Marella Explorer 2021 Staycation Cruise - Day 3 - Champagne Breakfast and Smoker Cocktails
hello there and welcome to day three of our cruise with marella cruises! today we are in the wonderful port of portland in weymouth and just behind me you've got the golden horizon ship. it's kind of like a really nice sailboat kind of experience i've just had a quick price up online two thousand four hundred ninety nine pounds per person for a ten night cruise on board that. but then just behind her you have queen elizabeth part of the cunard fleet. so we just got a coffee and we're gonna
sit down and enjoy these on the balcony as we have something exciting coming very short try and think of the cartoon character you had just like that one bit of fluff the idea of this was so you can see it when our dan's just like focusing on it so uh yeah you've got champagne breakfast um we paid ordered this last night it was 66 pounds in total we've got a bottle of champagne some dipped strawberries some cereal we went for frosty's orange juice teas and a selection of pastries with jams and spread and toast so i'm going to dig in because i'm really hungry and also really thirsty what's up tea we're going to save the champagne aren't we for later because we're not really morning drinkers i just said something disgusting down there i was like i'll go get a singapore sling lego drink half of it and then top up champagne he's like please don't i'm gonna taste test a chocolate strawberry for us now now i hate eating things on camera so i was gonna talk whilst you were eating i'll just cover my face a certain vlogger that we think you're talking about there that shows everything in their teeth as they eat and i don't want to be that too late is that right is it nice it's a strawberry chocolate two of the best things ever yeah you can tell that you're not a big chocolate fan because it's all about the type of chocolate like is it nice chocolate is it cheap easter egg chocolate chip cheap advent calendar um i might have to try one one in a bit yeah so i mean i can film you eating strawberry absolutely not no because it will be flying out everywhere and i'll have pips in my teeth yeah but you've just done that so gracefully you're also bringing like two tea bags each so we thought let's make a strong cup of tea and leave that to brew this is thrilling stuff you know so it may seem like all we're doing on this cruise is eating well that's because we are we're back in latitude 53 for a spot of lunch i went with a gourmet beef burger done opted for a bacon avocado and egg sandwich both were served with fries for dessert dan had chocolate hazelnut pudding and i went for a coconut creme brulee we've just had our lunch in latitude 53. that's down on the fifth floor so latitude is the fifth and the sixth floor and there's also let's see what floor we are now seven juice on the fifth and the sixth floor at the rear of the ship the after the ship and there's also vista which is an italian but we haven't gone to that i don't think we're planning on going either um so we had our lunch we didn't go for starters we just wanted to go straight to the main course so i went for a gourmet beef burger which had some lovely kind of rosemary and garlic fries dan went for the avocado bacon and egg sandwich or this roll both were really nice and very tasty and then for dessert i went for the coconut creme brulee and dan went for it was a chocolate and hazelnut kind of sponge well i'm pretty sure on the menu it said it was a moose but it wasn't it was a sponge um so now we've come up to deck seven at the after the ship in squid and anchor got a couple of cocktails stan's gone for non-alcoholic cocktail uh so mocktail which is cranberry juice apple juice and some kind of syrup and lemonade in there which is quite nice and i've gone for a long island iced tea which doesn't look like the most appetizing drink but i think i like it i might as well do a i'm gonna get a moustache from this aren't i haven't got the stash a little bit oh that's quite nice well i think that's just cola at the top and i think this is all the alcohol at the bottom so it might get a bit full on in a minute we decided to walk off some of that food with a wonder around the pool deck i quickly zoned in on the mobile drinking bar and loaded up with a vertical lemonade unfortunately that one drink didn't last too long so we went to indigo located at the front of the ship on deck 12 indigo offers 180 degree views day and night you can head here for a cheeky gamble partake in the silent disco or even order some smoky cocktails so about sail aways we've come to indigo which is the forward of the ship and we were kind of expecting it to be busy because it's caught six we probably a few people in here we are literally the only people in here um it's still queen elizabeth it's right behind me looking pretty as ever and uh yeah we're just waiting to leave the port now thank you so our drinks have arrived these are premiums at 2.50 each not too bad at all so we've got a margarita and we've also got a smoked negroni so these come in this like fun little box you ready for me to lift the hatch down cool ready oh my god how do i open this little latch okay that's pretty cool not gonna lie so dan has picked up the sweet and smoky margarita which is tequila whiskey based fresh lime juice and agave nectar i think that's how you pronounce it and we've also got a smoked negroni which is bombay sapphire gin campari and sweet vermouth i'm not gonna lie i don't know how to pronounce that it's either the mouth or the mouth or the mouth look over murph me either way i'm gonna drink it so how does it taste we'll give it a go the moment of truth just touched it expecting it to be hot cause obviously it came smokey and it's not it's really weird did you want to correct how you said that word by the way i just have to google it again no for me okay let's let's just drink because we can debate this we're going to debate this all night long now oh my god that's so strong oh it's not a bad taste but it's just really strong there's a lot of alcohol in there trying to try some no thank you what did you say about the smoke as well smoke when you opened it um when i opened it i swore down it's gonna smell like bonfire all night now because the amount of like smoke that's coming out of there so i'm not sure how that's made i'm guessing something underneath it we can't see yeah i think it's putting through that little hole there yeah so it's pretty cool let's enjoy yes we departed portland about half past six and were met with a very calm english channel from the front of the ship we could take in some amazing views and even spot some out of action cruise ships from there we made our way through the marketplace buffet located on deck 11 to the mediterranean italian restaurant as we've just come into the mediterranean italian restaurant it's on deck number 11 off the top of my head and it's got beautiful views out of the ocean so the waitress has come over to our table and given us little trays of salad and some ketchup bread i believe it's called it's got some kind of garlic dressing on it which looks amazing we've already got our drinks from we want drinks inside uh the kind of mediterranean bar area so i've gone for a sangria of course and dan's just gone for a lemonade so this is included with the all-inclusive you have to pay extra for it you also don't have to book a table here unlike the tapas restaurant which is just across the way so just kind of walk up we were here right for openings we've got an awesome table awesome views and some awesome food okay so this restaurant has loads of different kind of italian food options but kind of your basics so your pizza pepperoni pizza multiple of art including vegetarian gluten free options also calzones which i've gone for but i've been a little bit greedy as well we have choices of pasta spaghetti cream and um type nutella on the side which is actually a lot bigger than i thought it's gonna be but i'm gonna dig in and i'll let you know how it is oh dan's also gone for a oh oh dan he's gone for a vegetarian calzone which actually is really nice it looks like it's got spinach in there and a bit of corn so we're going to dig in and get back to you i can't wait to be on a transatlantic cruise and have no signal how rude the first time i picked up a phone in like an hour how was your caszoni it was really nice i don't think i've had a calzone before you haven't no that was my very first thanks partisan wreck i really liked it the mozzarella was like so stringy like you went all orlando and decided to order two meals it's an ihop thing for georgie yeah so i'm very full right now i definitely recommend coming here especially nice views and we're only going slow but it's really nice up here it's acoustic music going on the background too so hello copyright let's go get some desserts in the buffet the buffet the marketplace yeah let's go after yet even more food we thought we'd better walk a little to avoid becoming the characters from wally so we had a little wonder around the upper decks starting here at the after the ship on deck 12 we find the sports court we head up to deck 14 where you can get some amazing views here we look down on the mini golf course which is on deck 12 and is free of charge to use still on deck 14 we found the hideout a space for older kids and teens where they can play on games consoles air hockey or just to socialize there's also these rather random astroturf covered chairs because well why not and who's that handsome fellow back down to deck 12 we found the shack bar you know the people aim on the floor taking selfies deck 12 features the jugging track you can burn some additional calories as you jog around the light blue track that we use around the deck on deck 11 the pool is split into two with a stage in the center where the entertainment team run their daily activities for moving forward there are a trio of world war baths the pool bar which is great for frozen cocktails if you fancy gelato why not check out scoops so we just found these bathtubs don't know if they actually work like bikes the snack shack with its beach huts and oversized deck chairs is a great place for grab-and-go snacks and if you have a momentary lapse of memory as you're swimming in a large volume of water and you find speedos then do not panic the big tv reminds you exactly where you are oh fancy seeing you here if you got me jokes i got them um so we've come down to the pool bar it's about half past seven now in the evening so it's very quiet around here because obviously the pool is closed and we've only just discovered we saw this on the menu anyway poor books on the cruise frozen drinks so i've got enough i've got a frozen margarita i don't like margarita but i have a strawberry daiquiri again all included in the all-inclusive price um so we're just gonna drink these now currently sat in barcelona as well not technically that's what this roof is called after our cocktails we headed back to grab some photos of the beautiful sunset so we've just come out of the buffet um we had a couple of desserts they were actually really nice um i was full earlier i'm even more full now it's all kind of like sitting here so if you're coming on a cruise or if you've been on a cruise you'll know take larger clothes with you because it's just painful after a while it's the amount of food that you eat we've got a cup of tea in the buffet as well and decided to take it with us we walked around the promenade upstairs we've just walked down the promenade downstairs as well we're just going to quickly pop into the shops and see what they have available and then we've got the show tonight at half plus 10 i think it's half past 10 anyway that's pretty much it for the rest of the night so it's it's really upsetting that this is the last night on board i wish it was like a seven day cruise to get a full experience but um just being at sea and this amazing view is just so peaceful and so relaxing i absolutely love it it's so calm it's so like creepy tranquil that's the word maybe not creepy a little bit creepy because it's missed in the distance we haven't actually seen the show yet we've just come back for a quick refresher but we have some information we've had our turn down service done and they they do like an amazing job i feel yeah i feel really bad yeah because we make such a mess but we're like usually we don't go through a lot of your keeping and stuff like that but we didn't put the do not just turn things it's on our room and it looks really nice and chocolates on the pillow yeah well they were taught to eat the last two nights worth of well one night's worth of chocolates but inside the room we've received a setup which is a really sad letter but it tells everything you need to know about the go and home procedure also we see some like tanks um now downstairs earlier we came across like a board that had the listings of like you showing it yeah the departure times um depending on your type color i believe they start at 8am and go to 9am i may be wrong something like that um but what i have found quite funny is it says on here um you need to write your name and your cabin number on your luggage tag and then leave outside your door before you go to bed we have black luggage tags i've only got a black pen so i don't know how we're supposed to write a name on it or a room number but i'm sure we'll find out um but we're 8 30. 30 yeah there's like different colors of different times yes so they start at eight and they finish at nine and but they do have breakfast times on there so the marketplace is open from 6 30 to nine so you can go for breakfast before your slot or latitude 53 is open from seven to nine and we have it in there green for breakfast there no because it was too busy so we had to leave it's a half an hour late see but i'm just wondering if everyone's leaving let's say eight between eight of mine people might be up early tomorrow to make advantage of it and kind of go and eat breakfast before you leave yeah so i don't really know how busy that's going to be so you might check it out it might not yeah you'll find out very shortly in fact otherwise well we'll be either having breakfast or and we'll be in the car and with or without our luggage we don't know right should we go and check out this last show yeah it's supposed to be really good let's go so what did you think of the show well the first two so we had the um movies one and then we had the elton john one last night really good really good stories and the music was great the dance was great tonight's one was a bit lackluster i don't really know why the dancing was good the music was good but there was no storyline and it was really hard to follow so it was just kind of like random songs every now and again so yeah so after the show we went and picked up one final singapore sling well i did dan didn't from the lounge come up to the room and we've packed all of our luggage away and we've chucked it outside the door um it's kind of scary not knowing if you're ever going to see your luggage again i assume we will but we've had instances on planes and stuff where someone's carried my luggage off and then we have to kind of chase it down the gang we're like not the gangway the air bridge um so i'm hoping that doesn't happen it's like smooth sailing tomorrow pardon the pun but yeah our bags are sitting outside our room is pretty much emptied apart from the stuff we're gonna have on us um it's just a bit of a shame because i like this room and i like this [ __ ] but i kind of don't want to leave thank you for watching our first ever cruise vlog we hope you enjoyed it as much as we have hopefully we'll be on another cruise at some point in the near future if you like this video give us a thumbs up and don't forget to that subscribe button just down below and we'll see you later
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