Hapag-Lloyd Europa Family Cruises Reviews

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Wonderful luxury Baltic classical music cruise, Ocean Sun Festival 6/25/23-7/7/23
"If the space, food, and good service of the Europa appeals to you, but the lone German language does not, Hapag Lloyd's Europe 2 ( which is bilingual German and English) may be a good choice as long as you don't expect to meet many English speaking new friends to have a good time (because even there, most pax are German).The older German pax way of interacting with strangers, even other Germans, (especially for those from certain parts of the country) is also a bit unfriendly (superficially polite, but generally stiff and not particularly outgoing, so don't count on making new BFF on this ship, you don't just go up to them and start trying to immediately get on a first name basis, as is often done on English luxury lines...."Read More
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Wonderful luxury Baltic classical music cruise, Ocean Sun Festival 6/25/23-7/7/23

Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on Europa

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Catlover54
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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 ...
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Sail Date: June 2023


Beautiful Scenery, Luxurious Ship

Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Europa

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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 ...
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Sail Date: September 2018


Fantastic NICE-BILBAO luxury classical music cruise, outstanding food, service!

Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Europa

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Catlover54
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

SHORT VERSION: I greatly enjoyed the outstanding food, service, and classical music on this luxury small ship cruise and plan to return soon. Details: 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 ...
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Sail Date: May 2018


Fantastic stressless service, 5-star food, spacious luxury, classical music!

Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Europa

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Catlover54
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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 ...
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Sail Date: September 2016


MS EUROPA REVIEW 2010

Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Europa

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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 ...
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Sail Date: October 2010

Traveled with children


Nothing but a complete pleasure.

Review for a Asia Cruise on Europa

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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 ...
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Sail Date: March 2010


Great expectations of the

Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Europa

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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 ...
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Sail Date: October 2009

Traveled with children


Great experience

Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Europa

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vistaman
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

However I did many cruises i was very nervous to join ms Europa as German is only my fourth language and it was a complete new challenge : going to a cruiseship mostly catering to the German speaking market. So after a punctual flight and a long taxi drive - the traffic was hectic- i did arrive at the terminal where my hand luggage was taken over; only my electronic ticket and my passport was ...
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Sail Date: November 2007


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