Nokiaman

Hi we travelled out T2 on the 11th November with TUI, 7.15am check in and it took 25 mins, it was fairly busy as a number of flights going out including a delayed flight to Melbourne due to the hurricane a day or two earlier On to security and that was 7 mins 🤯🤯🤯🥳 And to be honest I've travelled out 7 times this year and other than Cuba (check in due to checking paper work etc) has been reasonable but could be better.. Let's hope when there in jan/feb it'll be seamless like last time. Enjoy your trip.

Tui only provide food and drink on long haul holidays which they class as 7 hours plus so not even Cape Verde. I believe the WiFi is very expensive and you get small data amounts. I still have EU roaming on my phone so i use that when in New ports and sometimes cruising in the night depending on how close to shore. Might be best to check if u get free roaming still or pay £2 a day to use it which will be cheaper than the ships WiFi

Hi, I have done one marella cruise (June 22 adriatic affair) (Explorer 2) and enjoyed it that I have booked a Caribbean cruise on the explorer 2 again for Feb 23 The ship is a good size, decent sized rooms and the drinks great. We ate breakfast in the buffet and dinner in the MDR every night which the food was good but service sometimes slow and found it to be extremely warm in there. Entertainment was a bit poor with a comedy night being the best night and the crew show. Didn't spend much time on board during the day as we had a port stop every day and we were out exploring.... Hoping to have a more relaxed time this time and stay local to the ports/beach on some stops. I will see how this compares to the first and I'm booked on P&O iona in June for the Norwegian fjords.

Hi, I too noticed today that our itinerary had changed and lost Aruba for an extra sea day. Not heard anything from Marella/TUI and Aruba was one of the places I was looking forward to. We are on a 14 night paradise islands and tropical delights cruise in Feb.