New ship confirmed for 2023

[Colbrit]

https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/cruise/marella-cruises-takes-hundreds-of-bookings-on-first-day-of-sale
 

MD confirms in interview that there will be a 5th ship in 2023. Confirms announcement will be made to public this year. 

[so,ton saint]

Looking into my glass bowl (all speculation of course) I am going to say Grandeur of the Sea.

[davecttr]

2 hours ago, so,ton saint said:

Looking into my glass bowl (all speculation of course) I am going to say Grandeur of the Sea.

Or the Mein Schiff they should have had rather than the inferior Explorer 2

[mainelycruising]

This has been on Wikipedia for some time:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Schiff_Herz

[so,ton saint]

1 hour ago, davecttr said:

Or the Mein Schiff they should have had rather than the inferior Explorer 2

Yes Dave forgot about the Mein Schiff Herz. yes that was the next to come across, and TUI will have another new build.

[pblack05]

So, will it be called Explorer 3?

[anchorweight]

Wohoooo another 25 year old ship

though the fact he wouldn’t say suggests it’s something else. 

Edited May 9, 2021 by anchorweight

[ormy]

We certainly don't want super sized ships - lets just keep them smaller - despite the age

[anchorweight]

17 hours ago, ormy said:

We certainly don't want super sized ships - lets just keep them smaller - despite the age

Not saying super sized but 90k+ with more kids facilities would be better. The days of the Celebration and Dream are gone, they won't be financially viable.

Edited May 10, 2021 by anchorweight

[ormy]

No bigger than Discovery/Explorer for us - at our age we certainly don't want more childrens facilities

[dronnygirl]

Quite agree Ormy,  the latest ships are perfect size, big enough to have plenty of eateries and entertainment venues but still small enough to keep the friendly atmosphere on board. 

All this talk of cruises is making me start to look forward again,  a good feeling after months of pandemic news. Stay safe everyone.

[Britboys]

The size of the current ships would be the main draw of Marella for me.

[GOQ]

But I think it's going to become a little boring if all the ships look the same. Discovery x 2 and Explorer x 3 or 4.

At least a couple of years ago we had Spirit, Celebration, Majesty, Dream and Discovery. All different.

 

Edit: Plus Destiny.

Edited May 13, 2021 by GOQ
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[davecttr]

1 hour ago, GOQ said:

But I think it's going to become a little boring if all the ships look the same. Discovery x 2 and Explorer x 3 or 4.

At least a couple of years ago we had Spirit, Celebration, Majesty, Dream and Discovery. All different.

 

Edit: Plus Destiny.

Spirit and Celebration were sister ships. the only obvious difference was the shape of the bandstand aft of the pool.

 

Explorer  and Explorer 2 are different. Explorer 2 is the first of the Century Class and smaller than the others, as such the internal arrangements are more cramped with several venues not as good as Explorer, such as:

No observation deck forward of Indigo

Part of pool deck occupied by a restaurant

Smaller and poorly laid out buffet

No bar/terrace aft of the buffet

No library, Explorer has the Attic on deck 8

Coffee Port one deck above promenade deck so no outside tables which Explorer has.

 

Mein Schiff Herz is more similar to Explorer but no coffee port or library (library is a bar). It has a cinema which I imagine will be re purposed as cinemas generate no revenue, it is on the promenade deck so maybe a Coffee Port with outside tables.

 

I would rank the ships

Explorer

Discovery

Discovery

Explorer 2

[GOQ]

Yes but to me Explorer and Explorer 2 apart from the Cinema, which I really like, have the same feel.

[Pensioncruiser]

3 hours ago, GOQ said:

But I think it's going to become a little boring if all the ships look the same. Discovery x 2 and Explorer x 3 or 4.

At least a couple of years ago we had Spirit, Celebration, Majesty, Dream and Discovery. All different.

 

Edit: Plus Destiny.

Also the Emerald and Calypso 🙄