MSC World Europa – we were pleasantly surprised! The ten minute tour!

MSC World Europa – we were pleasantly surprised! The ten minute tour!

Hi, in this short video, we’re going to give you some invaluable hints and tips about MSC’s World Europa, the first of four in its worldclass series of vessels aiming to compete with Royal Caribbean Oasis class ships. Now, MSC and this ship doesn’t always get a smooth ride on cruise ship reviews. We’ll tell you why we disagree with some of the more critical reviews. However, as well as showing you its many good points, we’ve also got some honest truths to tell you about elements of this ship which we think you need to know. Now, this short video is a prelude to a longer and more in-depth guide and review of the ship. This would be a great point to subscribe so that you are notified when that video is released. Now, at the heart of this ship is the World Galleria, which is the equivalent of the Royal Prominard on an Oasis class ship. It’s a fantastic space with an LED screen ceiling and covering three decks with the upper two, deck seven and eight splitting to offer views out over the lower deck six. This whole area is home to numerous bars, specialtity restaurants and shops, as well as guest services and the shore excursions desk. Either side on deck eight are some nice outside deck areas. One of which is outside one of the standout venues on this ship, the tea house, where for a fee you can get freshly brewed tea as well as an afternoon tea for the bargain price of just €10. Not to be missed and there’s a brilliant pianist playing too. At the back of Decate is the World Prominard which just like the boardwalk on Royal Caribbean is a partially covered area featuring bars, restaurants and on World Europa, the excellent coffee emporium. This area has a magical light show a couple of times after dark each evening. Now the main pool and outside areas are on decks 18 to 21. Llage is the large main pool area which leads into an inside pool with retractable roof. We counted at least 10 hot tubs dotted around, including one on deck 21, which is a nice sunbathing area on the highest accessible deck. The kids facilities are mostly on deck 20 and include the usual kids clubs and arcades, as well as water and dry slides, all of which are highly rated by fellow guests with children. We liked the zen pool areas at the back of deck 18, which was supposed to be adult only. And then above it on deck 19 was a nice open rear terrace with tables for eating from the buffet. I always like eating outside. The gym on deck 20 is wellappointed and of a good size for the 6,000 plus guests who regularly inhabit this ship. The spa and treatments are down on deck 8 at the front. As well as offering a wide range of treatments with discounts on port days, the area also includes the excellent Ora Spa which we’d rate as one of the best at sea. It really was. Entertainment and activities on this ship are some of the best we’ve seen. There was always something going on and the theater in the evenings hosted four production shows, two excellent solo artists and a magician on our seven nights aboard. Now, the standard in the theater was about average, some shows better than others, but in our view, the panorama lounge at the back of deck 8 was superb. Here there were almost nightly shows by a different and very talented singer dancing cast. And then this was followed at around 11 p.m. most nights to some amazing parties hosted by the activities team and an absolutely fabulous live band. There were also regular dance, aerobic, and stretch classes offered for free around the pool, in the popular Dolce Vita Bar, and in the Luna Arena. This area accessed via deck 6 was actually used mostly for entertainment for younger guests during our cruise, although it’s not strictly badged as that. Let’s talk about food. Now, here things were not quite to the standard set by the rest of the ship. On the positive side, the main dining rooms did a decent if not spectacular job. Service was good, the food well presented, but perhaps lacking some of the quality and flavor which Royal Caribbean achieves in its iconic main dining rooms. Now, there are five main dining rooms, four at the back on decks five and six, and one for sweet guests on deck 8. There are six specialtity venues on this ship which require an additional fee or to be bought as part of a package. Now, we brought the four dining rooms package and we found the Mexican teanyaki and the garden kitchen all set a good high standard and recommend. But we were disappointed overall with the highly popular butchers cut steak restaurant. We felt they failed to match Royal Caribbean’s Chops Grill for service or food quality. So, where in our view this ship really lets itself down is in the buffet, of which there are two similar ones on decks 18 and 19. On the positive side, we like the seating layout and service. Tables were cleared and cleaned quickly, and there was usually plenty of choice of places to sit. The problem here is the quality and variety of the food. It lacked flavor, was repetitive, and set out in a really bizarre fashion. That meant that you had to transit the whole length of the buffet to get all the ingredients for a salad. Now, there is a further free buffet style outlet down on deck 6 in the pizza and burger area. Here, things I’m afraid, no better. For an Italian cruise, the pizza was not great, nor were the burgers from the servery on the other side. Free drinks were few and far between with tea, coffee, and water stations in the buffet and pizza venues. Free juice only with breakfast, no other times of the day. Now, if you don’t have a drinks package, then you’ll find prices on this ship to be more reasonable than those on Royal Caribbean with draft beer and basic cocktails from €7. All drinks are subject to a 15% gratuitity charge. On the plus side, we thought the drinks packages, especially if bought with a pre-embarcation discount, were good value compared to other cruise lines, but you need to research carefully to be sure that your favorite drinks are covered by one of the three alcoholic packages or one non-alcoholic package available. State rooms on this ship are slightly larger than the Oasis class equivalent in our experience and adequately appointed. You need to be aware that the supplied gels and shampoos are very basic, there’s limited storage, the shower lacks power, and that you will only get one stateoom attendant visit per day in standard cabins. The latter is consistent with Royal Caribbean. MSC is different in some respects to other mainstream cruise lines. And if you are new to them, then here are some of the key differences which we identified. So on the plus side, tipping is included in your cruise fair. This saves in the region of 15 to18 per person per day. Some reviews have been negative about the service on this ship, but our experience was that it was generally friendly, efficient, and quick. MSC ships allow embarcation and disembarkcation on their European cruises at multiple port stops. This throws up the possibility of shopping around for the cheapest embarcation port for you. Whilst on your cruise, it also means that there are more multil- language welcome announcements around the ship and in the theater. These announcements in up to five languages have been subject to criticism. In the theater, they were a source of minor frustration, but overall we didn’t find it to be a major issue. In Europe, these ships attracts multiple nationalities, generations, languages, and cultures. Being family orientated, there are lots of kids on board, especially in school holidays. This leads to a unique atmosphere which is slightly different to that on US-based cruise ships. Expect them to be quite lively even later in the evening. They are a lot of fun. We noticed that demand for breakfast and lunch in the main dining room was higher than we’ve seen on other ships. We found this to be a positive thing because it meant the crew were geared up for it and offered quick and efficient service and it was really quite good. MSC does not offer tap water in their restaurants, even though it is safe to drink and served in the buffet and the gym. Bottled water is available at €7 a go if you are not on a package, but we were given it for free in the main dining room. We have no idea why, but were charged in the specialtity restaurants. Some will find this thinly disguised money-making scheme a minor frustration. Everyone in MSSE is allocated to one of four experiences to depending upon how much they’ve paid and which cabin they are in. The experience levels range from the basic Bella through Fantastica or Ria to the yacht club. Our main video will cover this in more detail, but rather like the drinks packages, it adds layers of complications which take some unraveling to ensure you are selecting the one which gives you the best value. Given some reviews, we had reservations about this ship. But overall, we really enjoyed our time on MSC World Europa and look forward to sailing on this class of ship again. Yeah. Thanks for watching and don’t forget if this has been helpful, please like it and consider subscribing. Unlike MSC’s water, both are free.

Hi – in this short video we’re going to give you some invaluable hints and tips about MSC’s World Europa, the first of four in its world class series of vessels aiming to compete with Royal Caribbean Oasis class ships.

MSC and this ship doesn’t always get a smooth ride on cruise ship reviews. We’ll tell you why we disagree with some of the more critical reviews, however, as well as showing you its many good points we’ve also got some honest truths to tell about elements of this ship which we think you need to know.

This is a tour and guide to MSC World Europa.

In this video we tell you what’s good, bad and average about MSC World Europa as we give you a tour and guide to this new cruise ship.

This is the first in MSCs latest World Class vessels designed to compete with Royal Caribbean’s Oasis Class ships.

We show you round and give you great hints and tips about what’s good and where this ship is only average.

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00:00 – MSC World Europa Tour Introduction
00:17 – MSC World Europa Tour Comparison with Oasis Class Ships
00:35 – MSC World Europa Tour Please subscribe
00:55 – MSC World Europa Tour World Galleria
01:20 – MSC World Europa Tour Raj Polo Tea House
01:38 – MSC World Europa Tour World Promenade
01:57 – MSC World Europa Tour La Plage
02:19 – MSC World Europa Tour Kids Facilities
02:30 – MSC World Europa Tour Zen pool
02:45 – MSC World Europa Tour Gym
02:56 – MSC World Europa Tour Aurea Spa
03:14 – MSC World Europa Tour Theatre
03:29 – MSC World Europa Tour Panorama Lounge
04:04 – MSC World Europa Tour Luna Arena
04:15 – MSC World Europa Tour Main Dining Rooms
04:50 – MSC World Europa Tour Speciality Restaurants
05:09 – MSC World Europa Tour Butchers Cut
05:17 – MSC World Europa Tour Buffet
05:48 – MSC World Europa Tour Pizza and Burger
06:10 – MSC World Europa Tour Drinks Prices and Drinks Packages
06:44 – MSC World Europa Tour Staterooms
07:17 – MSC World Europa Tour MSC versus other cruise lines differences
09:09 – MSC World Europa Tour Bella, Fantastica and Aurea Experiences
09:20 – MSC World Europa Tour Yacht Club
09:44 – Thanks for Watching!