty good overall..

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
This ship is filthy, it also stinks of sewerage..

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5
It stank of sewerage.. Awful

Ship tip

Don't

Ports of call

Goteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden

4 out of 5

St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

4 out of 5

Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany

4 out of 5

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

3 out of 5

Helsinki, Finland

3 out of 5

Stockholm, Sweden

4 out of 5

Oslo, Norway

4 out of 5

Tallinn, Estonia

5 out of 5

Copenhagen, Denmark

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Newcastle is terrible for disembarking.. Two buses to car again..
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2 Comments

Plurp    5 years ago

Dr68    5 years ago

What cabin did you stay in?

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