We arrived at Savona at 8:00 and as soon as clearance had been given disembarkation was well underway.
We vacated our cabin at 8:30 and dropped our hand luggage off for storage because we were not disembarking until 10:45.
Breakfast followed in the dining room where we hung it out for as long as we could. To kill time before our disembarkation slot we took in several laps of the open decks to get some fresh air. The weather being completely different today with light showers and lots of thick cloud.
There were 3 Costa ships in port today and we were joined by Magica and Diadema, this resulted in shared buses to get us to Malpensa Airport. The consequence of this was that it provided us with the only bit of Costa confusion we have experienced this cruise, two buses were being used to ferry those requiring the transfer and there ended up being a trade off with various passengers to achieve the right number on each coach. You couldn’t make it up!
We eventually arrived at the airport around 2:15 but had to wait until 3:40 to drop our bags off. Once through security it was just a case of killing time before our flight. Costa transfers and travel arrangements leave a lot to be desired.
This short cruise has reminded us of some of reasons we like cruising with Costa. They are not everyone’s cup of tea but ignoring all the negative feedback they receive, some things they do really well if not better than others.
Our cruise virgins, once over the chaotic first day have really enjoyed it since. Whether or not they go on to cruise again remains to be seen.