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Marella Explorer Cruise Review to Canaries

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 41

Overall rating:

2.9 out of 5
Marella Explorer

Canarian Flavours

Sail date: November 29, 2019

Ship: Marella Explorer

Cabin number: 8086

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Second cruise round the canary islands following excellent first cruise on marella dream round the same area

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Fast and efficient.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Buffet terrible dirty plates and tables drinks even though advertised as branded were served cheap unbranded ones.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Very little to do on this ship.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
No real entertainment during day on board evenings show were good.

Children's Programs

No kids.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Bar staff ignorant in some bars restirant staff miserable cabin excellent.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
Bad design not looked after.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Cabin good and clean had a few problems which were resolved eventually.

Ship tip

When we went on the ship it seemed to cater for the older retired generation.

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Ports of call

Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Canary Islands

3 out of 5
Didnt explore as no time in port.
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Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

5 out of 5
Went to aquarium and beach both excellent.
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Santa Cruz De La Palma, Canary Islands

4 out of 5
Went on trolley train and round shops was interesting.
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Funchal, Madeira

4 out of 5
Would not recommend marella excursions on this.
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Agadir, Morocco

1 out of 5
Did not leave ship many bad reports on locals.
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Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands

5 out of 5
Volcano tour amazing.
Thumbs Up

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Had to leave cabin too early resturants not open b4 disembarkation.
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2 Comments

Dr68    4 years ago

Our first cruise was on the Dream as well. We are due to cruise on the explorer next year so hopefully things will have improved by then.
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Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

Guess it could have been better
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