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Beautiful luxury ship, excellent food, great ports; best to know some German; AC underpowered
"The bathroom had a tub and separate shower, just one sink, a walk-in closet with drawers, a small TV (which had many German stations plus BBC), a mini-fridge (stocked with in-room complimentary sodas, juices and beer, customizable), and plenty of overall storage space, even for two.There were no comical order errors or missed deliveries, other than once: when I asked for a specific kind of soft cheese I had had the week before (I even had a picture of it to show the waiter) the request was acknowledged as no problem , but then five minutes later the waiter instead showed up with a plate of five miscellaneous cheeses which I did not order, three of which I detest (my guess is whoever was in back had standard "cheese plates" already made up and did not want to bother finding the one I specifically wanted, especially so close to closing time...."Read More
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Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on Europa
Catlover54
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
OVERVIEW: I have done multiple cruises with Hapag Lloyd's (HL) small luxury ships over the last eight years, the MS Europa (German is the on-board language) and the Europa 2 (German and English are on board languages).
Amazingly, even since Covid, unlike on some other "luxury' lines, food, service, ship condition, and overall organization have remained outstanding on the Europa, nearly ...
Read MoreSail Date: June 2023
Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on Europa
Catlover54
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
BACKGROUND: This was my first post-Covid trip on Hapag Lloyd's small luxury ship the MS Europa. I had sailed on her several times pre-Covid (last time was September 2019) and had very much enjoyed the seamless service and excellent food (both international and German).
The main reason for my booking this particular trip (booked almost three years ago), was for the annual classical music Ocean ...
Read MoreSail Date: May 2022
Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Europa
Swaraelia
10+ Cruises • Age Under 20
I first read about Europa in Berlitz's 2017 guide, fantastic, by the way, in case you're looking for in-depth research about individual ships not on CruiseCritic. I am an American who went on this amazing ship for just over a week, albeit that it was quite difficult not knowing any German prior, but I felt interacting with fellow passengers who spoke at least some English or Chinese (which I ...
Read MoreSail Date: September 2018
Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Europa
Catlover54
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
SHORT VERSION: I greatly enjoyed the outstanding food, service, and classical music on this luxury small ship cruise and plan to return soon.
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I am an American who did this two-week luxury small ship cruise solo from Nice to Bilbao. I chose it primarily for the intimate classical music experience it offered with its Ocean Sun Festival. To compare, I have done various other mostly ...
Read MoreSail Date: May 2018
Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Europa
Catlover54
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
This was my first cruise with Hapag-Lloyd’s “most beautiful yacht in the world,” the MS Europa, 13 nights, Lisbon to Nice. I had previously cruised with my husband on the more modern, and advertised as bilingual, HL Europa 2 on a Christmas/New Years cruise December 2015 (see my CC review, Cape Town to Cape Town) and had greatly enjoyed that, which led to my interest in the Europa. I am comparing ...
Read MoreSail Date: September 2016
Review for a Norwegian Fjords Cruise on Europa
MsSommelier
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
The Europa has been called by Berlitz as the “best cruise ship Americans never heard of”. We have been several times on Crystal, Regent and Seabourn but this was our first time on Europa. A good opportunity to see if we agreed with that evaluation!
We selected Europa primarily for the itinerary: 18 nights to Norway, starting in Hamburg and ending in Kiel, Germany. What we liked about the ...
Read MoreSail Date: June 2015
Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Europa
colin bell
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s
Background
Hapag-Lloyd is not a generally well known cruise line for British passengers. It has only 4 ships ranging from small expedition ships (such as the Hanseatic) to its flagship MS Europa which, shortly before our departure, was awarded for the 11th time the accolade of "Best Cruise Ship in the World" by the Berlitz Cruising Guide (by a comfortable margin). The company caters mainly ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2010
Traveled with children
Review for a Asia Cruise on Europa
MDR-DAN
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s
It gets better each time. This was my third cruise aboard Hapag Lloyd's M.S. Europa and each time I have had a wonderful time. With such high expectations and fond memories from my previous cruises aboard, it is always risky that the next time could be a let down. Not so at all. I just returned from a cruise from Manila to Shanghai and this was my favorite cruise of them all.
My suite for this ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2010
Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Europa
colin bell
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s
It was with some trepidation that we embarked on this cruise aboard MS Europa, a ship primarily designed for German speaking passengers. Not that the language concerned us as the cruise was "Bilingual" and my wife and I have a reasonable working knowledge of German. Rather I had read a fellow member's review shortly before we left and it was lukewarm at best. On the other hand Douglas Ward (a ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2009
Traveled with children
Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Europa
gerardie@optusnet.com.au
First Time Cruiser • Age 90s
Review MS Europa Cruise, from 10 May 2009 to 16 June 2009 - 37 days. By Gerardie.
Athens (Piraeus) to Hamburg, Voyages EUR0910, EUR0911, EUR0912, EUR0913. We first heard about the MS Europa when we were on a cruise on another German ship, the MS Deutschland in 2007. Passengers were referring to the MS Europa with some deference and comparisons were made between the two ships.
We had ...
Read MoreSail Date: May 2009
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