Corfu to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

We booked this cruise and didn't expect a great deal from it, oh, were we surprised!! Ok, the ship is small and older than some of the cruise ships out there, but it doesn't lack anything in our opinion. The crew were simply amazing. The Marketplace was very good, but we are not.picky eaters. Just a mention for a lady in the Marketplace called Aka, one of the crew. She is a credit to Marella and ...

We would recommend Marella as a budget cruise option. This was our third cruise with Marella, but we feel there has been a decline in the standards since our last cruise 4 years ago. Marella still provides more stops than other cruise operators, and the all inclusive nature of the cruise is appealing. But we noticed that the food in particular was significantly worse than last time. It was ...

I have just returned from a cruise round the Adriatic with my daughter and her husband. Normally for this I would book a double room with balcony and a cabin for them with balcony for single occupancy for myself. On this occasion booking with Marella/TUI they would not accept single bookings (for obvious reasons). I found however that by booking through another agent (Iglu) I could have the ...

Chose this Adriatic cruise as tge highlight was Venice which was subsequently cancelled as could not dock there - we were told this after forking out thousands of pounds) You could choose to travel for 6 hours plus to get there in a day but we chose not to. Eve entertainment was okay but all other was appalling. Dirty plastic glasses everywhere, food just okay. Service was abmissal and covid ...

We chose this cruise lines because prior to Covid in 2019 we went to the Western Caribbean and had an excellent time and expected the same standard this time round - not so - very poor in every aspect - definitely dumbing down.. Shows were poor; Food was adequate - nothing special'/ drinks were poor beyond words - watered down - trips were too expensive and everything had been paired back ...

We have never explored the Eastern Med/Adriatic and were looking forward to seeing new countires and enjoying cruising as we have experienced cruising before.The airports going and returning were manic,queues /delays and yet more queues.The Marella Explorer, crew and staff were excellent,but the ship was tired looking.On arrival to our cabin there were stains on the settee the bed was lumpy and ...

This cruise was a birthday present for our granddaughter. She chose this because it went to all the places she wanted to visit. This is our 26th cruise and have experienced many cruise lines but would not cruise Marella again. Butlins at sea it certainly was. Tui flights there and back were a nightmare, we flew from Leeds Bradford and noticed other companies were not having delays and baggage ...

We chose this cruise because of the itinerary and we had two amazing cruises on marella discovery pre COVID. One of the things we loved on discovery was the amazing shows in the theatre every evening, the "shows" on Explorer were dismal, every night there was six very average singers attempting to put on a show on an empty stage. People were leaving the theatre every night, it was embarrassing ...

Chose this cruise as had previously been on west Mediterranean trip and had enjoyed most things about the ship. Many aspects of this east Mediterranean cruise were quite disgraceful. Bed linen, towels, pillows were so over used, I couldn’t tell whether they were clean or not. Plastic glasses at pool bars had been in dishwasher a thousand times so were scratched and stained and sometimes there were ...

We chose this cruise as we wanted to see the islands of Greece and Turkey. The staff on this ship were so friendly and helpful, especially the hospitality we received from 'Samiro' who worked the pool deck during the day and then the Squid and Anchor bar in the evening, such a gentleman and was very attentive to us.. The food on the ship was lovely and there was always something to cater for ...