A Deluxe Balcony cabin onboard MSC World Europa: My Review

MSC World Europa is, at the point of writing this post, the largest ship in the MSC Cruises fleet. You’ll find 25 different types of cabin onboard this cruise ship, so plenty to choose from! In this post today, I’m going to show you around what MSC Cruises call a ‘Deluxe Balcony Cabin’. The specific room we’re looking around is cabin number 14150 (on Deck 14 of the ship), but you’ll find these exact cabins on many other decks of the ship.

Generally speaking, every ‘Deluxe Balcony cabin’ will be exactly the same onboard this ship.

Before we begin, this isn’t the room that I stayed in during my cruise - I was able to have a look around in order to provide a review for you here. I opted to book a ‘Deluxe Inside’ cabin for my cruise, and you can have a look around that room using the below YouTube video:

So, let’s get started on the cabin we’re going to look around today: a ‘Deluxe Balcony cabin’, onboard MSC World Europa.

Looking across the Deluxe Balcony cabin towards the sliding balcony doors.

Looking across a Deluxe Balcony cabin towards the main cabin door.

When you enter this particular cabin, you’ll find the bathroom to your left, but we’ll come back and cover this later. The room itself is pretty similar to what you’re going to find on most cruise ships, but there are some really nice little design touches in here.

Deluxe Balcony cabins are a good size on World Europa - they’re an average size of 17 sqm with a 3 sqm balcony. There’s a double bed in here (which can be converted into two single beds on request), and also a sofa (which can be converted into another bed). In other words, the maximum capacity in this cabin is 4 passengers - we’ll come back to that later in this post, when I look at the topic of storage.

You’ve also got a large television, a good sized desk/workstation/vanity area, a phone (to call other rooms free of charge, or to call ashore for a fee), a mini bar and a safe - a nicely appointed cabin.

The balcony outside this cabin is a really nice size - they’ve been able to fit a small footrest and two chairs out here really comfortably. The glass (when I visited) was being kept really clean too, so no complaints from me here at all!

Looking across the good-sized balcony towards the ocean on MSC World Europa.

One thing I’d like to see out here is a small table, rather than the footrest. I can understand the benefits to both options to be honest, but I personally like to have somewhere to rest my coffee when I sit outside, rather than being constantly worried about it tipping over.

My alternative to using the footrest as a table would be to put my drink on the floor, which is something I don’t expect to have to do when I cruise…

So, what’s worth noting about this cabin?

Well, there are a few things!

1) The lamps on either side of the bed have multiple settings. There is the function that provides a wide-spreading light, and also a more focussed reading light. There are also USB outlets built into these lamps - lots of people (including me in the past) miss these when they cruise on some of the newer MSC ships, but I can confirm that they ARE there!

2) When you stay in this grade of cabin, you’re offered the luxury of choosing your pillow setup from the onboard pillow menu. You’ll find the card attached to one of your pillows, and your cabin attendant will be more than happy to help!

In this cabin, you can choose your own pillows for the bed - make it perfect for you, and happy snoozing!

3) There are so many mirrors in here, so don’t worry about not being able to check your outfit before you head out for the night!

What does the bathroom look like in this cabin?

The Bathroom in a Deluxe Oceanview cabin onboard MSC World Europa

If you’ve followed me on my social channels for a while, then you’ll probably already know that I really do LOVE an MSC cabin bathroom. I love that they usually have glass shower screens (yes, MSC have mostly removed shower curtains, especially on their newer ships!), and they feel really quite luxurious considering the price point they’re operating at.

I also really appreciate the fact that the bathrooms across all cabin grades are more or less the same - my bathroom in my much less expensive Inside cabin felt identical to this, and so I didn’t get ‘bathroom envy’ when visiting this cabin!

In here, you’ve got a large sink, the usual toilet, and plenty of storage. You can opt to store your things either on the wall using the open shelves, or hide it all away under the sink (there’s shelves in there, too!).

The shower cubicle comes complete with a shower (with a moveable shower head), a grab bar, a small bar at the bottom corner, and also a small washing line which you can use for clothes drying during your cruise.

You’ll also find MSC’s own toiletry range in here fixed to the wall in the shower. Personally, I really like the smell of this - it’s surprisingly lovely for free toiletries in a shower on a cruise ship!

So, what didn’t I love about this cabin?

There aren’t too many things to report here - overall, it’s a really lovely cabin. If I were to focus on two things, it would have to be the small stool under the desk, and the overall storage in the cabin.

First, the stool… If I’m working on a cruise, or opting to sit at the desk for a period of time, I don’t want to be in a situation where my back begins to ache, because I’m sitting for a few hours on a tiny stool with no back. I’m seeing more and more cruise lines switch these little stools for actual chairs, but MSC seem to be sticking with the stools for now…

On the more important point of storage, examine the below photo…

You can see that there is a good amount of drawers on the left of the image, but that double wardrobe across the far side of the room is all that you have in here - there’s no other wardrobe space.

I often cruise solo, so this cabin would work for me in that setup, but I’m not convinced I’d have enough storage in here if I was cruising as a family. Don’t worry - there are a number of things you can do to make this setup work. You can buy storage cubes, over the door storage solutions and other things to make your cruise storage solution work for you. Head over to my Amazon store (click here) - I might have something in there that you like the look of!

That’s it - a full look around a Deluxe Balcony cabin onboard MSC World Europa. If you enjoyed this post, then come and check out more of my MSC Cruises posts by clicking here.

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