Absolutely agree. There was a lovely choice of cocktails on the all inclusive menu and the Merlot in the dining room was first class. Going on our fifth Marella cruise in September and can't wait!

@TravellingLightLisa

Күн бұрын

Ooh lovely! Where are you off to? Have a fabulous time. Thank you for watching and commenting it is much appreciated 👍

Very helpful and enjoyed the humour as well 🙂 We've now done 2 Marella cruises - Explorer last year and just come off the Discovery. Had a great time on both. We're not experts or heavy drinkers. We also thought the wine was a bit "meh" - even in the dining room - but not undrinkable. Prosecco fine. Cocktails - what we had (mostly Pina Coladas to be fair plus the odd "experiment") were good with alcohol content dependent on the bar staff pouring. Never weak and occasionally quite strong. Gin and tonic with dinner was perfectly drinkable. What we did like compared to other ships was that, if you wanted a premium drink or a coffee, you were only charged a small extra charge - not the whole cost like some other cruise lines (even with their drinks package purchased). For a 7 day cruise our drink "extras" bill was £28 🙂

@TravellingLightLisa

6 күн бұрын

That sounds similar to our usual extras bill. Glad you enjoyed the humour 😀 We are currenty looking at an Explorer cruise as we haven't been on for a while. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment 👍

The lime rockin' rita was my cocktail of choice (without the salt!!). But I do like the long island iced tea as well!!! Well done for getting through the list guys x

@TravellingLightLisa

7 күн бұрын

Good choice! It was a nasty job getting through the whole cocktail menu, but someone's got to do it! 😂

I’m going on this cruise on the 13th and your vlogs have been so helpful! Thank you for your recommendations!

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

That's great to know! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. We have destination videos coming out soon, but if you have any questions before you go, please feel free to ask, and we will do our best to help. You will have a wonderful time. 😃👍

We've done many marella/Tui/tomson cruises & like yourselves We've never ever witnessed Benidorm at sea like some folk refer it to we don't take the negative reviews on there is more positives than there is negatives we have done other cruise lines but more Marella they are our favourite they do know how to party on sailaways, we have had the upgraded drinks package & also the standard drinks package we do stick to the standard drinks package now & if we want premium drinks we can just buy same with the coffee from the coffee port if we want a coffee we can buy, we find we can get by with the alcohol drinks in the standard drinks package, I found your video very informative thank you.

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and for your kind comments. We have had some great cruises with Marella all over the world and have never had any issues with other passengers behaviour. Happy travels 😃👍

Loved the vlog guys!! We all love a salty rim!! 😂😂. Thank you so much for the shout out.xx

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

No problem at all. Hope it will send some views your way. You deserve it. Keep on doing what you do. Thanks for watching and appreciating our salty humour! 😁👍

We're going on md 2 in a couple of months...First time on a cruise. Came across your drinks review. Really interesting. Looks like you're having a brilliant time, chuckled to myself. Looking forward to our cruise

@TravellingLightLisa

18 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching. You will have a fabulous time. Discovery 2 is a wonderful ship, the staff are brilliant and all-inclusive drinks are great. Hope you enjoy!! Any questions about it just ask and we will try to answer.

Great info. we enjoyed the cocktail talk .

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

Cheers guys. We owe you money! 😂

Thank you for the video! Glad most of the drinks were drinkable haha

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching 👀 glad you enjoyed it! Which cocktail would you have chosen?

Great review! Some of these drinks looks quite nice! 😊😊👍👍

@TravellingLightLisa

3 ай бұрын

Thanks guys. There is probably something for everyone on the cocktail menu. Cheers! 🥂

Thanks for sharing your comprehensive review of the alcohol offering on Marella - all in the interest of”research”, of course ! Presumably, details of Lisa’s personal hygiene issue was this week’s “bonus content” 😂

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

Damp Towel Woman thanks you for watching! 😁🤚💦

great vid loved it well done

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback and for watching. It is much appreciated 😃👍

Aww fellow brummies! Thanks for this. I do celebrity but been nosing tui cruises😂.

@TravellingLightLisa

10 күн бұрын

Weem Yam Yams but cheers aer kid fer wachin' ! We have never done a Celebrity cruise. Would you recommend them?

@markbrum

10 күн бұрын

Oh, and me bab! Grew up not far from yow in Smethwick 😊. Celebrity are great but you do pay for it. The service is brilliant and food is great too. Lots of nice areas on the ship to enjoy too. The drinks and tips are not included and the premium drinks work out to be up to £80 pp per day! The martini bar is amazing though, you soon forget about the cost when you’re in there. I’ll keep a look out for your other videos for sure.😊

@TravellingLightLisa

10 күн бұрын

@markbrum Cheers Mukka. We are from West Brom originally, but I worked in Smethwick for many years, so I know it well. Thanks for your support.

Great vlog with great information. We won't take the drinks package if we cruise. The drinks looked very weak. Mind I do like a good sangria and found the best one in Faliraki!! Lol enjoy your time and thanks for sharing 👍

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

It was all-inclusive, so we weren't complaining (too much), but we were glad we didn't upgrade to premium. We usually pay as we go rather than having a package, but we got a good deal on our next cruise, so we bought one! Rinse and repeat! Thanks for watching 👍

This is definitely your second best video to date (second to the dog friendly pubs in Lichfield with your friend Disco Dave). Very entertaining watch. To be fair, it's all subjective but the allegations appear unfounded. Are people telling lies ? Very well put together. Well done.

@TravellingLightLisa

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. To be fair, it's all subjective, but we did also consider the price point. Happy travels 😀👍

Loads of fun guys ! Rockin Rita was the best on the All Inclusive menu but the smoked cocktails in Bar 11 were brilliant … Old Smokey and The Smoked Margaritas we loved. Trolleyed on a cruise ship - Happy Days!

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

We are looking forward to watching Singapore 1 later tonight. I am more of a traditionalist. I don't even like water in my whisky! Hope you have had a great time and are fully recovered from the return journey.

Good review thank you.

@TravellingLightLisa

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for your comment. That means a lot.

Thanks for this, very informative! My friend and I are going on D2 next June and been trying to decide whether to upgrade to the premium package. Think we will just pay as we go, thanks again ❤

@TravellingLightLisa

3 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found it helpful, and thanks very much for letting us know. We really appreciate you taking the time to comment. Have a great holiday!

Should hold a wine glass by the stem. That way you don't heat up the wine. Do like to have wine with a meal. Sometimes a Mimosa with Brunch. One thing about Marella Cruises, they have a casino. Ambassador Cruise Line looks good too.

@TravellingLightLisa

Ай бұрын

We are very uncultured. We usually drink it straight out of the bottle! 😂 Thanks for watching.

"It doesn't feel like you are drinking alcohol at all" - pretty much what we've found with every Marella cocktail so now we just order doubles and a mixer on the side. The premium wine choices at dinner were significantly nice than the default. I think they are the only cruise line to have red & white 'on tap' in the buffet. Tried a glass one lunchtime, didn't repeat the experience. But still say that Marella are good value, just need to learn what not to do.

@TravellingLightLisa

2 ай бұрын

Yes that's what we thought too. Good idea about ordering doubles and mixers. We will try that next time. Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂

Anohter great sharing guys 😊👍

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

🍻 Cheers! Thanks for watching and commenting 👍

First there was TISWAS, then there was nothing but now Saturday mornings are fun again. Another great video. The bottled beers look good but the draught choices were disappointing. I reckon they'd fill the ship if they put some Bathams or Holdens on the list.

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

Lol. Thanks for your kind comments. Every little bit of encouragement helps us old KZreadrs! Holdens Golden is my go-to if it is on tap. Bathams is a rarity round here. Thanks for watching again.😃👍

Well, we enjoyed that. Mrs is from Tipton and Mr is from Dudley so we loved hearing the accents too. So we did Discovery in Nov 23 with standard package. We coped pretty well with that on our first ever cruise. But our findings were like you that the drinks were pretty weak, but as time went on you can ask for extra measures, which on one occasion sent Mrs Fran to bed early lol. and if you want some thing like a Bacardi and coke ask for it by name " a double Bacardi and coke" if you ask for rum and coke you get the cheap stuff. We are looking at the Asia ones for later this year (we were in Caribbean, Miami etc) and do not need the premium drink. The beer offering is a bit rubbish though but Mr M found the bottles more than enough once he got into the swing of it. As for the delays at the bar, we saw a bit of that but was never an issue, and we found if you were polite with the staff, they remember you and look after you more. Some guests were downright rude to them so what should they expect? Also the smut in this video was enjoyed by both of us lol. Happy Cruising.

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

Bostin' aer kid! We are originally from West Bromwich (We have videos on West Brom High Street!). Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. It is much appreciated 👍 Good tip re asking for things by brand name. The staff work so hard and it annoys us as well if anyone treats them unfairly. Happy travels!

@franandmarts

4 ай бұрын

Actually we were both born in West Brom, I was season ticket holder when my dad was still alive. We left all that many years ago and now live on a narrowboat in Gloucestershire. We still get called yam yams! lol.

Personal I think the normal drinks package is fine,the only thing for me was the coffee was weak ,so for my coffee fix I would go to the coffee port .👍

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

Totally agree! The coffee was weak in the restaurants and buffet. Thanks so much for watching. 😁👍

We were on the D2 last year and DIDN’T get the package either. So pleased we didn’t as I’m sure you agree it isn’t worth it. The bottled lager is in the main what I would call premium and on the included list, so again, not worth upgrading. We are on the E2 start of May and hoping it will be equally as good. As for “Benidorm at see”, not something we experienced last year 😊

@TravellingLightLisa

3 ай бұрын

Great minds think alike! 😀 I guess the itinerary and dates might make a difference re passenger behaviour, but I have a relatively high nonsense threshold, so we have never seen any really appalling behaviour on Marella. Have a great time on Explorer!

Looks good!

@TravellingLightLisa

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Jake! 😀👍

Love Illusions! Long Island Iced Teas are deadly!! 😭😭 Don’t understand why Sex on the Beach is classed as premium!?We don’t normally opt for the premium package with Marella either, we find their standard package is enough for us! Great video guys!! 😊

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

Cheers! 🍺🍷🥂🥃 I couldn't get my head round Heineken being a premium beer?! Long Island Iced tea was in second place for me, but I have had better ones, and yes, they are deadly! Thanks for watching, and keep doing what you are doing. Us noobs should stick together ❤️

@NamyDoesCruising

4 ай бұрын

@@TravellingLightLisa Heineken a premium beer?! 😲 Yeah, us newbies have got to stick together! ❤️ Keep up the good work!

Hiya. I have done over 30 Marella/Thomson cruises & the drinks back in the late 90's before packages were awful. It all got better 10 years later or so. But the last 5 years, or since covid it is awful again. If you are sat at a table and waiter served no matter what cocktail you order will be made with house spirits unless you ask for say' Smirnoff in it. I have seen barman after barman make drinks like mudslide with fake baileys ( Mollys) and house vodka instead of Absolute. I have always sit at the bar and since they have now removed all bar seats outside have gone back to P & O... I have seen old pepsi 2 litre bottles filled from the snake gun and then put on the carts to go around etc. believe me I have seen things you would never believe. After probably nearlly 70 cruises my advice is , always go to the bar and watch your drink being made. But I am a fussy old git.

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

That is very interesting! And good advice. I am mainly a beer drinker, but If I have a short, it will generally be a whisky or G&T, and I am happy to pay the premium for a particular brand. I will sit at the bar in future and observe what goes on. It may make an interesting video!! Thanks for watching 👍

That was really interesting, looks like you don't need to level up on drinks package, there's lots of choice 🍸🍹🍷

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

Absolutely! It saved us £360 by not getting the upgrade. Almost enough for another cruise! Thanks for watching 👍

Another brilliant video, thanks guys.

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

Many thanks for your kind feedback! Hopefully, we are going in the right direction with our videos, and they are of use. 🍷😁👍 Cheers!

We can do without the alcohol but enjoy the coffee and the option to have canned soft drinks to keep in the cabin fridge is great.

@TravellingLightLisa

2 ай бұрын

It was a bit of a downer that there was no fridge in our cabin. Thanks for watching 👍

As a newbie to Marella i found this video really useful, thank you! We're not paying extra for premium as we're going on a very port intensive cruise. I love Margaritas so I'll probably stick with the Rocking Rita and Gin and Tonic and stick to the prosecco and white wine in the MDR rather than the buffet.

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and commenting. We are glad that you found it useful. We are trying to make the videos that we would have found useful before we went. Have a great cruise!

@angelahorton5745

4 ай бұрын

@@TravellingLightLisa Sorry to be a pain but I just wanted to check if Marella serve canapés, crisps and/or peanuts with pre-dinner cocktails. Not a problem if not, I'm happy to take my own. Thank you!

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

@angelahorton5745 We never saw any. I would advise you to take your own nibbles. 😀👍

@angelahorton5745

4 ай бұрын

@@TravellingLightLisa Thank you!

@angelahorton5745

3 ай бұрын

Just returned from our Discovery 2 cruise and I enjoyed the Sauvignon Blanc, Prosecco and Merlot in the dining rooms. I stuck to Rocking Rita, Singapore Sling and Gin and tonic in the bars and also enjoyed a cold beer returning to the ship after an excursion. I'm glad we didn't bother to upgrade as we were perfectly happy with the drinks provided. Your video was really helpful!

In my opinion we go for the premium package a great choice and on holiday so go for it 🥂🥃🍺

@TravellingLightLisa

Ай бұрын

Absolutely! If it works for you, go for it. Thanks for watching. Cheers 🍺 😁👍

I don't disagree with any of your comments on the video, we don't drink a great deal, however we have done the drinks package on about 7 Marella cruises now and find it to be reasonable with the price, I like a couple of coffee's at the coffee port each day but probably only have 5 or 6 bottles of beer a day which is on the standard menu, Mrs C likes the odd 'Grey Goose' vodka so we pay the upgrade. I have done one cruise with P & O recently and it will probably be my last, the ship was too big, not as friendly as Marella and the drinks package was about £50 each per day, now that is something to moan about, if you wanted to attempt to get your moneys worth each day you would have found it difficult and mostly being in ques.

@TravellingLightLisa

2 ай бұрын

Yes it is totally a personal decision based on what you like to drink and how much you drink. We too think P&O drink package is very expensive. We are trying an Ambassador Cruise today for the first time and we have purchased the drinks package on here so will be letting everyone know what that is like soon. Thanks for watching and commenting.

We just have the standard drinks package with Marella cruises, I don't drink booze , my parents don't drink a lot

@TravellingLightLisa

3 ай бұрын

Makes perfect sense 👌 Thanks for watching and commenting again. It's appreciated 👍

😊

@TravellingLightLisa

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 😀

@mrslove8256

2 ай бұрын

@TravellingLightLisa thank you! This was great to watch!

Crappy glasses immediately get me thinking negatively.

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

Sometimes, the cocktail glasses were not particularly 'special' but for the price we were happy to compromise. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍

Interesting, in depth, review. You guys really suffer for your art.

@TravellingLightLisa

3 ай бұрын

😀 it was hard going but we ploughed through those drinks! Thanks for watching and commenting.

We have done 5 Marella cruises. Never needed to upgrade. Cold drinks. Excellent cocktails and (as I occassionsly do) non alcoholic lager available in chilled bottles. Decent fizz as well. But apparantly I'm not as qualified as these geniuses having been a caterer for 40+ years. There is a definate anti- Marella vibe in all their Marella videos. There are other better well balanced reviews.

@TravellingLightLisa

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and your comments. Much appreciated 😍

alcohol is the devils substance! remember to drink responsibly everyone :)

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and for the health advice. 🙏

If you want premium drinks just upgrade on board, we have done 14 cruises with Thomson /Marella and if you want Smirnoff Vodka or Gordon's Gin just tell the waiter or the bar man and you will get it.

@TravellingLightLisa

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting 👍

Great, good that you show what you get on the menu and can compare. Good to know about coffee too, now whos paying 😂 Great to mention the water refills ♻🌊🦭♻ i did notice the plastic straws so might be worth taking your own reusable for when they start to use paper ones (no one likes a soggy 🥤🧃straw)

@TravellingLightLisa

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad you found it helpful. The straws were sustainable ones, and to be fair, they didn't go soggy.🍹😀👍