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in this video we're going to explore
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what is probably the most luxurious
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cruise ship in the world hi I'm Gary
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beverage of tips for travelers I'm going
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to take you through you Roper - for the
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last five years it's had top ratings in
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the authoritative Berlitz cruising and
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cruise ship guide the Arobin - is part
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of hepatic lloyd which is part of the
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TUI Travel Group the Europa - holds 500
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guests the ship was launched in 2013 and
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every two years the Europa 2 goes into
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drydock the ship is tweaked refined and
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updated one of the biggest changes
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happened in September 2017 and when the
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ship came out in October which is when I
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toured the ship there were many changes
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and I'm going to show you those changes
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during the course of this video so let's
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go and take a look at the bars and
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lounges on Europa - the belvedere went
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through a major revamp in 2017 it's a
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gorgeous venue up on deck 9 there's a
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library in here there's lots of seating
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space there's music in the evening and
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one of the big attractions is the great
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barista bar we can get coffees teas huge
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range of teas and also there's a massive
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selection of phenomenal cakes and treats
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to eat another great venue on Europa 2
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Sansa bar is based on a very famous
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beach bar in Germany which is very
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well-known to German guess it's very
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upmarket it's a great VIP beach bar and
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they've created the Sansa bar onboard
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which again is a great venue very
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popular and has a really super kind of
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Beach feel to it - big changes in the
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2017 revamp are on deck for the first of
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these is the Collins bar this is a gin
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bar and as you can see it's a slightly
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quirky slightly unusual venue it has
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already interesting take all with great
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murals very amusing murals and a great
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selection of drinks and cocktails
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crossed away from Collins is a great
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venue called Club - this used to be the
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jazz club but because it's not only jazz
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music there's a wider range of music
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takes place here so as you can see club
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- it's a great venue for live music it's
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modern looking venue with great decor
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and a beautiful bar really love the look
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of the bar so let's go take a look at
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the dining venues what's important is
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there is their main dining room and this
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is the main dining room here which is
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called the Ville tamiya
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great feature the dining room is it's
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open seated dining which means you can
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go anytime you want and fifty percent of
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the tables are for two people so if you
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just want some privacy you want to just
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be with your partner there are lots of
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choices of seats for two it's a
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all the speciality restaurants are
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included in the first let's take a look
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at the key ones the Italian is called
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as you can see it's got beautiful Murano
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glass chandeliers beautiful tables and
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great Italian food across the way from
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that is a venue which I really love the
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look of called elements this is an Asian
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restaurant beautiful venue and a
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fantastic menu now the most popular
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special ed two restaurant on board is
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called tarragon so as you can see it
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looks a bit like a French bistro inside
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very very popular in fact it's so
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popular they've actually extended the
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size of this to cater for more people so
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let's go take a look at things to do
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what are the actual facilities well
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first of all there's the theater this is
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a magnificent venue as you can see it's
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sort of a horseshoe shape so you get
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great views of what's going on on the
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stage the important thing about the
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shows are new ropa too because it caters
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for an international audience is all the
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shows are designed to not rely too much
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on language so there will be lots of
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songs dance musicians took to the
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Salette style shows editions a really
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wide range of different types of shows
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there's a beautiful pool deck which has
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a 15 metre long pool which up until
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recently was the biggest pool on board
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any cruise ship now the ocean spa is a
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great venue as major revamp happened in
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2017 in listened to the usual spa
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treatments it has a really large gym
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with lots of equipment and classes
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there's also of course beautiful
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treatment rooms including some for
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couples and of course there is the usual
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facilities like steam room sauna for
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those of you that like golf there's also
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two golf simulators which are great fun
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and there is always on board a golf pro
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to help you know fine-tune your golf and
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also a lot the port's that are called on
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there are golfing excursions so what
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about the accommodation onboard Europa -
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well of course there is a very luxurious
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accommodation but what I'm going to show
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you is the entry level room so all of
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the cabins on board you over to our
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and all have balconies this is the entry
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level cabin and as you can see it's
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pretty magnificent beautiful plush de
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very stylish these are not massive
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cabins but only a very generous size
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because para might it is a small ship
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and any caters for 500 guests it has a
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separate closet you know with huge
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amounts of storage space in the bathroom
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what I like is has a separate shower add
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a separate bath so this is the basic
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room and from then upwards it goes right
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up to huge big kind of palatial suites
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but the basic room pretty magnificent
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another important thing about Europa 2
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is often on board there will be meetings
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conferences and at times the whole ship
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is actually chartered by a company for
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meetings so they've added a couple of
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key features including this conference
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room and also across the way there is a
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studio for larger meetings also up here
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on deck 9 is the cruise sales office
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so there's plane waiting space and you
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know here you can look at all different
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brochures and book your future cruises
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so there you are that's you wrote it -
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it's a beautiful ship it has magnificent
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day code feels pretty much like a
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boutique hotel it still largely has
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German guests but a growing and very
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fast appeal to international guests and
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the ship was designed for the
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international guests certainly have a
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blog want to attract more and more
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international guests on to Europa - so
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language onboard is German and English
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