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During FIFA 2022 tournament (November 21 through December 18), both MSC cruise ships will be permanently moored at Port Doha to accommodate soccer fans. The ship's interactive entertainment programming features newly designed shows presented at Luna Park Arena (3x concert-style), The World Theatre (5x grand-scale productions), and in Panorama Lounge (4x themed). Also new for the fleet are the surprise exhibits (popping up throughout the boat.
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However, there are many other smaller pools, hot tubs and sun decks around the ship so it’s well worth taking the time to discover some of those quieter areas. The main pool deck on the MSC World Europa can get crowded, but there are other outdoor spaces with ... While an outdoor promenade is nothing new on ships, they usually circle the exterior of the ship.
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With standard amenities like pools, hot tubs (14 of them!), a casino, and an arcade, as well as more unique ones, like the aforementioned world’s tallest dry slide at sea and Formula 1 simulator, a water park, bumper cars, and a roller rink, there’s plenty to do onboard. There are also numerous shows in the various performance venues, including the Luna Park Arena, the World Theatre, and the Panorama Lounge—in the latter, I watched a sultry Latin dance show. This MSC ship class is also the industry's first to introduce LNG-powered SOFC (solid oxide fuel cell) to produce all the electricity and heat needed for onboard services without combustion.
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The Theatre offers spectacular shows, famous guest artists, and performances from the ship's band. Bars' selection includes the quiet Herrenzimmer smoking lounge, and Sansibar Disco - open until late at night for dancing to the DJ music. MSC Cruises (MSC Crociere) is a passenger shipping company headquartered in Genoa and Naples.
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Most of the MSC Yacht Club cabins have balconies, some have whirlpools, and there are a few interior MSC Yacht Club cabins, too, if you just want to get a foot in the door to this truly beautiful and leveled-up space at the ship’s bow. For entertainment, the longest dry slide at sea, which spirals down 11 decks, is the aerial jewel of an incredible 350-foot-long promenade that feels like a waterfront urban park, lined by restaurants with covered outdoor seating. Add that six swimming pools and hot tubs spread across several decks and you’ve still only scratched the surface of what you can get up to on board. Families are well catered-to aboard MSC World Europa, which has one of the largest kid's club areas in the fleet onboard, ensuring little ones, kids and teenagers are well looked after. Indeed, everything about the ship speaks to its family-friendly nature, from the availability of high chairs in even specialty restaurants, to its fun pool deck diversions and thrilling games arcade, SportPlex, and Venom Drop dry slide. Ship highlights include four specialty restaurants included in the cruise cost, a bar boasting the largest collection of gin at sea, complimentary caviar nights and seven family-friendly connecting cabins, with kids' quarters stocked with toys.
The first vessel (World Europa) is to be followed by the sistership World America (2025). The two optional vessels (ordered in 2022) will be launched in 2026 (World Asia) and 2027 (MSC World tbn). The 28,890-ton, 408-passenger Europa, Hapag-Lloyd's upmarket flagship, primarily serves Europe's German-speaking travelers, but it's also well known to a more global cruise audience. That's because storied guidebook Berlitz has long ranked Europa as its top-rated cruise ship. In fact, Europa's the only vessel in the guide that has consistently merited a five-plus star ranking (every year for more than a decade).
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Spanning 11 decks (length 76 m / 250 ft), the slide is the quickest (and most fun) way to get from Deck 22 down to Promenade Deck (deck 8). On April 6, 2017, during MSC Meraviglia's delivery ceremony at STX France Shipyard (Saint-Nazaire), MSC signed a new shipbuilding MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with STX France for a new series of 2 vessels (World Class) at a total cost ~EUR 4,5 billion (~USD 4,8B). The ceremony was attended by Emmanuel Macron (France's President), Bruno Le Maire (France's Minister of Economy), Pierfrancesco Vago (MSC's Chairman) and Laurent Castaing (STX France's CEO). The first World-Class ship order was officially signed on May 31, 2017.
We chatted with many with university or hotel school degrees who were out to see the world, and conversations ranged far beyond the typical "Where are you from?" cruise-ship banter. Reception staffers are friendly, truly bilingual and smart, able to competently deal with problems such as Wi-Fi access. A server at the Yacht Club restaurant walked over to offer us an English-language newspaper, unasked. Whether the MSC World Europa is the cruise ship for you depends on so many factors. The design is bold and modern, there’s plenty of things to do and you’ll never go hungry. Imagine the future of cruising on board the new revolutionary MSC World Europa, the first ship in the trailblazing MSC World class fleet.
Gin lovers will find it hard to tear themselves away from The Gin Project, a new 87-seat bar themed after a real distillery that serves up all manner of cocktails centered around the G&Ts of the world. What's more, passengers can descend a metal spiral staircase into MSC's classic Masters of the Sea pub -- where, aboard MSC World Europa, a selection of brews are crafted right onboard. The Masters of the Sea pub has long been a favourite spot to grab a quick bite and to delight in the extensive beer list, but this will be the first time that it features an onboard brewery.
And with 7 swimming pools spread across the ship, including one with a sliding roof, there’s always space to relax by the water and pool deck. For families with children, the award-winning MSC kids club features state-of-the-art facilities inside a dedicated area of the ship, with a range of kids’ clubs and tailor-made programs for every age group. If Disney’s Epcot is famous for drinking around the world, then MSC World Europa, with a whopping 20 bars and lounges, could bring similar bragging rights to the bar top. Drinks are not included in packages, however, so you’ll want to have an idea for how much you want to, er, party to pick the best beverage deal for your needs.
Instead, MSC has taken the bold design choice of putting the 341-foot-long promenade down the middle of the ship, opening out onto an aft terrace. Another new addition, La Pescaderia, functions as an upscale seagoing fish market and restaurant where the best of the ocean is on the menu. It's situated in a prime location alongside the outdoor World Promenade, and even offers a grab-and-go menu of specialties like fish and chips for those who don't have time for the full culinary experience. Other niceties include the ship's environmental features, which advance MSC's goal of becoming a net-zero emitter by 2050. To that end, MSC World Europa is powered by cleaner-burning Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) technology and is equipped with shore power to allow it to switch off its engines while in select ports, in addition to a host of other technological advances. Powered by LNG, the world’s cleanest marine fuel, and featuring breakthrough green technologies MSC World Europa symbolizes the beginning of a new era of cruising.
A more sustainable cruise We wanted to set a new standard for the cruise industry. As our first LNG-propelled new cruise ship, MSC World Europa is a huge step forward in that mission. This next-generation power hugely reduces emissions and marks a milestone on our journey to zero emissions operations. Her state-of-the-art design also includes the latest water recycling technology, to purify wastewater, and propellers studied to reduce the underwater noise in respect of marine wildlife.
Its contemporary good looks, museum-quality art and chic furnishings make it feel more like a luxe European boutique hotel than a cruise vessel. Hamburg-based Hapag-Lloyd Cruises aimed for a resort ambience with this ship, to cast a wider net beyond veteran cruisers. As with other MSC ships, the World Europa features the exclusive ‘ship within a ship’ concept known as the Yacht Club. Guests staying here have exclusive access to a restaurant, bar, sun decks, and pool.
Europa 2 sailed on her 14-night maiden voyage from Hamburg on May 11, 2013. The ship debuts the first (for the line) hydroponic garden onboard, known as the Chef's Garden Kitchen. Raj Polo will offer a traditional English Breakfast and a Afternoon Tea, complete with scones, sandwiches and preserves. A first for the line, Raj Polo is, as the name suggests, a throwback to the days of the Raj, complete with furniture, artwork and sculpture that will make you think you are taking tea in a colonial mansion. We got onboard MSC World Europa, which is under construction at the French shipyard Chantiers d'Atlantique, to get a sneak peek of what to expect. It also serves and sells for home brewing the signature roast MSC Lavazza.
While there are themed nights, including elegant and gala nights, there is no mandate to dress up for them. That said, it’s not suggested to shop up in shorts in the evening to the onboard dining rooms. The ship does attract some English-speakers, primarily from the U.K., Hong Kong and North America. On our fully booked sailing, 40 non-German travelers and just a handful of Americans were aboard. Passengers tend to be 40 and over, though you'll spot a younger demographic during European school holidays.
