change of name

Unread post by **Ray B** » 06 Nov 2017, 20:31

I must have missed news of the changes to Thomson Cruises, Dark Nights favourite,we should now refer the old Thomson cruise line as Marella Cruises , from Celtic meaning ‘shining sea’. The fleet will drop the Thomson prefix to the name, and all ships will be Marella Celebration etc, etc.

Unread post by **david63** » 07 Nov 2017, 08:01

Interestingly Marella Discovery 2 (aka RCI Leged of the Seas) has been following us around the Canaries for the last few days

Unread post by **qbman1** » 07 Nov 2017, 09:38

Will there be a Marella Cherry and a Marella Fostrup ?!

Unread post by **Mervyn and Trish** » 07 Nov 2017, 14:35

Weird name!

Unread post by **Manoverboard** » 07 Nov 2017, 14:45

A weird name maybe but it seems that they are going to base a number of ships in Asia ... a good plan imo.

Unread post by **qbman1** » 07 Nov 2017, 15:05

Are there a lot of Celtic speakers in Asia then ?

Unread post by **Mervyn and Trish** » 07 Nov 2017, 18:20

Will you be able to get an Eavesway coach to board them?

Unread post by **qbman1** » 08 Nov 2017, 09:18

They're nearly all Ellisons now

Unread post by **towny44** » 08 Nov 2017, 09:52

I have no idea why they did not just switch to TUI, the Thomson holidays now have that name and there is currently some heavy advertising to lift its profile, which the cruise line could have benefited from. Although the German cruise line is also named Tui, since all its ships are named Mein Schiff there does not seem to be much conflict there.

Unread post by **qbman1** » 08 Nov 2017, 10:24

I think it's because a lot of Thomson customers could get confused between the names Tui Celebration and Mein Schiff III

Unread post by **david63** » 08 Nov 2017, 10:32

towny44 wrote: 08 Nov 2017, 09:52
I have no idea why they did not just switch to TUI, the Thomson holidays now have that name and there is currently some heavy advertising to lift its profile, which the cruise line could have benefited from. Although the German cruise line is also named Tui, since all its ships are named Mein Schiff there does not seem to be much conflict there.

They do have the Tui logo on the funnel and are painted in the Tui colours

Unread post by **qbman1** » 08 Nov 2017, 10:47

david63 wrote: 08 Nov 2017, 10:32

towny44 wrote: 08 Nov 2017, 09:52
I have no idea why they did not just switch to TUI, the Thomson holidays now have that name and there is currently some heavy advertising to lift its profile, which the cruise line could have benefited from. Although the German cruise line is also named Tui, since all its ships are named Mein Schiff there does not seem to be much conflict there.
They do have the Tui logo on the funnel and are painted in the Tui colours

But then Domino's Pizza and Pepsi share the same colours so it could be Domino Dream or Pepsi Majesty ?!

Unread post by **Portsmouth** » 29 Aug 2024, 11:33

I don't understand why the admin doesn't add Marella Cruise to the Thompson heading or just rename the forum Marella. Nobody books a Thompson cruise anymore and even the travel agents use the name TUI instead. Not trying to stir things up just making a suggestion.

Unread post by **Stephen** » 29 Aug 2024, 11:53

Looks like we have a trouble maker

Unread post by **david63** » 29 Aug 2024, 12:39

Portsmouth wrote: 29 Aug 2024, 11:33
I don't understand why the admin doesn't add Marella Cruise to the Thompson heading or just rename the forum Marella. Nobody books a Thompson cruise anymore and even the travel agents use the name TUI instead. Not trying to stir things up just making a suggestion.

Because some of the posts are specific to Thompson Cruises

Unread post by **Ray B** » 03 Sep 2024, 14:35

I assume the heading must have been changed recently, David covering all bases. =
Thompson/Marella(TUI)

Unread post by **CaroleF** » 03 Sep 2024, 14:45

Not related to Marella, but I had no idea that the ship now marooned in Belfast Villa Via Residences' Odyssey is the first ship I ever cruised on back in 2003, Fred Olsen's 'Braemar'. I'm surprised she's the sort of ship that would undertake a World Cruise. We loved our cruise but she's quite small and the cabins, even the suites aren't huge, although the Owner's Suite is certainly larger than many suites these days. According to the press the passengers can't stay on board overnight so many of them are going off on holidays elsewhere.

Unread post by **Ray B** » 03 Sep 2024, 14:57

That was interesting Carole, didn't even think to go into its history.Gearbox and rudder problems holding her up I believe. Once repaired its on her way. Let's hope they get the fix corrected, any odd noise from within will have everyone hoping it's just old age.

Unread post by **Stephen** » 03 Sep 2024, 15:27

I know the feeling

Unread post by **Mervyn and Trish** » 03 Sep 2024, 20:23

Yes she's 32 years old. I'm not sure I'd be chancing buying a 3 year trip on her!

Unread post by **Portsmouth** » 31 Mar 2025, 10:33

It seems Marella who have always used older ships are now thinking of adding 2 brand new ships to their fleet

They put out a statement.....“Given an aging Marella Cruises fleet, we are currently exploring future options on positioning our highly profitable UK market leading business, including re-fleeting. We are in discussions for 2 vessels with new build slots tentatively available from FY31 onwards.“

Unread post by **Ray B** » 31 Mar 2025, 13:55

Indeed Pompy, Fincantieri has two slots to build for delivery for 2031, 2032.
Tickets for the maiden voyage will go on sale tomorrow.

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