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Thanks for the nice comment. I guess its hard what to include and what we don't, we always look back at our video's after and remember all the things we missed. We also think that sometimes we were maybe a bit harsh. The kettle is a bit of an issue for me as i do have hand problems so i am very wary of moving a kettle with boiling hot water backwards and forwards from one side of the room to the other, it does come with safety issues for me. I also think that maybe it was more to do with the lack of a plug where the kettle and tea tray was located which for me made no sense. I hope that our enthusiasm for Marella always comes across, the problems in no way have deterred us from sailing with them again. Thanks for watching. 🙂🚢🍹🌞😎😃

@@midatravelyes your enthusiasm definitely comes across thank you. We’ve booked the two exchange nights for later in the year. Looking forward to it.

Yes you can still get beer in the Exchange. The cocktail (all premium) is just their signature menu. You can book online but for us it was quite difficult as it was on one day and disappeared again the next. Then kept appearing sporadically. Keep an eye on Speciality dining because that is where it will appear. Definitely recommend booking this early as there is limited availability. We loved it.but does seem to be very marmite. 🚢🙂🌞🍹😎

We were so worried about getting a port hole instead of a square window, it should i think be clearly stated when you book this type room. We have also been lucky with having quiet cabins, that or we are heavy sleepers . Have heard of people having similar issues, did you complain at reception, we know people who were moved but i guess that can only happen if other cabins are available. 💤🚢🍹🌞🙂

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Definitely agree with you but still good to watch.

Not sure about the speciality restaurants. We went to one of 2 Christmas dinner sittings in Latitude so i would presume that these were the only Christmas dinners on the ship that day and anywhere else would be as usual. You are advised to go to a location day before to sort out your table and seating time. Can't be 100% certain though as we didn't see other options for that day. 🙂

Exeter sounds like a great airport choice, shame its nearly 200miles away for us, but for a cheap holiday, cuppa and free parking 😉 it would be worth doing some time. We have similar to this with East Midlands airport which has now become our favourite, parking simple and airport is much quieter than the bigger ones. On our sunset Key West cruise the piper was no where to be seen, such a shame but maybe gives us a reason to go back sometime. 🙂

Been plugging your channel on them facebookey marella groups. off on a cruise in a few minutes taking one of our supported disability adults.... down the river exe. no cabin, no pool but a bar apparently 😀 posh ferry

I enjoyed it but i do get your sentiment. 🤔

Hi Peter, thanks so much for your really helpful comments. Have to say that Tuk Tuks in Croatia is not what i would have expected to find, so was a little surprised that they feature in Split as well. Guess they are small and cheap to run. Definitely not for us but good info that traffic is not allowed in the old town and therefore why would you miss the old town? Definitely what we are looking forward to seeing and will definitely be walking everywhere to burn off some of those calories. I have one question for you, we were considering a boat trip (not with cruise line) to some of the islands and beaches and also for a bit of snorkelling. Did you do this and if you did is it worth doing. Unfortunately i think we sail away at 5pm so won't be seeing that sunset from the sea organ but won't be forgetting that when we return for a stay. (Krka needs to be done). 🙂

We did do a brilliant boat trip when we were there, but it was an all day one 9am to 5pm, which wouldn't suit your time scale. It was about £35 each, which included snacks, main meal and some drinks. Two stop offs for swimming, and a sail around the islands. Well worth it if you there longer than a day. Not sure what trips may suit you, but I think a walk around Zadar old town will be more than enough. Have a great holiday, look forward to seeing your report 😊

Thanks so much for your support, your a star and i can't wait to hear all about your cruise. 🚢😎💃🍹🌞😎💃🍹

Would have to be a big space. Would be pretty cool and i would imagine you could commission a piece like this but unfortunately i have no idea who from. Good luck in finding something similar, would be amazing! 🙂

Hi Ben. Its an amazing cruise and itinerary, so much to see and do and so many different islands. Your comments came at a really good moment. I have just put out an excursions vlog for our Adriatic cruise and with it being an hour long i really did consider whether i should take it down as no one was going to watch it. You wrote such a lovely comment about our other one for Caribbean and it made me realise if just one person finds it useful then it makes us happy. So a big thank you for a boost when i needed it! The Voyager was new last year and the Caribbean was a new itinerary so the cruise planner was very frustrating as things appeared in bits and drabs as they were still finalising details with tour companies. I think Tui say 3 months before the cruise but i am sure ours was about 4months before, so i would keep checking from about November weekly. I would like to do something with regards to solo travellers in the future, would like to know more about what Marella do to make things easier for you. If you need any further advice just drop us a line and we will always help where we can. Thanks again for such lovely comments, means so much to us. 🚢🚢🚢🍹🍹🍹🌞🌞🌞🙂🙂🙂😎😎😎

Thank you!!

@midatravel I'm staying in a couple of months time :)

Hi Steve, thanks so much for not only watching our vlogs but for taking the time to leave such useful comments. Its also really nice for us to have someone comment on their return as its good for us to know that we have probably reviewed it right even though we hope people don't experience the same negatives as we do and always enjoy reading other peoples experiences. We are doing the Explorer in a couple of weeks so looking forward to comparing it with Discovery 2 and Voyager. We thought the food on Voyager was so much better than Discovery 2, especially the speciality restaurants so hope its same on Explorer. We also loved The Exchange, but its strange how it divides opinion, its a love or hate thing. Its a shame you also had such a negative experience with reception, its quite shocking how they treated you but it did not come as a surprise to us. Definitely an area that Marella should be looking at and maybe giving some additional training. We find it so strange when staff everywhere else are so wonderful. Looking forward to Explorer and hope we come back with lots of great content to share. Thanks again for all your support. 😎😎😎🚢🍹🌞

Quite a spectacle 🙂

Kings Guards are a different class. 🙂

Hi Ian. Very good advice. Not sure whether you go for the bear events at all but the event in September is so popular that so many places sell out well in advance and that is especially the case for airbnb properties or apartments. Because of the demand prices also go through the roof. We usually use airbnb a lot so appreciate the benefits of having a full apartment with all its conveniences rather than a hotel. We went May this year as it is half the price for accommodation and less crowded and will def consider looking for an apartment if we go in May again. 🙂

We just pay for the odd premium drink and that works for us, mainly coffee in our case. Soft drinks are available on tap so even though cans are premium, on tap is not so that is really good. I think you will manage fine on the all inclusive and just having the odd coffee will be a lot cheaper than having the premium package. Have a great cruise. 🍹🍹🍹

@@midatravel but is there coffee all day for free or will i need to upgrade and i do drink a lot of it

@@maritimedronefilming9511 You won't need to pay. Coffee is available free at most of the bars and restaurants. You only pay for coffee at the 'Coffee Port' which just has better specialised coffee, iced coffees and flavoured coffees. We treated ourselves to a pumpkin spiced latte but didn't have alcohol in ours and they were £1.75 without the alcohol and £2.50 with, so even as a one a day treat it would be no where near what you would pay for premium package. This was on the Voyager but will be same across their whole fleet. Hope this helps.

Hi, thanks so much for watching and for your lovely comment. Our cruise next month will be our 3rd with Marella and will complete our set of Voyager, Explorer and Discovery. We have loved our Marella cruises but you are right, as hard as it will be to leave Marella we do need to try other cruise lines and P&O are definitely on our radar so thanks so much for your recommendation of Arvia. Will definitely be in our considerations for our next cruise. 🚢🚢🚢🍹🍹🍹🌞🌞🌞

Hi Mark, thanks for your lovely comments. We sailed with Celebrity 14yrs ago and although we enjoyed it, we did not get the cruising bug. I was hesitant about trying Marella but when i delved deeper i found so many more good reviews and of course no one can match them for value for money, especially with the all inclusive drink package that comes free. We have loved our previous 2 cruises with Marella and although we won't give up our land based holidays or city breaks i do feel i have the cruising bug in me now. I love the fact that passengers are so much friendlier and a much better age range. I find that although they lack some of the amazing features on some of the bigger cruise ships i don't really want them. Marella are all about fun and yes you will find faults, not everything is perfect. Food on Discovery was mediocre but food on Voyager was excellent. Will always recommend them but just hope everyone has the same experience that we have. Always happy to help if any questions. 🚢🌞🍹🕶🙂

I think its such a shame that they don't have an actual app. It does take a little getting used to so just like you say it would help if you could familiarise yourself beforehand. If you are on the same booking then you will share an account. If you have booked seperately then you will have seperate accounts. Might be worth asking at reception to seperate your accounts if possible. Have a great cruise 🚢🚢🚢🌞🌞🌞😎😎😎💃💃💃

Thanks for your comments David. Always looking to improve so love hearing from people like yourselves as to what we can do better. I think we always thought that people would pause if they wanted to look longer at the menu's but next time we will hold them for longer or as you say show them at the end. Thanks for watching. 🍹🍹🍹🚢🚢🚢🙂🙂🙂

I don't think he is trying to imitate his dad, he is just trying to keep his dads music alive. I really enjoyed his performance and he was also a really nice chap and always happy to chat to passengers, i think his dad would be very proud of him. 🙂

Nice to hear from other people who have enjoyed cruising with Marella on Voyager. I think i am in the minority with not liking the kitchens and i will be interested to see if i still feel the same on returning to the buffet on Explorer next month. Always good to hear alternative opinions, after all we are all so different in our likes and dislikes. Thanks for watching. 🙂🙂🙂

We found Kora La a little disappointing on our cruise with Kora La, on the Voyager it was absolutely superb. We must have got it on a bad night on our first visit, also no a/c so didn't help. We did however love Surf and Turf so would definitely recommend giving it a go. We also loved the free restaurants, Vista was probably our favourite. 🙂🙂🙂

Always good to get other opinions, we can only vlog as we find and after all we are all different in what we like. We found asking for mocktails and single shots worked so much better for us to get it to our taste. What we can agree on though is that the cocktails were not very good and we did feel proper measures should be used and some additiional training. 🍹🍹🍹🍹

Always good to hear an alternative opinion, so thanks for taking time to comment and for watching. Guess there are good and bad for both. We are doing buffet again on next cruise and maybe i willl have a change of opinion? 🙂

Hi Sarah, thanks so much for watching and for your lovely comments. We tend to be up about 6.30am and always used to get our coffee from 'The Kitchens' which opens at 6.30am. The coffee from coffee port would be much nicer but it does not open until 7am. I think this would be fine though as most ports arrival time was about 7 to 7.30am. Hope you have a lovely cruise, its a really nice ship and a fab itinerary. 🚢🚢🚢🌞🌞🌞🍹🍹🍹💃💃💃😎😎😎

Thanks for watching and your lovely comments. One of the things we didn't mention but we definitely love is the more relaxed attitude to dress. Dress shorts and a shirt or polo are absolutely acceptable for all restaurants. The only time we made a bit more effort was for the dress to impress night but it is not compulsory. Have a great cruise. 🚢🚢🚢🌞🌞🌞🍹🍹🍹😎😎😎

Cheers Matey, we got the 1Million views on our channel as well so really chuffed, never had a million of anything before! Thanks for watching. 🙂

@@midatravel 1 Million views, that's amazing. Fully deserved. Keep up the good work Mike & Dave 😃

Hi Phil, I do agree with you, the area around the pool does get very busy, especially on sea days. We tended to find quieter places to relax on Deck 14. Heard they are clamping down on people leaving towels on sunbeds but how effective this is remains to be seen. Thanks for watching. 🚢🚢🚢🍹🍹🍹😎😎😎🌞🌞🌞

Hi Mandy, Thanks for watching, you must be getting excited now, not long for you to wait. We have got a video about wifi on our Marella Discovery 2 playlist. I guess it depends where you are sailing and how many sea days you have. If it essential to have internet whilst on a sea day then the only option is the ships internet. If you are in the Caribbean or far East then we would recommend an esim, a lot cheaper but can only be used when in Port or land. With Europe most of our phone providers have free roam to Europe so you will be fine on land but again if you need it on a sea day you will have to get the ships internet package. I would advise taking a smaller package first to see how that lasts for you. Connection can be frustrating. Happy to help if you need it. Mike & Dave 🚢😎🌞💃🙂

Thank you so much for your support Dawn, we really appreciate it and look forward to bringing you lots of video's from our next cruise on the Explorer. I am so excited for you that you get to experience the same cruise. i would do it every Christmas if i could, you will have an amaznig time. 😎💃🚢🍹🌞

We go on boxing day.

So are we :)

Wasn't a fan of the pool area it reminded me of a crammed noisy all inclusive hotel rushing for bed ect not my cup of tea unfortunately

Oh, Thanks for that as I do need one for Meds, Thanks !

When we were on Discovery 2 we had premium drinks and had a warm bottle of water 1.5ltr delivered to room each night, pointless with no fridge as you couldn't chill it. On Voyager we didn't go premium but had a fridge. The only thing we really used it for was for extra milk from the Kitchens and ocassional sandwiches from snack shack. We probably won't miss it but i am glad that people who need one for health reasons will get them. I get the probable reasons for a move to the Kitchens type restaurant but i would still prefer a buffet, maybe going back to a buffet style on Explorer will make me change my mind again. I do not believe that Marella do have any LGBT social meetings. If they do we never saw anything mentioned or in the cruise news. I will try and cover this on our next cruise. The Facebook page definitely needs maintaining. I have put all my effort into maintaining and growing our you tube channel and TikTok. I have added more today and will certainly try and grow the page as we move along. Thanks for the really helpful comments and of course for watching. 🙂

Hey Keith. It’s not actually an app that you download. You can’t access the portal until you get on board. When on board just open your internet and it will be the only page you can access. Do t worry it doesn’t take any internet usage to use. Does this answer it for you ???

Thank you

Just had a weeks cruise on Discovery 2 hope its not full capacity like we just experienced .The food was average compared to last year .Book your trips and speciality restaurants well in advance or you may not get in .Kora la restaurant very very good but 47 Gallery not so great .Islands buffet has loads of choice but its always cold by the time you get to sit down .47 degrees best place for breakfast and Dinner

Your welcome. I looked for ages to download an app before we left home but eventually found out you cannot get it until you are onboard. As Dave says it will be come apparent as soon as you are onboard and is very easy to use once you know your way around it. Have a great cruise. 🙂