Marella Discovery 2 Review

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Falling Standards + Felt more like a Holiday Camp

Review for the Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Marella Discovery 2
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10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jul 2018

We chose this cruise because of the itinerary which itself was great but the ship was a disappointment. It felt more like an ageing holiday camp atmosphere with a regular call from the bridge every morning at 8.00am and second rate entertainment that at times was painful to listen to. Noise from events at the atrium could be heard in mid ship cabins. Free for all buffet where the food was better there than in the more formal dining room which served up rather small portions of everything. The All Inclusive doesn't include everything on the drinks & cocktail menus - you'll have to pay extra for a number of drinks. Usual hogging of sun beds but I suppose we are now used to this. No minibar/fridge in the balcony cabins to keep water etc cool. Smelly drains in the bathroom for the duration of our holiday and very limited storage space in our cabin. With better organisation, cabin improvements, better entertainment, better standards of food and more bar & waiting staff, it could be quite good. We did however throughly enjoy the various ports of call around the Adriatic but overall felt standards had sadly fallen compared to our experiences on other Thomson/Marella ships.

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