Disembarking MSC Orchestra

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As I mentioned in my review, we were all issued luggage tags with one of 6 colors. They did not ask in advance what our travel plans were after disembarking - drive away, take a train, fly, etc. They just gave us the last color.

 

After we'd sat waiting for 2 hours and they were still on the 4th color (each "color" took at least 25 minutes), I wandered over to the disembarking area and found it completely empty. The four of us picked up our backpacks and walked out without a problem!

 

When we reached the luggage "warehouse," I couldn't help but notice that the luggage for more than half of the last 2 colors was already gone. So plenty had left before us!

 

THEN we had to get on a shuttle bus back to the terminal, so we had to load our luggage onto the bus for the five minute ride back. I don't quite understand why they can't dock near their own terminal!