That review pretty much sums up our trip a couple of weeks ago.
We were told that our preferred wine which was Arada rose wasnβt available in the MDR on a couple of nights, and I ended up going to the servers station and helping myself to the bottle that was clearly on show and available. The queue for the dining room was out past the lifts regularly and when we got to the desk we were handed a buzzer or we made our way to the buffet.
As you said the staff are Marellas greatest asset as always.
Food was ok, surf and turf excellent and the beach cove restaurant made a nice change, entertainment was ok. There was a really good pianist doing Billy Joel type songs.
shows were same old, seen most of them before on Explorer.
I think that we will be looking at other lines in the near future as we are finding the airport experience not the best lately so maybe try the Southampton departures.
overall we enjoyed it because of the good itinerary and all of the good points onboard outweighed the moans.
But you can definitely see where Marella are cutting back costs.
Glad you enjoyed your holiday, keep well.π