Marina Review
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I was prompted to write a review after reading a review giving this ship a 2 star rating.What planet is this person on ? We booked our cruise approx 2 months before we travelled, we read all the brochures, cruise critic reviews and watched the video.Having cruised on and off for 35 years with about 10 different lines we thought that this ship sounded great with all the emphasis on the food but being cynical we expected that we might not find it as good as described.How wrong we were the food almost without exception was fantastic.The reviewer described above says that they ate almost all their meals in the Terrace Cafe. WHY ? The speciality restaurants at no extra cost are wonderful, we ate in them for 14 nights out of 18. Red Ginger was our favourite and Toscana our least favourite but all were first class.The main dining room was good when we ate there but we found the service poor,we had breakfast in the Terrace restaurant and lunch also there, how could the reviewer say that the food was mediocre at best it was neither boring or unimaginative, but as they ate there for every meal perhaps it was boring.She also was unhappy with her cabin. The cabins were perfect the bed was like lying on a cloud and the bedding of an exceptional quality.The bathroom also had a bath and shower, again perfect.
The dress code is described "country club casual" but not being American we were not quite sure what this was .Not having to pack tuxedo and ball gowns is a bonus, but I have to say it was sometimes a bit too casual, with shorts and t shirts being worn in the evening.This is not really what we expected.
I agree with her comments regarding the internet charges but there is a choice just dont use it, most people didnt but waited till they got to port and used wifi. Yes the excursions are overcharged, again dont use them the majority did not but arranged their own tour.One thing she did not complain about was the price of alcoholic drinks, maybe she did not drink.They are by far the most expensive of all lines that we have travelled with and only makes people underhand, we heard some amazing stories of how people will drink their own alcohol outwith their cabin.
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9039 was a lovely cabin not noisy although very near the back, this had a smaller balcony than the one that we were supposed to have before we upgraded.The bathroom we found excellent apart from the new screen on the bath which had just been installed on the refit.It was fixed which meant that you had to climb into the bath to turn the taps on.