MSC World Europa

💡 Passport valid for a minimum of 6 months  

💡 03-month validity of UAE residence visa.

💡 Mandatory Travel Insurance (For Non- Residence) 

💡 TRAVEL REQUIREMENT EX- DUBAI & ABU DHABI The below requirements are valid for cruises starting from 1st October 2022

Vaccination requirements 

💡 All Guests ages 16 or older embarking are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

When is a Guest considered "fully vaccinated"? 

💡 Guests who have received at least two doses of vaccine - except in the case of a single dose Johnson  & Johnson - including those not considered up to date by EMA standards. 

💡 Guests who have recovered from Covid-19 with one shot of vaccine are considered fully vaccinated  (they must provide a QR code or alternatively a validating documentation)

Testing requirements 

💡 For vaccinated Guests it’s not required (but strongly recommended) to present a negative  test 

💡 All unvaccinated Guests, from 5 to 15 years old are required to present a negative COVID-19  RT-PCR or Antigen test taken 48 hours prior to embarkation. Guest must bring the valid  negative test certificate with them to the terminal. This also applies to Guest staying in  United Arab Emirates prior to the cruise and local residents.

💡 IMPORTANT: Guests embarking in Doha, Qatar, independently from their vaccination status,  must provide a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR taken 48 hours or Antigen test taken 24 hours  prior to the scheduled flight to the State of Qatar.

💡 All Guests (12 years old and over)   have to be fully vaccinated. Guests are considered fully vaccinated if they received the full set of vaccine shots more than 14 days before the start of   the cruise with an approved Covid-19 vaccine including Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson; Sinopharm, Sputnik V, Covishield, Sinovac, Covaxin. A “mix-and-match” combination of the above list of vaccines is accepted.

Tests must be laboratory certified. A rapid antigen self-test is not valid for travel purposes. 

All guests are recommended to travel with their COVID-19 vaccination status and test results. While  the vaccination is not required for boarding it could be requested in various ports of call and at local  attractions. 

The original test results certificate and vaccination certificate must be presented at the terminal  (paper or electronic format) and must be in one of the following languages: English, Italian, German,  French or Spanish. The COVID 19 test certificate must contain: guest’s personal data (verifiable with  the other travel documents), date of the test, identification / contact details of the centre that  performed the analysis, technique used and negative test result. 

All Crew members are required to be fully vaccinated and regularly weekly tested according to MSC  Cruises Health & Safety protocol