Dropping Off Luggage at Ship

[Podie]

We leave tomorrow on MSC Orchestra out of Livorno. The ship is due to leave at 1900 and all the paperwork says we can board at 1600. What is actually the earliest we can safely drop our luggage at the ship? I've never used MSC before but I know when we left Civitavecchia with Celebrity Cruise Lines, we were able to drop off our luggage before noon for a 1700 departure. Thanks!

[The_Big_M]

It was the same at Genoa with MSC, in fact dropped off around 10 a.m.

 

It's more about the port though as luggage is handled by port workers. However, I'd expect it to be the same.

[Podie]

The MSC website says we need to already have luggage tags with the cabin number on them. I didn't see any available on line. Do we make up those tags ourselves?