We booked this cruise as a "transitional " from the Caribbean to Palma calling at various places , we particularly were looking forward to Cuba ,Nassau and Lisbon and Bermuda ...the first three destinations were cancelled shortly after the final balance was paid ( nice!! )
We booked an upgrade and were given cabin 8031
The ship looked good , staff brilliant , food very good with a wide ...
I have cruised with tui for many years but this has to be one that I can stay will stick in my mind for the wrong reason.
Getting to the ship was as usual very good as you would expect with marella cruises from leaving Manchester to arrival in Montego Bay.
Could not fault cabin very good as usual, but when you go for evening meal in 47 Restuarant here is where it falls down. Firstly the ...
We chose this cruise because we wanted to go to the Caribbean for a 'special' birthday for my fiancee. We booked it through TUI in their Coventry City Centre store, but had numerous problems from the outset.
While we were trying to book in-store, the TUI systems repeatedly crashed, which meant loading all our details in each time. Not only was this frustrating and time consuming, it meant that ...
This was our first cruise, we went with TUI as they had a good rating. We had a good time overall but having paid nearly £5000 were a bit disappointed at some things, the food could have been better, my wife got food poisoning, with vomiting and diarrhoea, the second week which wrote off four days as another passenger who ate the same meal on the same night in Gallery 47 did.
Pros:
Ship was ...
We chose the Cuban Fusion and Pride of Panama 'back-to-back' cruises for their itineraries and this was our first Thomson/Tui/Marella cruise, although we have cruised with three other lines previously.
The Pros:
Check in at Gatwick and Montego Bay was simple and the arrangements made for luggage transfer were very good.
Transfers from Montego Bay to the ship and from the ship to Montego ...
We have been on many Tui/Marella cruises and although the cruise was ok we thought the ship was lacking standards of other ships we have been on.
We booked a deluxe cabin with floor to ceiling window and paid an extra £500.
The Cabin was quite large but extremely basic, the refitted furniture was of poor quality, much like cheap flat pack you can buy anywhere. The bathroom was adequate ...
Having sailed with Thomson on several previous occasions we had no hesitation in booking Discovery 2 for a joint retirement/ birthday treat.
Firstly let me state that I have never written a review previously and tend to take them with a piece of cake, I always believe that you make up your own mind, however, I did feel that I needed to comment on this cruise albeit it was our experience and ...
Having traveled on the discovery 1 last year I was looking forward to this trip, although the ship is identical the standards are very different, the staff working on the acomadation where fantastic and every time you left the cabin they where in there working, it was spotless on each occasion
Something had gone seriously wrong with the drinks on this trip as they where nowhere near as good as ...
We chose this cruise as a family holiday with our children and their families. After a week, I became ill with respiratory distress; I went to the Medical Centre and was told that I might have pneumonia and (without testing) was advised to have a special IV treatment of antibiotics, oxygen and steroids for four sessions over two days. My other option was helicopter evacuation to the nearest ...
We chose this trip for the experience of cruising around Cuba, enjoying days at sea and admiring the coastline. On arrival in Montego Bay, men started grabbing bags as they were off loaded from the bus before we could get off. The company did not send out baggage tags ahead of time, we were to get them at the dock. It was scary and frustrating as these men had no identification, no shirts or caps ...