Jim The Scot

Pity Marella dont do Instanbul

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Might be missing the reasoning but if there is no longer the requirement for guests to be vaccinated and no pre-departure testing requirements why the requirement to complete a Covid 19 declaration form?

Nice one

Counting the days till they update the cruise requirements 😅

USA mandate is not lifted until 11th May so I wouldn,t expect TUI to announce any changes until then,if at all

TUI dont come into the Billy Whizz category when keeping customers informed on anything 😉

Apparently,after three years of travel restrictions, the covid vaccine requirement for foreign air arrivals in the US ends on 11th May.Nothing on the CDC website as yet but on the whitehouse website

What the script for cruises is I haven,t a scooby doo

We did a late booking last October on a heavily discounted price and flight availability from our local airport which was unusual

Booked on the Tuesday and flew out on the Friday.On our many Marella cruises we,ve always selected our cabin but on that occassion we didn,t get the choice due to lateness of our booking so Marella allocated our cabin.Couldn,t have picked a better cabin myself

With B on this

Reading your post I,d think its not worth you upgrading

We always stick to the standard drinks package as theres enough on their to keep our whistles wet

Our inbound was 14-20 but now the same as yours

Nice quiet roads for drive home

Be surprised if your outbound flight time will change now Scotstravellers

What time is your return flight?

Received an email yesterday on flight time changes for a 3rd time  but its suits us as its earlier outbound and earlier inbound

Initially outbound 10-50 am,then it changed to 8-45 am and now 7-45 am

Even though we are staying overnight at airport hotel it,ll be a Dark ‘O’ Clock rise for us and miss out on free breakfast but we,ll have access to the lounge at the airport

Every Cloud

Yeah know the feeling RR

7 hours ago, Rebel Rouser said:

After 54 cruises, mainly with Island Cruises/Thomson/Marella and the odd 1s with MSC/Royal Caribbean/P&O Still can't get the hang of this drinking malarkey 😇

Order a drink,pick up glass,open mouth,swallow

Easy

1 hour ago, Scotstravellers said:

This is my first ever cruise...I'm a very proud Scot and also working class. Maybe I should be be looking at going to Millport rather than Marella 🤔🤣

You might be wishing you went to Millport after your cruise 😉😅

Seriously,,sure you,ll have a whale of a time and as B says,it becomes addictive

Geezo

Just for the record,I,m a proud working(ex)class scotsman and not offended by anything posted regards Scots or working class on this thread or said to me in person

Sadly we walk on egg shells  in a society of easily offended

We are all Jock Tamsons bairns after all

Those of English  persuasion will need to google that 🤣

We were born with two hands,pointless leaving one idle 😉

Hi B

Hoping its an aircraft with wings,a roof,seats and a pilot 🤣

Its short haul,Palma

1 hour ago, Sicknote said:

Had an email a couple of weeks ago changing our flights in August to Titan. Think it's just a dry lease where TUI provide the crew still. Titan seem to be a reputable company so not concerned at all.

Our isn,t

“Your flight will be operated by AlbaStar flight crew, and an on-board service will be delivered by AlbaStar cabin crew, ensuring the same high service standards as a TUI Airways flight.”

1 hour ago, Dinglebert said:

Our TUI flight last year was moved to a Canadian company for our Edinburgh to Palma flight.  No issues other than all the safety annoucements were in both languages which apparently is a legal requirement for all Canadian planes even when being chartered by a another line.

Sunwings?
 

We have been with them a number of times

Similar RR

Received an email this efty on a change of inbound flights for our cruise

Outbound with BA which we knew of but inbound is now with  AlbaStar 🤔

On 1/24/2023 at 2:25 PM, Scotstravellers said:

I am going on this cruise in May flying from Glasgow. Flying in to Melbourne Airport, according to google its approx 50 minutes transfer.

Hi Scotstravellers

Would appreciate your thoughts positive or negative on your return as we are on the cruise/stay in July also from Glasgow

An UberX(max 4 people)from Port Canaveral to KSC would be roughly $60-$80 return  depending on traffic etc

As you say admission $75 on the day,$64 if you purchase your ticket from the many reliable uk ticket sellers

Kinda like Ryanair flight to Paris when its actually Beauvais 50 odd miles away 😅

On 4/20/2023 at 12:02 PM, Pensioncruiser said:

That's spooky our last cruise on D2 was our 54th and our worst, similar to you no hot water but we had power failure and could not use our JS balcony, [b]they did however give us a £1,400 voucher, still haven't spent [/b]it🙄

I,ll PM you my address 😅

Nancy 

We didnt hesitate to book the America cruise as we had booked it a few years ago only for it to be pulled as they scrapped the Dream and pulled the Discovery in to cover its itineraries so once Marella brought it back we booked it

Direct  flight from Glasgow on a Sunday so it suits us fine

Ps

Dont hesitate too long Nancy as it appears this seasons American cruises with Marella are a one off,well certainly for a year as not on their itineraries for 2024.Seem strange considering the  amount of money thrown at Melbourne Airport

4 hours ago, nancyneptune said:

Not been on the forum for a while but been reading reviews on other cruise forums. We would love to be back on Marella but been reading lots of negative reviews about staff shortages, slow service, poor food, boozy passengers and disappointing entertainment.  Has anyone who has been on any of the Marella ships recently experienced any of this?

 

The prices have really shot up since we last cruised with Marella. They seem to be more expensive now that some other similar cruise lines even if they do have an AI drinks package. We are not big drinkers and much preferred the old way where you had the choice to add the drinks package or not. 

 

Always loved our Thomson / Marella cruises but something holding us back from booking. Mainly the price I think. Lots of great deals with some lines. Confused. com !

 

 

 

 

Hi Nancy

Hope your well

Nice to see you back even if it is for just a short while…Yep,I,m still here,like a rash you cant get rid off😅

Not recent but we were on Discovery last July.Great first 3 days and was shaping up to being another great cruise until Covid struck myself and Mrs JTS.Self isolation cabin for the rest of cruise.To make up for it we went away on Explorer in October and had a great time.It was a late,late booking so got it at a really great price.We booked it something like the Tuesday and flew out on the Friday

Still cruising with Marella as they,re still doing it for us so away on America cruise on Discovery in July then the Med on Voyager in October

Thanks for the great review beckyboo,glad you enjoyed it

Back in the day cruise reviews were fairly regular read on this forum but sadly not much now.

We were on Explorer in October and enjoyed it