MSC World Europa

Water slides by day, cocktails and a club after dark

MSC World Europa’s days revolve around the water and her evenings around her bars. The Aquapark, included in the fare, turns sea days into water play with winding slides, tipping buckets and a splash zone, and Botanic Garden Bar is made for the hours between swims, with Caribbean cocktails such as the Coco Loco alongside frozen margaritas. Children have supervised kids and teens clubs, included in the fare, for ages from infants to 17, Lego play areas that are free to enter (souvenir sets are for sale) and an Arcade whose games and virtual-reality experiences carry a charge; our family cruises with MSC gather the sailings for this kind of holiday. After dark, Elixir is the slower option, where mixologists build cocktails inspired by the world’s trendiest bars, while the Garage Club turns from a teen space by day into a nightclub with a powerful sound system. All of her bars are free to enter, with drinks charged.

Steak, teppanyaki and a Nordic garden kitchen

MSC World Europa’s speciality restaurants are charged à la carte on top of the meals included in the fare, and three of them give her food its character. Chef’s Garden Kitchen is the most distinctive: Swedish chef Niklas Ekstedt’s Nordic cooking, prepared in an open kitchen beside a living hydroponic garden. Butcher’s Cut Steakhouse puts its prime cuts, from dry-aged Tomahawk to T-bone, on show at an open counter, with surf-and-turf alongside. At Teppanyaki, guests sit at one of four open cooking stations while chefs cook with flair and flame in front of them.

The Caribbean from December, the Mediterranean either side

From December to March, through the Australian summer and into autumn, MSC World Europa sails the Southern Caribbean on 7-night round-trips from Fort de France in Martinique and Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe, and on 13- and 14-night round-trips from Bridgetown in Barbados. Stops change between departures, but Castries in Saint Lucia, St. George’s in Grenada, Roseau in Dominica and Philipsburg in St. Maarten are typical. The Bridgetown voyages are the ones that make a full fortnight of the islands.

In April, May and November she is in the Western Mediterranean, on 7-night round-trips from Marseille, Genoa and Barcelona; ports vary, but Civitavecchia for Rome, Valletta in Malta, Messina in Sicily and La Spezia are among them. In November she also crosses the Atlantic on 18- and 19-night voyages from Marseille, ending in Pointe-à-Pitre or Fort de France, with calls such as Barcelona, Arrecife on Lanzarote and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Her later sailings appear among our Caribbean cruises for 2027.

We book the flights to Fort de France, Pointe-à-Pitre, Bridgetown, Marseille, Genoa or Barcelona, the hotel either side and the transfers as one holiday with the cruise, including the flight home from Pointe-à-Pitre or Fort de France after a crossing. Her sister ships include MSC World Asia and MSC World America, and the whole fleet is on our MSC Cruises page.

MSC World Europa cabins and deck plans

MSC World Europa’s suite enclave is the MSC Yacht Club, a ship-within-a-ship with 24-hour butler assistance. Its guests have their own restaurant, the Top Sail Lounge with panoramic sea views and live music in the evening, and a private sundeck and pool with hot tubs, a solarium and a grill and bar. Compare every category and see where each sits on her cabins and deck plans page.

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