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August 21st, 2012, 09:45 AM
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We're onboard: Hapag-Lloyd's Europa. Got Questions?
Hi, we're onboard Hapag-Lloyd's Europa this week (both for the Ocean Sun Festival, its annual classical music festival, and for the Norwegian fjords ports!) and I'm happy to answer any questions you have on cruising on this iconic ship.
Carolyn Carolyn Spencer Brown Editor in Chief Cruise Critic 
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August 21st, 2012, 06:14 PM
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Please tell us what it feels like to be on the highest ranked cruise ship in the world. Tell us about your stateroom and the food, in particular. Is English spoken on this cruise, as well as German? Are the majority of cruisers German? What would be the passenger mix?
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Marion Princess - Ocean Princess - 2013 - Dover to Iceland and Norway, via Shetland and Faroe Islands (Booked). Princess - Ocean Princess - 2012 - Singapore to Sydney Fred Olsen Black Watch - 2012 - The Baltic, with Norway. Dover to St. Petersburg, via Kiel Canal. Celebrity Century - 2011 - Auckland to Sydney CTMA Vacancier - 2011 - Montreal to Magdalen Islands. Amtrak - Toronto to New York MSC - Poesia - 2010 - Kiel, Germany to NY. Amtrak NY to Niagara Falls, VIA Rail Toronto to Vancouver MSC - Lirica - 2008 - Genoa, Italy to Fort Lauderdale Royal Caribbean - Rhapsody of the Seas - 2007 - Honolulu to Sydney Rivers of Holland Cruise - 2003 - to Amsterdam Alaskan Marine Highway - 2003 - to most Alaskan ports of call Star Cruises - Superstar Leo - 2003 - Sydney to Darwin Norwegian Coastal Voyage - Naruik - 2002 - Bergen to Kirkenes Angelina Lauro - 1971 - Sydney to Perth. Indian Pacific - Perth to Sydney P & O - Chusan - 1970 - London to Brisbane, via Africa, India and Sri Lanka (Suez closed). Chandris Lines - Queen Frederica - 1969 - Sydney to London, via Panama, New York and Rotterdam
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August 22nd, 2012, 11:58 AM
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Hi, Marion. Great questions!
This is our second time on Europa (first was five years ago or so) and it does not feel all that much different than luxury cruises on Silversea, Regent, Crystal. The ship itself is old, laughing as I type this, but it is 13 years old and so does not have the same bells, whistles, modern stuff as, say, Seabourn´s newest trio (which I like very much). Very comfortable, very, very well maintained. Though I don´t really buy the hype that Europa is the world´s best cruise ship (that´s the opinion of one veteran cruise reviewer, who I respect, but don´t necessarily agree that there is ONE best) but it is very different. We are on a bilingual cruise and the main speakers are able to give lecturers in English as well as German but everything else, including any discussions related to classical music theme (which is marvelous) is in German, and entertainment is in German. So you have to either know German, want very much to learn German, or just ... say hang it and pick up a book when you don´t know what is going on. The crew all speak great English and have been, mostly, quite wonderful. No North Americans on board but met a lovely couple from Hong Kong-Germany and another from Belgium. Food is insanely good. I´ll venture to say possibly the best I have had on a ship in ages, if not ever. Carolyn Quote:
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