Marella Explorer

Marella Cruises · Century class · 1996

Marella Explorer measures 76,998 gross tons, with room for 1,924 guests. Marella Explorer sails 7-night cruises from Palma de Mallorca and moves to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Nov 2026.

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Marella Cruises ship Marella Explorer
BuiltYear built
1996
TonnageGross tonnage
76,998
Decks
13
Cabins
962
Guests
1,924
2,681 at full occupancy
Crew
900

Marella Explorer cruise schedule

67 cruises in the next 12 months · open a cruise to see its itinerary · all times local

Showing 6 of 67 cruises

Where Marella Explorer sails

Homeport and departures by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027

Most of its sailings are in the Western Europe, Azores, Canary Islands, with more in the Mediterranean, Black Sea. Marella Explorer sails from Palma de Mallorca (Oct 2026), Málaga (Nov 2026) and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Nov 2026 – Apr 2027).

Palma de MallorcaMálagaLas Palmas de Gran CanariaSanta Cruz de TenerifeCorfu TownNumber = cruises starting that month

Ports Marella Explorer visits

36 ports of call in the next 12 months · homeports not counted

HomeportPort of callSize = ship calls

How Marella Explorer sails

Sailings starting in the next 12 months · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027 · from published itineraries

Port intensity

Port days and sea days per cruise, between embarkation and return

Time in port
10 h
median · 6 – 24 h
Port days
82%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
10
staying past midnight
Late departures
71
after 20:00 · latest 23:59

Cruise patterns

  • 4 ports · 1 sea day7 nights20 cruises
  • 5 ports · 1 sea day7 nights18 cruises
  • 5 ports · 1 sea day7 nights16 cruises
  • 4 ports · 1 sea day7 nights5 cruises
  • 4 ports · 1 sea day7 nights3 cruises

Port daySea dayEmbarkation and return days not shown

Sea days are the days between embarkation and return with no port call. Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out. Late departure = leaving a port of call after 20:00, local time.

Marella Explorer specifications

From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units

Ship

Cruise line
Marella Cruises
Class
Century class
Year built
1996
Status
In service
IMO
9106297
MMSI
249051000

Size

Gross tonnage
76,998 GT
Length
263.9 m
Beam
32.2 m
Decks
13
Cruising speed
22 knots

Capacity

Guests, double occupancy
1,924
Guests, full occupancy
2,681
Cabins
962
Crew
900
Guests per crew member
2.1
Space per guest
40.0 GT

How it compares

195th largest of 350 ships in service

Gross tonnage

  • Marella Explorer76,998
  • Marella Cruises average73,140
  • All ships in service91,156

Guests, double occupancy

  • Marella Explorer1,924
  • Marella Cruises average1,862
  • All ships in service2,189

Century class sister ships

Same design and size as Marella Explorer

See the Marella Cruises fleet

Also from Marella Cruises: Marella Discovery, Marella Discovery 2

About Marella Explorer

Marella Explorer was built by Meyer Werft at Papenburg and delivered to Celebrity Cruises in 1996 as Galaxy, the second Century-class ship, and was renamed Celebrity Galaxy in 2008. In 2009 she became TUI Cruises' first ship: after a conversion at Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven she was named Mein Schiff in Hamburg, and she became Mein Schiff 1 in 2010. She joined Marella Cruises in 2018 and, after a refit in Cádiz, was named Marella Explorer in Palma that May. She has 962 cabins for 1,924 guests at double occupancy and was refurbished at Navantia in Cádiz in December 2021.