Trieste - Drop My Luggage Before Embarkation?

[glentally]

Sorry. My First International- MSC Cruise.  Can I walk up to the porters and hand them my luggage with the proper MSC tags on it and then go and pick up a SIM card nearby to the ship, then Board?

Edited June 26, 2023 by glentally

[Mark_T]

11 hours ago, glentally said:

Sorry. My First International- MSC Cruise.  Can I walk up to the porters and hand them my luggage with the proper MSC tags on it and then go and pick up a SIM card nearby to the ship, then Board?

Which port?

 

In general dropping of your bags then going elsewhere is possible, but at some ports there isn't really anywhere nearby...

[glentally]

3 hours ago, Mark_T said:

Which port?

 

In general dropping of your bags then going elsewhere is possible, but at some ports there isn't really anywhere nearby...

Trieste Italy.  

[adam7392]

Yes you can.  I did roundtrip Trieste on Splendida a couple weeks ago.  Arrived at terminal around 10:30 (had assigned time of 4pm).  Luggage drop was to the right of the building, just handed luggage over and away it went.  Then joined short line at terminal door and after a short wait in a holding area for 20 mins I was onboard soon after 11am.

 

Great thing about Trieste is the ship docks right by the centre, literally a 2 min walk from ship to main square.

 

Can't help with sim but I'd imagine there will be numerous shops nearby selling them.

[Mark_T]

Airports can also be an easy place to buy a sim...

[glentally]

3 hours ago, adam7392 said:

Yes you can.  I did roundtrip Trieste on Splendida a couple weeks ago. 

Thanks Adam and Mark.  I read numerous times Marco Polo was bad for Sim card purchase and there are several near the ship.  Adam did you like the ship? Any good late night places on the ship to meet single women as I am travelling solo or was it mostly couples?  Did you do any gambling?  I was wondering what the minimums are for craps and Roulette?  Euros I assume I use to buy chips?

[adam7392]

Hi,

Thought Splendida was good - have also got a Med cruise booked next year on sister ship Fantastica so now more looking forward to that now after being on Splendida.  Food in MDR was generally v.good - especially if you went for the fish dishes.  Likewise buffet had plenty of options, it could get busy at times but always managed to get a table.

 

There will likely be a fair mix of nationalities on board.  We heard very few British accents - probably more US accents and Australian than British.  Plenty of other Europeans and a fair sprinkling of Russians.  Wasn't really looking at the split between couples and singles given I was travelling with my wife!  The L'Aperitivo bar (deck 6 ) and Purple Jazz Bar (deck 7) were the happening places in the evening.

 

Didn't use the Casino but wandered thru a few times on the way to the theatre so can't advise on minimums.  Didn't notice any craps but definitiely roulette and blackjack.  On board currency is Euros.