We’ve just spent an amazing week on the beautiful Marella Explorer on the Iconic Islands Cruise and absolutely loved it.
Although our first time on the Marella Explorer, we’ve actually holidayed on it before when it was the Celebrity Galaxy – the ship made famous in TV’s, The Cruise with Jane MacDonald.
The Marella Explorer is one of five cruise ships in the Marella Cruises Fleet, the others being, The Marella Explorer 2, The Marella Discovery, The Marella Discovery 2 and the Marella Voyager.
If you have been watching our channel for a while, you may know that Rach used to work on the cruise ships many years ago as a production dancer and then as a choreographer.
One of Rach’s ships that she worked on for a good while was the Celebrity Century, the sister ship of the Celebrity Galaxy, which is what the Marella Explorer now is.
If you like cruise ship diaries, beautiful locations, Greece, the Mediterranean and anything cruise ship related, then this is the video for you. Over the next few weeks, we will be releasing our cruise ship diaries for the week, focusing on 2 days at a time.
In this Marella Explorer Cruise Ship Diary, it’s days 5 and 6 and we visit the beautiful Greek islands of Rhodes and Crete, where we visit Rhodes Town and Chania.
In this Rhodes and Chania vlog (Chania’s port is Souda), we start the day in Rhodes Town where we check out the Street of the Knights and the Palace of the Knights before visiting the Roloi clock tower and spending the rest of the day exploring Rhodes Town.
The end of the day, we’re back onboard the Marella Explorer where we take in the show, tonight the show was the comedian, Herbie Adams, eat some lovely food and drink lots of fine wine and beer.
The next day sees us in Crete, in the port of Souda, which is the port for the beautiful Chania.
We take a good look around Chania town, the famous light house and the stunning Venetian Harbour.
If you like Greece vlogs or Greek Island vlogs, then this Rhodes vlog and Chania vlog is for you.
At the end of the day, we end up back onboard the ship for another evening’s entertainment. Tonight’s entertainment was Jon Fisher as Gary Barlow.
This Marella Explorer Vlog, or Marella Cruises vlog is the third in our Iconic Greek Islands vlog.
Be sure to check out last 2 week’s vlogs. The first being a cruise ship vlog, where we travel to the ship and become familiar with it last week’s being Mykonos and Santorini. Be sure to check out the next 2 Marella Explorer Greece and Greek Islands vlogs too.
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Iโve been waiting all week for this video! Now on to watchโฆ๐ฅฐ~Cara
Is there a virgin on ridiculous?
Meow-dusa, Purr-sephone and the rest? You're on fire Rach! ๐
All Rhodes lead to Crete, and not a cretin in sight. Except for a ship load of poms (kidding). ๐
This was another superb addition to the series. Rhodes and Crete actually look quite appealing.
I really hope you had a bonza time!
Awe you too are so sweet! It is a longer walk than expected thank you for bringing us back!!! ๐๐๐
Weโve never been to Rhodes , think this is the best tour Iโve seen on YouTube.
Thank you for bringing us back to one of our favorite towns and islands in Greece. Outstanding video! ~Cara โค
Will we see any "Knights" there, Rachael and Wills? Loved seeing the newer palace and enjoyed hearing about it's and the original ones history. Beautiful pieces of art in the shops. Wait! A summer house? YT is treating you well! Great that the audio came back in time for the construction. ๐๐Interesting hearing about some of the Venetian history there. But then, I guess Casanova did get around! John too, but in a good way! Love John and Cara. Beautiful part of the world. Loved coming along for the tour!
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Another belter ! Two great port stopsโฆRhodes Rhodes Rhodes โฆso much to see and doโฆ.Itโs a fabulous place. Really enjoyed walking the walls on our last visit. Chania was a Beter stop than Heraklion for usโฆ good ice cream ๐ฆโฆ. And a lovely beach ๐๏ธโฆ. Looking forward to the next episode
Rhodes looks so lovely, beautiful sunrise and the 14th century church looked fabulous. Loved the street of the knights and the harbour was beautiful and the ship sheds were interesting. That looked a great place to visit ๐~ Anna
Hi guys a fantastic mix of fun and information with such beautiful shots of Rhodes and Crete. We love those mosaics amazing. You definitely have a way with those Greek cats ๐. We liked the rabbit towel Best ๐ฐ. Glad you got your drink in the end. Hope you have had a great weekend Best wishes Dave & Dawn โค
Good knight this was a good video. Rach you are the best in the business at the voice overs and connecting the scenes. SUMMER HOUSE?! How posh! You need to ensure you always have cats in your future videos. ๐ฌ๐ท ๐ Don't upset the captain!
Do you know what ,fantastic blog guys looks lovely cheers ๐ป ๐
Please keep cruising. I love your videos and the cat names. Brilliant. Have you done/will you do a ship tour or video of your overall thoughts?
I've never cruised with Marella, but very tempted.
I think those crickets may have been cicadas ๐
Such fantastic history and wonderful architecture!! lol…yes, steps! lol Looks like you hit it all at a good time to miss the suffocating crowds. Food, gotta love the food on a cruise! Great stuff!! Bruce and Otis
Rhodes is seriously impressive! I remember my aunt saying how on her Greek cruise that had been her favourite stop now I can understand why. So many of the standard images of a Greek island holiday is whitewashed buildings with blue accents, Greece it seems, is a lot more than that. I've never been to Rhodes but I have been to Malta and the Knights of St John also had a major influence there so it looks very similar.
Love wills black sheep t.shirt ๐
Yay! More cats! ๐๐โโฌ
Loved that you signed the visitor book Postcard and a Pint! Great reenactment Wills! Cats everywhere! โค knight out! Looks charming in Rhodes. Nice decorations! Darn audio! 15, your improving! Noel is great! Very helpful map! The Church of St Nicholas looks nice. ๐ฏ Santa indeed! Santa has a what? Great memorabilia. Happy waiter! Your films will last forever on YouTube.. nice sign! Leave them behind! Gary Barlow, better than the real thing! Great segment! ๐
Loved the medieval knight chuckle brothers ๐ wow that street is incredible and great exhibition! The 14th century palace is impressive wow lightning and gunpowder ๐ฎ not a great combination, Wills ๐ฅ ๐ great views from the clock tower worth the 53 step climb! Nice trip down memory lane! So many lovely ๐ and of course Wills found the Christmas decorations for an amazing Christmas knight ๐คฃ๐Rhodes old town was just gorgeous! Oh no GoPro no sound glitch we have experienced that one a few times! Great quiz improvement Iโm feeling a win coming on before you disembark! Love that your favourite waiter has a Christmas name too! The bright and bold party looked fun! Gorgeous 14th Century church and love you light your mum and dad a candle! Yes Wills Christmas Magnet St Nicholas is Santa! Need to make mine a saint so I can say I have my very own Santa ๐ Those Chrystal clear waters on the harbour, stunning! Oo like a bit of movie memorabilia! Lunch looked nice with another pose pulling waiter, perfect! More Christmas decorations ๐ yes loving the towel animal takedown segment! Yes course you love Crackers Wills, you definitely are, but thatโs why we love you so (plus itโs another Christmas connection ๐) Just fabulous! Cheers ๐ป guys โค
Nice Christmas decoration! ๐ and the food looks delicious! As well as the local honey ๐ฏ
I'm so sorry about your audio problem! You know I can relate ๐๐ฉ
How awesome that @JohnandCaraRetiredTravelers got engaged there!!!
What a beautiful area! Thanks for sharing the great video, my friends.๐
Rhodes looks nice see had lots of fun and exploring on your cruise
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Nice bit of history and super views.
These vlogs have definitely made us want to visit Greece. I've not been since i was a child and Pete has never been. Rhodes was so pretty.๐ฅฐ. What beautiful churches โช๏ธ. Ah Rach, lost audio, if it is any consolation we could tell by lip reading that was some stellar historic information! ๐๐We have loved watching you guys explore the Greek Islands, what a perfect trip for your channel, another adventure every day, we would like you to stay on the ship another week too please!๐๐. It was all happening back on the ship wasn't it, looks fun๐. Although we agree with the 'bright and bold, we are too old' sentiment๐๐. Those holiday sunsets never do get old do they, stunning ๐.
Thanks for putting a smile on our faces at the end of the weekend Rach and Wills.
Crikey, next weeks journey home looks like a nightmare!๐ณ
Have a great week ahead
Cheers
Shell and Pete๐๐๐
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Wow!!! Amazing Church!!!
The medieval streets are So Awesome!!!
Love looking at things from the past!!!
Rhodes town is Definitely charming!!!
Lol…love when they dress up the towels when you get back to your room!!!
Of course Wills had to terminate them!๐
The ports were Amazing!!!
Haven't been on a cruise since 2015…think it's about time for another one for us!!!๐
Totally enjoyed your day!!!
Looking forward to the next one!!!
Hope Everything is Well!!!
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Loving your cruise diaries and memories. A most excellent vlog! Warm wishes from Millionaire Paul ๐
The art work is amazing another beautiful vlog
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amazing looking place, great video
Wow such a beautiful place to see my friend. Great sharing. God bless us all