Nice one and many thanks for posting.

We loved the Marrella Explorer, the staff were all fantastic, food was great, We felt extremely spoilt on our cruise and will be booking another cruise with this ship in the future.

Thanks for the videos! I'm doing the same cruises (both) in a few months. Did you generally do your own sightseeing onshore, or did you do ship-sponsored (?) tours? How long did you usually have on land?

@ChrisMarProductions

7 ай бұрын

Hi Tev We did our own sightseeing where there was plenty of interest within walking distance (although in Katakolon we also used the local hop-on hop-off bus and in Chania the shore provided shuttle). Otherwise we went on ship's tours or used their "on your own" transfers if the place we wanted to explore was too far away to walk. We don't take tours we could book locally as, if they get back late, the ship won't wait, but it will for a ship's tour. We actually left one of the guest entertainers behind on one cruise. Good job for him that we were in Tenerife at the time, not up the Amazon where we had just come from!! There was pretty well a full day in each port (when you get the full itinerary it should give arrival and departure times). Hope you enjoy it as much as we did, but be prepared for chaos at Corfu airport. Not Marella's fault, it was just a chaotic airport. Christine & Martin

We've been looking at doing this cruise next year. Could you please tell me what your thoughts are on marella cruises?

@ChrisMarProductions

11 ай бұрын

The ship was beautiful - clean, airy, lots of public space and exemplary crew. Food in main dining room not "fine dining" but good quality ingredients well cooked. Plenty of choice and the veg was part of the meal, not just plate decoration. Inclusive drinks well known mid range beers & spirits, wines surprisingly good. Didn't try the "Pay extra" restaurants but the buffet was good and the design your own pizza restaurant excellent. The evening shows are by the resident team 6 nights a week with a guest on the 7th. We would have liked a quiet bar with soft music in the evenings, but most were rather lively. Can't really comment on daytime activities as we were in various ports 11 days in the fortnight. A lot depends on your personal preferences, but we would certainly go with Marella again for the right itinerary

@chocoholic832

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply. I'm more tempted now you've explained everything. Also, having the drinks included makes a big difference. Not that we drink a lot 😉