Adults Only Cruises ?

[bob_a_builder]

Just back from the Caribbean having done the "Flavours of the Caribbean" and "Exotic Explorer" trips back to back
We thought we were booking a Adults only cruise, but  disappointed to find that certainly wasn't the case on board
Others also seemed to think they had booked an Adults only cruise ?
Can't refer back to the Advert I booked from 
But looking at TUI advertising of  future versions of same trips it does specify adults only
Do they vary that based on school holiday dates etc - although didn't think we were travelling in a school holiday zone
 

[Brummijam]

I was under the impression that Explorer 2 was the only adults only ship in Marellas fleet.

[Tizzy-Jo]

Which ship were you on?

[bob_a_builder]

We were on Discovery 2

Yes, the 2 future ads I was looking at, whilst are same itinerary, do refer to the  Explorer 2 ship

Edited March 22, 2023 by bob_a_builder

[Tizzy-Jo]

As Brummijam has said, the only adults only ship is Explorer 2.

[paulatsea]

18 hours ago, bob_a_builder said:

Just back from the Caribbean having done the "Flavours of the Caribbean" and "Exotic Explorer" trips back to back
We thought we were booking a Adults only cruise, but  disappointed to find that certainly wasn't the case on board
Others also seemed to think they had booked an Adults only cruise ?
Can't refer back to the Advert I booked from 
But looking at TUI advertising of  future versions of same trips it does specify adults only
Do they vary that based on school holiday dates etc - although didn't think we were travelling in a school holiday zone
 

Marella explorer 2 is the only adults only ship on all of its cruises.

All the other ships are not adults only on any of their cruises.

[2BACRUISER]

The moral of the story is do your homework before booking either on the website or a brochure at your TA.

Adults only is important to us too our first cruise was on Ex2 adults only bliss our second cruise on D2, if we'd done D2 as our first DH reckons he'd never have Cruised again lol 😆 

[paulatsea]

8 hours ago, 2BACRUISER said:

The moral of the story is do your homework before booking either on the website or a brochure at your TA.

Adults only is important to us too our first cruise was on Ex2 adults only bliss our second cruise on D2, if we'd done D2 as our first DH reckons he'd never have Cruised again lol 😆 

Agree - we only do adults only.

Marella Explorer 2 , p&o Aurora or Arcadia. May try ambassador at some stage.

Edited March 24, 2023 by paulatsea

[Rebel Rouser]

Looking forward to trying the Arcadia in Nov/Dec for the Northern lights 😊

[Manchester is blue]

We did the Transatlantic crossing in November on the Discovery 2. It was advertised as Adults only, and indeed there were only adults onboard.

[Brummijam]

1 hour ago, Manchester is blue said:

We did the Transatlantic crossing in November on the Discovery 2. It was advertised as Adults only, and indeed there were only adults onboard.

We did the transatlantic repositioning cruise on Explorer and there were no children on board.

Explorer2 is always child free.