Msc Euribia

[heatherb1958]

With regards the interporting , people getting on and off at each port, we think it is absolutely fantastic , every port is like a B2B day. You  don't have a full ship trying to get on and off at once when it is your embarking/disembarking day. You can stay on the ship for as long as you want on disembarking day if you have a later flight and have lunch onboard too. 

We know  when we hear Charlie Charlie that the crew are getting ready for drill for the new arrivals and so get a drink quick if we need one before the bars close for the period of the drill. 

The announcements are always done in English first so once we hear the English one we switch off to the others .

Our only bug bear with the interporting itineraries is if we are in our room  the announcements come into the cabin , solution to that problem is go and find somewhere cosy/comfortable to sit on the ship and wait until drill is over or take a shower 😆.  

There were some procedures  we thought  strange on our first MSC trip on Splendida but at the end of the 14 nights we thought everything that was strange  we wished other cruiselines did . 

 

[sidari]

18 minutes ago, showingdiva said:

 

Tried it, wouldn't do it again.    It wasn't any fault of Euribia, I loved the ship, just not as much as Virtuosa.   But the multiple port turnaround  made for a bit of a strangely disjointed atmosphere compared to a cruise that starts - sails - ends in the same port.    

When we did one many years ago in the Med it was very disjointed, every other night was a formal night and as you say didn't give a good vibe.

[alserrod]

But, looking to that point, the issue is not "MSC do a multiple boarding ports cruise" but... "Most/All western Mediterranean cruises are multiple boarding ports cruises".

 

Which company sails in western Mediterranean and operates from just one port?

[Essiesmom]

The only lines I have observed doing this regularly are MSC, Costa, the occasional AIDA, and I believe NCL used to board in two ports.  EM

[alserrod]

I have consulted departures from the western Mediterranean.

 

 

>> MSC and Costa have shipments in practically all the ports where they operate.
They are the shipping companies with the most travelers in Europe (think that MSC in Europe is like Carnival in the Caribbean). If you operate, for example Barcelona - Marseille - Genova - Civitavecchia - Palermo - at sea - Palma - Barcelona
You know that the Spanish public gets on in Barcelona, the French in Marseille, the Italians between Genoa and Civitavecchia and the Germans between Genoa (due to proximity) and Palma (due to tourism). The rest of the travelers will probably travel between Barcelona and Civitavecchia via air connections, but there can be anything.

 

>> There are shipping companies that have more than one embarkation port but without reaching the level of MSC and Costa that they all do.
For example, on a cruise like the previous one, you could only board in Barcelona and Civitavecchia.
This is the case of Princess, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean....

 

>> Shipping companies that only have one port of embarkation.
There are many but they are the ones with the fewest ships and the least capacity in general in

Europe.
Aida, Celebrity, Virgin Voyages...

[alserrod]

A detail, for those of you who have traveled with MSC (or with Costa) in the western Mediterranean.

When safety meetings are held at the beginning of each boarding, are they held in all languages?

Note that surely in Barcelona you will not hear it in Italian or French, in Marseille it will not be in Spanish or Italian, etc...
Linguistic diversity goes a long way and is noticeable in details like this. Some of the boarding or disembarkation messages will be in only one or a few languages because they are focused on specific passengers.

You will only see this in the western Mediterranean because in three days of cruising you pass through three highly populated countries with a large cruise market. You have to adapt to it.
The option that the two largest shipping companies in Europe have had is to do it this way.

If you look, the same shipping companies on the opposite side of the Mediterranean use a single port of origin or destination (Athens, Istanbul, Venice, etc...)

[ww2ww2]

15/02/2024 Southampton

[kknb4082]

We just did 7 nights on Euribia with 2 children.

 

Regarding announcements during the shows, the Cruise Director was German and she only did the introductions etc in German and English. Other announcements on the Tannoy were also in German and English. We didn't find them particularly disruptive.

 

Regarding introductions to the senior staff, we did all but one of the evening shows, and we were introduced to the Captain et al only once. It did drag on a bit though, I'm not sure we had to be introduced to a dozen officers, and the Captain did a little speech in 4 languages. All of that took 20 mins.

 

Regarding embarkation/disembarkation at every port, we didn't find it particularly disruptive. We avoided the early scrum to get off the ship at every port, and usually got off leisurely after breakfast and didn't have to queue.

Edited February 17 by kknb4082
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[Preziosa]

Thank you for the fantastic video,

How did you get it. We Will Be back on Euribia for the 3. Th time in 6 week

[Best Cat Mom]

On 2/16/2024 at 3:34 AM, devonuk said:

The having to listen to messages in all of the differing languages.

It is the same as on an international flight.

 

On 2/16/2024 at 3:34 AM, devonuk said:

The constant embarkation/disembarkation at each port

Feels like a regular hotel to us. Can't imagine an entire hotel checking in and checking out on the same day. Sounds like it would be much less commotion if everyone came and went on their own schedule.

[Morgsmom]

On 2/16/2024 at 12:08 PM, Ryan82 said:

And as for objecting to other languages being spoken... i don't really know where to start. If you want to holiday with people who speak your language, then you should make holiday destination choices based on that.

THIS!!!  Exactly.  You are in Europe; many languages are spoken and honored.  I personally LOVE it.

[sidari]

Listen to the English one and then switch off, it's not difficult.

[alserrod]

6 hours ago, Morgsmom said:

THIS!!!  Exactly.  You are in Europe; many languages are spoken and honored.  I personally LOVE it.

 

 

 

Exactly

 

Just as a nicetie...

 

There are 24 (twenty four!!!) official languages in European Union

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Union

 

27 countries and 24 languages

where, almost all cases are one country = one language 

and these exceptions

- Luxembourg: French

- Belgium: French and Dutch

- Cyprus: Greek

- Austria: German

 

and Ireland has two official languages: Irish and English.

 

In fact, English is an official language within European Union not because it is a "business language" or because it is the most taught language at schools or... but just because it is one of Ireland official languages.

 

 

You can drive for 500 km and cross several countries with absolutely different languages.

 

Or we can find some one week cruises with so many languages in ports.

 

MSC is feeded by citizens of those ports