Disembark at earlier port?

[HofstraJet]

We are planning a trip on Grandiosa in March, 2020. The ship sails in a circle and it appears you can book a start/end at any of the ports. We would like to start in Palermo but get off at Rome on the next to last day since we will be flying out of Rome and it’s easier than flying from Palermo to Rome. Would MSC permit this? Thanks!

[Preziosa]

We are doing it now on Grandiosa. The trip end in Barcelona, but Our trip end in Lisbon.

the travel agencia made an apointment with MSC and on Our traveldocument stand that We leave the ship in Lisbon.

We Will Go to the reception sunday when We embarque in Hamborg and have new cruisecards that says that We disembarque in Lisbon.

So No problem.

we have done it before.

[perakcruiser]

It is not a swimming jail, you can disembark whenever you want 

 

Just tell them in advance and not just leave. 

[sidari]

5 hours ago, perakcruiser said:

It is not a swimming jail, you can disembark whenever you want 

 

Just tell them in advance and not just leave. 

You cannot just leave the ship and you have to tell MSC in advance of your plans to get off in another port to finish your cruise. Security and Immigration would be an issue if you just tried to walk off the ship.

[Bollinge]

In the Caribbean with sailings out of the US there are all kinds of bureaucratic problems regarding early disembarkation (unless you get kicked off!), but in Europe MSC seems to embark and disembark passengers at most ports on a voyage, so it should be no problem.

 

Be sure to let the Purser’s Office know as early as possible, so they can get the ship’s manifest and other paperwork in order. You will probably get more sense out of them than trying to arrange it in advance with the booking call centre.

[perakcruiser]

TO was asking about a cruise that only stops at Schengen ports. Certainly things would be different if someone wants to disembark at a non-Schengen port. 

[Tapi]

It sounds like you’ll be doing the same itinerary that we did last November but aboard the Meraviglia. To answer your question: Yes, MSC allows passengers to embark and disembark at different ports. You don’t need to complete a round trip, starting and finishing your cruise at the same port. I would contact MSC or your travel agent to set things up though.

 

As a side note, MSC does a fantastic job embarking and disembarking passengers at multiple ports of call on this itinerary. In fact, because a smaller number of passengers joins the ship at each port, the organized chaos normally associated with single port embarkation/disembarkation days is greatly diminished. There are some ports that have a larger number of passengers joining the ship like Civitavecchia and Genoa, but at the other ones (like Palermo) the groups were smaller. A muster drill is held every single day for newly joining passengers, but it barely disrupts everybody else’s activities. Things don’t come to a stop like on more traditional itineraries. 

 

Sailing within the Schengen Area means that there’s no customs/immigration at the end of your cruise. You basically disembark and just walk right out of the cruise terminal without a second glance. It’s a total breeze.

Edited November 9, 2019 by Tapi