paulatsea

3 minutes ago, Interestedcruisefan said:

 If there was an option I would consider a cruise staycation for 7 nights on a ship that never even leaves Southampton tbh

 

Food, drink, cinema  and theatre. And should be a great price. 

I prefer going somewhere and stopping off if possible - we went on Marella Uk one that stopped in Dundee - cold and raining and really grim - but a piper turned up at 0730 to welcome us - which was brilliant - and we did have a good tour to scone castle - and we got piped away as well - the welcome to Dundee sign was hilarious -

7 minutes ago, zap99 said:

A tour of UK docks in January doesn't appeal.

Does to me ! Seriously . 

16 minutes ago, terrierjohn said:

The whole raison d'etre for winter cruise holidays is to sail off to somewhere with warm/hot winter sunshine. Disembarking at Liverpool when its wet and windy does not offer the same attraction.

Yes - ideally and preferable - but given the constant changes etc it’s better than nothing and I would still go regardless of weather.

at lease perhaps have one or two ships going around the uk.

Standard balcony on Arcadia was good for us - no issues at all - same with Aurora.

We prefer Aurora as the balconies are very private - being totally enclosed in a wrap around type of shell.

paul

I hope they bring back uk only cruises - easy and safe. 

It’s a shame they are not using Arcadia and Aurora for these as they are not doing anything at the moment - nice adults only ships.

should be no problem to leave the ship at each stop in the uk.

paul 

Horrible for you - it makes no sense to kick you off your cruise if another one has the problem -  it just makes more people unhappy.

chaotic. 
 

Sorry to hear about this and all the hassle .

Marella customer service is disorganised - some are very good but others are hopeless - it depends who you get on the phone - I wish they were as good as they are on board.

something else separate to this  which annoys me is the massive variation in prices over time -  I booked a week ago for Croatia Italy explorer 2 and the price had gone down £300 - I know lots of companies vary prices and they can go up and down but it’s not right that it’s such a big variation.

I wish I hadn’t booked it - I would rather save and go with saga who do a price guarantee- but they are expensive.

best of luck with refunds and changes.

paul

Thanks Brummijam. 👌

On 11/9/2021 at 9:29 PM, 2BACRUISER said:

We're going to Ex2 in Malaga and have purchased the chromatic package which I believe is the same for the canaries. You so the first test they send you at 9pm the night before you fly, photo it send it by email and they send you a fit to fly cert by return to present at the airport check in. Once port side you may or may not have to do another LFT as it is random.

On return home your day 2 test will be waiting for you to do. You will also be tested prior to leaving the ship on your last day and have your temp took every day. Hth 

Ps it's taken me a week to discover all of this info. 

Hi - do you know if you have to do a test prior to the flight home if you are staying in a hotel post cruise ? We come off the ship and stay 3 nights in a hotel.

I find the Marella site instructions very difficult to follow - do they tell you before the cruise what you need to do ? Sounds as if you had to do all this yourself.

thanks

paul

Hi LLOM - Marella mention this requirement - I’m not sure what others do -   It’s the after 9pm test before the flight that I’m worried about as well - I’m not going until next may so hope it’s simplified by then - but it sounds stressful to have to do this pre flight - what if it goes wrong ? Are there any testing sites at Gatwick airport ? I Might buy a tiny printer to take to the airport hotel to print results from phone.

good luck - hope it goes well for you - be interested to know how it goes .

Paul

Hi all

just booked Adriatic delights on Marella explorer 2 for 19 may 22 from Gatwick.

prices for next year seem to have gone up a lot.

I paid about £1700 for balcony deck 9 for 7 nights plus 3 nights hotel afterwards.

All  inclusive.

seem reasonable ?

anyone else going ?

bit wary of all the pre flight tests and entry forms  etc - what are Marella like for helping with all this ?

cruised a lot but this will be first fly cruise since covid - all others from uk direct to safe hassle - but this itinerary looks good.

Paul