Confused about MSC Embarkation Ports

I am looking at a cruise next Summer and it looks like embarkation is allowed at any of the ports on the itinerary.

For example, the itinerary below. It looks like I can go from Genoa-Genoa, or Valencia-Valencia, or Marseille-Marseille, etc.

PORT ARRIVE DEPART

1 Genoa, Italy 6:00pm

2 Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 7:00am 5:00pm

3 Palermo, Sicily, Italy 9:00am 3:00pm

4 Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy 9:00am 6:00pm

5 Palma de Mallorca, Spain 3:00pm 11:59pm

6 Valencia, Spain 9:00am 4:00pm

7 Marseille, France 1:00pm 8:00pm

8 Genoa, Italy 9:00am

Am I looking at this correctly? This is a really great idea IF I am reading this right.

Yes they often have multiple embarkation ports in Europe. Some of the US cruise lines might have 2 embarkation ports too, but not always

It's pretty much the norm with MSC, which is great as it allows you to make your own package with flights from your local airport etc :)

I am looking at a cruise next Summer and it looks like embarkation is allowed at any of the ports on the itinerary.

 

For example, the itinerary below. It looks like I can go from Genoa-Genoa, or Valencia-Valencia, or Marseille-Marseille, etc.

 

PORT ARRIVE DEPART

1 Genoa, Italy 6:00pm

2 Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 7:00am 5:00pm

3 Palermo, Sicily, Italy 9:00am 3:00pm

4 Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy 9:00am 6:00pm

5 Palma de Mallorca, Spain 3:00pm 11:59pm

6 Valencia, Spain 9:00am 4:00pm

7 Marseille, France 1:00pm 8:00pm

8 Genoa, Italy 9:00am

 

 

Am I looking at this correctly? This is a really great idea IF I am reading this right.

You are correct.

It's pretty much the norm with MSC, which is great as it allows you to make your own package with flights from your local airport etc :)

So true!!

I'm excited to know about this and am surprised other cruise lines are not doing this.

So true!!

 

I'm excited to know about this and am surprised other cruise lines are not doing this.

Check the prices very carefully. I wanted to do a western med cruise that was a circuit

Genoa

St. Tropez

Palma

Mahon

Olbia

Salerno

Genoa

I had wanted to embark/disembark at Salerno as this fitted with my DW holidays.

MSC said yes it was perfectly OK to do this and the price would just over £4000 for two guests.

However if I delayed embarkation by 1 day and embarked at Genoa the price was £898 for two guests. that was the price I paid for a seven night cruise although I only stayed on board six nights as we disembarked at Salerno. We got no reduction for the night we didn't have, but I still saved well over £3000.

They use pricing like that to force certain countries to use certain ports as their embarkation/disembarkation points.

Pete