Marella Dream Review

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Second time on the ship; don't think there will be a third!

Review for the Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Marella Dream
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10+ Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Mar 2016

As the review title states, this was our second cruise on this ship. Itinery was good but the ship leaves a lot to be desired. Flights and cruise check in good. Cabin (outside deluxe) deck 5 was quite spacious for 3 of us and seemed o.k but then the plumbing issues began- blocked toilet, bath emptied into bathroom, shower wouldnt drain.The bathroom then drained into the bedroom and the carpets in cabin were sodden. It took Thomson 4 days to admit they couldn't solve the problem as there was a broken pipe under the bathroom floor, and after much upset and aggrevation they found us another cabin- I have to say the plumbing in the new cabin was better but not perfect and think this ship mid section has a real problem. Also air con didnt seem to be working. Two of us were ill on the cruise, do t know if it wax due to this or not.

Food on the ship in the Lido is a bit hit and miss, and could be luke warm at times. Food in main dining room was also not very good and had to ask the head waiter to help with dietary requests. I resent paying a £10 suuplement to get a decent meal when I have already paid for what shoukd be decent food in the main dining room.

Cruise itinery was good, but ship trips expensive and you could do most at the port much cheapest. Time on shore in Cartaghena was cut short without explanation which was a shame. Swimming pools not good- adult one was closed most of the time- do not know why as everytime we asked they lied and made varied excuses- in the other pool the water level is not filled sufficiently high to make it easy to enter and get out of- also unruly and unsupervised kids jumping in spollt it. Sunbeds packed in and hard to even get on, and on sea days it was hard to get a table at lunch in the Lido as due to shortage of deck space, people hogged the tables all day.

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Cabin 4 berth outside deluxe

Bad plumbing made this cabin unsuitable for use.

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