Hapag-Lloyd Europa 2 Cruise Reviews for Singles Cruises from New York (Manhattan)

I recently completed a 13-day cruise on the Hapag-Lloyd (HL) highly rated small luxury ship the Europa 2 ( E2), 516 maximum passengers. Our route started in New York City with two weekend overnights, then went down the east coast of the U.S. to Baltimore, Charleston, Miami for another overnight, Key West, Harbour Island (tender), and ended in Nassau. I had done one prior 16-day E2 cruise over ...

I have not looked forward to explaining my feelings about what Douglas Ward (Berlitz Cruising & Cruise ships) has promoted as "this years star performer". Indeed Mr Ward was on board my cruise for the first few days inspecting, and I spoke with him. I and my New York taxi driver found the Manhattan terminal a poor start. We passengers had to pass before the ship's doctor to be asked if we were ...

Background: My wife and I are both in our 60s, have taken 30+ cruises on most mainstream lines and some premium/luxury lines, live in New York City and this was our first trip on a European Line. Ship: This is a German ship, owned by a German company that caters to German passengers. The first language of the ship is German however most signage is also in English, the daily program is ...