SOLO CRUISE Marella Explorer 2 | Adriatic Delights | Boarding day in DUBROVNIK Croatia

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  • čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
  • Day 1 of my week long solo Adriatic Cruise as I arrive in Dubrovnik, Croatia and board the Marella Cruises cruise ship Marella Explorer 2 (my third time on this ship - so I knew I was going to enjoy it!!)
    Join me as I show you my single inside cabin 8023, then make the most of my first day on the ship as our Adriatic Delights cruise itinerary begins.
    Music Credits - from Pixabay
    Grand Project
    AnyStyle
    White Records
    Serge Pavkin
    Scandinavianz
    Playsound
    And from the Marella Explorer 2 crew
    The Beats
    The Collective
    The Show Cast
    CHAPTERS
    00:00 Manchester Airport
    01:57 Flying to Dubrovnik, Croatia
    05:30 Transfer from Airport to Cruise Ship
    06:59 Marella Explorer 2
    08:33 Single Inside Cabin 8023
    12:58 Top Deck views of Dubrovnik
    17:49 Muster drill
    19:09 A night out on the ship
    20:38 Sail and Shine sailaway deck party
    22:14 Coming up this series

Komentáře • 29

  • @gary_travels
    @gary_travels  Před 26 dny

    Want to know more about a Solo Cruise with Marella Cruises? Ask me a question!!
    And SUBSCRIBE for more answers in this series

  • @cruisefraterpoultons
    @cruisefraterpoultons Před 18 dny +1

    Excellent video and loved the cabin and the pool area, can’t wait to watch the rest of the series. 👏

  • @sandramccabe7484
    @sandramccabe7484 Před 26 dny +2

    I found your videos when I was researching my New England cruise last April. I really enjoy your videos, they take me to places I've been before and haven't been, they're very informative.
    Keep up the good work!

    • @gary_travels
      @gary_travels  Před 26 dny +1

      Thank you so much - it’s really nice to get good feedback - I’m so glad you’re enjoying watching! 😀
      And hope you had an amazing time in New England - how good is that!!

  • @garethforster5430
    @garethforster5430 Před 20 dny +1

    Nice Saturday night viewing Gary. My fave ship in the fleet. Next on here for the Dec repo to Carribean

    • @gary_travels
      @gary_travels  Před 19 dny +1

      Glad you enjoyed it! I do like this ship. I’m overdue a trip to the Caribbean too!

  • @dianespence804
    @dianespence804 Před 18 dny +1

    Watched your video as my sister and I was on the same cruise - spotted ourselves dancing in the background at
    The sail and shine party lol. Had a great cruise . We did back to back and this was our second week.

    • @gary_travels
      @gary_travels  Před 18 dny

      It was good wasn’t it.
      A week is definitely not long enough - I was a bit jealous of the people staying on for another week, but at least I have another coming up fairly soon! 😎

    • @dianespence804
      @dianespence804 Před 18 dny +1

      Yes it was my first cruise on Marella and have booked another for New Year on Voyager. It was so friendly and great entertainment

  • @LelmarkyPoole
    @LelmarkyPoole Před 19 dny +1

    Ww fly this Thursday. Looks lovely

    • @gary_travels
      @gary_travels  Před 19 dny +1

      Have a great time - I really enjoyed it. Now I’m a bit jealous haha

  • @RD-Shorts.v2
    @RD-Shorts.v2 Před 26 dny +3

    Omg such a huge fan of your content!!!!!!

  • @sistersontheseas
    @sistersontheseas Před 24 dny +1

    The Sailaway party looked like great fun! Looking forward to the rest of your series 🚢

    • @gary_travels
      @gary_travels  Před 24 dny

      It was good fun - though a bit quieter than some as I think everyone had really early flights on this cruise

  • @Travellifewithlucy
    @Travellifewithlucy Před 24 dny +1

    Great video Gary! It brought back memories from my own cruise 😄 can't wait to see the rest of your trip!

  • @NamyDoesCruising
    @NamyDoesCruising Před 26 dny +1

    Great video Gary! 😃 If you don't mind us saying....we feel you've really upped the quality of your videos on this series! Interesting to see you've got yourself a mic too. Which brand did you opt for out of interest? Oh and by the way, regarding sitting in the wrong plane seat, as Del Boy would say "What a Plonker" haha! 😂😂

    • @gary_travels
      @gary_travels  Před 26 dny +1

      I don’t mind at all - compliment gratefully accepted - thank you so much!! I’ll let you have Plonker too - I called myself far worse 🤬🤣
      The Bluetooth mics are QHOT Lavalier microphones from Amazon- they are sound cancelling, but I forgot to turn them on once and cancelled all the sound (Plonker again!!). Jury still out as they can sound a bit tinny, but it does cut out the wind noise.

    • @NamyDoesCruising
      @NamyDoesCruising Před 24 dny +1

      @@gary_travels You're most welcome! We like to give praise whenever we can! 😊 Funnily enough, they are one of the brands we are toying about getting! The sound definitely sounded better with it, so it was worth the purchase!

    • @gary_travels
      @gary_travels  Před 24 dny +1

      @NamyDoesCruising cheers!

  • @maritimedronefilming9511
    @maritimedronefilming9511 Před 21 dnem +1

    am looking at going and i dont drink but i see there is an extra £160 to pay if you want better drinks now do you no if the latta coffee is free or do i need to pay that money to get latta and soft drinks ..

    • @gary_travels
      @gary_travels  Před 21 dnem

      Ordinary tea & coffee are free in the buffet (or make it in your cabin) and soft drinks like cola on draft are included (they’ve also lots of mocktails & other non alcoholic drinks, plus Heineken Zero lager)
      Premium Drinks include the posh coffee at The Coffee Port - I don’t drink it, but I think you can pay as you go if you’re not on Premium (might be worth Googling a price menu to see if it’s worth it to you). You also get cans of Coke etc if you like certain brands. Premium also covers branded spirits which is why a lot of people really like it, but you wouldn’t get that value.

    • @maritimedronefilming9511
      @maritimedronefilming9511 Před 21 dnem +1

      @@gary_travels thanks .. i do drink a lot of coffee and pop so maybe better to pay that extra . 2 people for 160 its only like 10er a day i will spend more buying it ..

  • @scottishghoststories2404
    @scottishghoststories2404 Před 26 dny +1

    hi am on the Marella Explorer 2 a week on thursday enjoyed your video how is the beer on the ship

    • @gary_travels
      @gary_travels  Před 26 dny +1

      Thanks for watching!
      Depends what you like - I’m a lager drinker and in the basic package had San Miguel, Peroni (red label), Holstein Pils, Boston Lager, Fosters on draft and a few other random ones. If you’ve upgraded to Premium they had Sol (though they gave that out when San Miguel ran out) and Heineken - there were ciders too - not sure about bitters or ales sorry.
      Had plenty of wine & Prosecco too!!
      I never went thirsty 😃
      Hope you have a great time - I really enjoyed myself

    • @scottishghoststories2404
      @scottishghoststories2404 Před 25 dny +2

      @@gary_travels will you have more videos of ship on this week i got the Premium drinks pack so looking forward to my week on board

    • @gary_travels
      @gary_travels  Před 25 dny +1

      @@scottishghoststories2404 Premium drinks will give you great choices!
      Will hopefully have day 2’s video out on Sunday (fingers crossed it’s not a crazy busy week haha!!)