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Its surprising decor, however, combines lacquer-red walls, bamboo-and-conservatory style furniture and green plants, delivering an altogether less tranquil message. Marco Polo has been the subject of a television programme in the series Mighty Cruise Ships (a spin-off of Mighty Ships) which documented the 2013 voyage to St Petersburg, Russia, and the Baltic States.
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Just days ago it was also reported that Costa Victoria is heading to be scrapped at the Aliaga facility in Turkey. She will join three Fantasy-class vessels that were once part of Carnival Cruise Line and two former Royal Caribbean ships that were scrapped after Pullmantur went out of business. In 2015, the cruise ship celebrated its 50th anniversary with 2 themed voyages. "First Commemorative Anniversary Cruise" from the UK to Canada and Greenland, departures from Rosyth (July 23) and from Tilbury (July 24). The 36-night roundtrip visited Nova Scotia, Montreal, Quebec, and St Lawrence River. The "Second Commemorative Cruise" from the UK to Canada from Tilbury (September 7) was a 35-days roundtrip to Canada via Amsterdam Holland and Cherbourg France.
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The roundtrip UK voyage was planned to visit a total of 31 ports on 3 continents. In 1984 the ship joined CTC Cruises Australia's fleet with Holiday cruises. In 1991, "The Alex" (as Aussies called the vessel) was purchased by the British entrepreneur Gerry Herrod, who took it to Greece to be re-built over the following 3-year period. In November 2015, CMV's Marco Polo celebrated its half-century with a couple of 50th-anniversary voyages. When debuted in 1965, the boat was named "Alexandr Pushkin" (after the Russian poet) and was one of the five Poet-class vessels built at Mathias-Thesen Werft docks (Wismar) in former East Germany. The final chapter is devoted to Marco Polo today with information about the interiors and daily operations.
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The Marco Polo does a decent job of catering to the single traveler, couples, and groups. Each evening, a daily program details the following day’s activities and is delivered to cabins for useful information on menus, service operating hours, show times, and social events. As a general rule of thumb when choosing your breakfast aboard a cruise ship you either head to the main dining room for a la carte table service, or you head to the buffet for self service breakfast. Let me prefix this by saying that I’ve sailed on nearly twenty different cruise ships over half a dozen cruise lines and I’ve never experienced a muster drill quite like this one before.
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Most passenger accommodations are with 2 fixed single beds, Only a small number of rooms have convertible beds or fixed queen/king sized beds. Most Standard Plus and below outside rooms are with a porthole window. Due to the ship’s old design cabin windows’ sizes vary by deck and location – from slightly bigger than porthole to nearly floor-ceiling. The CMV Marco Polo cruise ship cabins page is conveniently interlinked with its deck plans showing deck layouts combined with a legend and review of all onboard venues.
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Junior Suites numbers 811 and 812 are with partially obstructed views (due to lifeboats). Pullman beds are foldaway beds (aka bunk beds) that are pulled down either from the wall or from the ceiling. There are four issues per year, with each issue is packed full of must-read features, including cruise news, reviews, destination guides and the most enticing itineraries.
Marco Polo stands out being on of the few ships that do not carry thousands of passengers and her intimate atmosphere attract a loyal following. It is unbelievable, but she is still sailing with her original Sulzer machinery and she has covered an incredible distance with them. There are 15 accommodation categories on Marco Polo, and the ship’s 425 well-maintained, brightly decorated rooms in blue, green, and red are adequately spacious and vary in size. All cabins have individual thermostats, safes, direct-dial phones, waffle-style bathrobes, and TVs. The most luxurious Deluxe suite on deck 7 has a separate living area, minibar, 19-inch flat-screen TV, and walk-in wooden mirrored closet. Its attached marble bathroom is equipped with a shower and bath, towels, bathrobes, slippers, and hair dryer.
While the line had a steady client base for many years, it was to be one of the first victims in the cruise industry to succumb to the pandemic’s effects. Chief engineer Georgios Katsifarakis is a huge enthusiast for his ship describing her as ‘the last Rolls-Royce from the golden era of travelling at sea’. The 100-page commemorative book plots the vessel’s 50 years in great detail and draws together a collection of historic and modern images of the ship. MS Marco Polo is an adults-only (child-free) ship targeting the UK luxury cruise market. The age requirement is 16+ years old (teenagers must be accompanied by adult/s).
Emerging as Orient Lines' ms Marco Polo, the cruise ship specialized in expedition voyages to the Far East. A helicopter was available on the purpose-built helipad deck to observe whales and wildlife. Eventually, in 2008 Marco Polo was sold to Greece's Global Maritime Group Inc (Global Cruise Lines, current shipowner) but continues to be operated by CMV. The 820-passenger ship Marco Polo is among the top choices for small ship travel vacations out of the UK.
At this writing, the intimate 700-passenger Discovery was scheduled to join the Cruise and Maritime Voyages fleet in February 2013, under charter in association with the widely respected All Leisure Holidays. Her last trans atlantic voyage was in 1980, she switched to fulltime cruising now. From 1979 to 1984, Alexandr Pushkin served the German market and sailed for Transocean Cruises. After this, she was transferred to another Soviet shipping company, the Far Eastern shipping Company, with homeport Vladivostok. During her final days under the Soviet flag she was chartered to CTC Cruises, for whom she sailed out of Europe and Australia.
The public areas are quite small yet furnished and with spacious ambience. Day time activities include bingo, golf sessions and lectures as well as trivia games. Night time entertainment involves ballroom dancing events, live shows and live music performances. There are various lounges and bars on board like the Captain’s Club and Columbus Lounge and the Scott’s Bar.
Inside cabins were added and her superstructure was extended forward so more public spaces could be created, most important her main lounge was extended forward and now featured a balcony, thus becoming a “grand ballroom’. For CMV Marco Polo cruise passengers with disabilities, there are only 2 accessible cabins equipped for passengers with mobility limitations plus their travel companions. Both staterooms are on Amundsen Deck 9 (numbers 655-aft and 631-forward).
Complimentary in-cabin Continental breakfast is available between 7 – 10 am (cereals, bread, pastries, yogurt, fruits, juices, hot drinks). Oceanview cabins have either Picture Window or Porthole Window, depending on deck location. Standard Plus (Cat 8) and lower grades outside cabins are with portholes, higher grades are with windows. The Marco Polo lounge is the place to go for show tunes and high kicks. For more sedate music, head to the Palm Garden for classical music and afternoon tea.
Waldorf restaurant's decor is pleasant, however not quite remarkable. It features two sittings, dinners are good and usually exceed expectations for the price level, prepared with much more finesse than breakfasts. Afternoon tea and late-night snacks are also offered on board according to cruising tradition.
Fellow passengers are affluent, middle-aged, well-travelled and mostly repeat guests. MS Marco Polo has a classic profile, traditional dark hull and teak decks. Marco Polo refits have kept accommodation, public rooms, guests' facilities, and navigational technology up to date. The compact size of the vessel helps access smaller ports, in which bigger vessels do not venture. MS Marco Polo cruise ship was last owned by Global Maritime Group and operated under charter by the UK-based travel company Cruise And Maritime Voyages (CMV). The 1965-built vessel was constructed in East Germany by Mathias-Thesen-Werft Wismar (now Lloyd Werft Wismar GmbH) as "MS Aleksandr Pushkin" for Baltic Shipping Company (USSR / Soviet Union).
Biddings (deadline in brackets) opened for Vasco Da Gama (Oct 8), Columbus (Oct 12), Astor (Oct 15), Magellan (Oct 19) and Marco Polo (Oct 22). Purchased by Global Maritime Group in 2007 and currently operated by UK-based Cruise & Maritime Voyages, the vessel was built in 1965 at Mathias Thesen Shipyard in eastern Germany. Due to its age, Marco Polo is not suitable for passengers with special mobility needs. There are many raised-door seals that can restrict passenger movement about the ship.
