This ship is beautiful...thank you...I will be traveling on it May 2025

Greeetings Dave and Brandy. I would like to recognize the honesty and integrity of your approach to ship tour videos. A few months back, I decided for the first time to post a comment on a number of video reviews of the Venezia. My objective was to highlight what many would consider a strong negative aspect of the cruise experience onboard. . Of the 15 reviews I posted to, yours was the only one that did not immediately delete my comments. It is not difficult to think of a reason why this might happen. As well, one might conclude that many reviews, which are supposedly for the benefit of the viewer, are more akin to a commercial for the cruise line. I loved the one where the couple went out of their way to tell the viewer that there was no smell of smoke anywhere on the ship. Amid the unfortunate sea of dishonesty and misinformation that is an unavoidable tide of the internet, I salute the fresh ocean breeze of Dave and Brandy. When I need some info about a ship, yours will be my first port.

Thanks for your very informative stream !

Great Video..Going on the Venezia May 27th for 10 days...looking forward to the Italian style ..little bit of a change from a normal Carnival ship

I agree. Best tour video of Venezia that I've seen. Well done.

Good video! I tried watching two others before finding this one and couldn't make it through them for more than 2 minutes. My sister booked this for u for 2025, so we have a long wait, but I'm excited to try Carnival. I've only sailed on NCL so far.

I watch lots and lots of these videos and this one is great. Thank you for sharing

Execllent video, thank you. It helped me decide whether or not to book this ship! Thanks so much!

Loved your ship tour! Really well done! I even took notes so I know where everything is! Thank you for sharing!

Awsome ship tour, best one I’ve seen so far.

Thank you for sharing. We go on her in September 2024 Absolutely beautiful ship!

The disabled rooms are so great on that ship 6314 was my room

❤❤❤ loved your tour! ❤❤❤

Beautiful ship. Hopefully we can sail on her soon.

Yeah, we were on her a week before you we loved her! Hope to go on her again soon❤️🦩

I really like the ship layout. Looks super nice

Great tour - what a beautiful ship!

great tour, we will sail on her in Feb

Love the video! Ship looks amazing! It reminds me alot of the Vista class. Almost the same layout. (I've only been on Vista Class, Panorama and Horizon.

I got my pic right in front in that ship I had anytime dining

Looks nice!!

You guys did an absolute wonderful video of the Venezia and at 5:45 am too! (Along the way I saw a clock) Smooth and easy to follow with no jerky camera movements. It's a beautiful ship and I will be sailing on her in late Feb. 2024. How did you like the NYC port (embark/debark)? Safe travels!

Very in-depth tour thank you. Love the music you use, so relaxing. Can I ask what free drink you had in the buffet area please?

Sailing on this ship in October.🐸

With blocking off the restaurant like that, was it a little quieter?

Makes me even more excited for my cruise in just a few days. Question though, do they have the pasta bar for lunch since they dont have a Cucina?

Excellent tour, very detailed! Did you like the theme better than the Celebration/Mardi Gras?

What month did you go on I was there Augs 31 to Sept 8 8 days 5hat shopping area cost me a mint still paying for it from Sept

It’s still a bit weird the concept of Costa ships merging with Carnival name and calling it cruising Italian style - it just doesn’t match up together 😢

Stay away from this ship unless you long for the smell of ashtrays and cigarettes. It has been many years since cigarette smoking has been an issue on any mainstream cruise line sailing ports out of or around the United States, but this Carnival ship has reversed that trend in spectacular fashion. Surprise turned to anger as we realized that even our own balcony was not a safe haven. For the most part, in recent decades , the smell of smoke was present in Casinos and small, selected outside areas with smoking on balconies strictly prohibited. On the Venezia, this is not the case. There is a large portion of the interior from Deck 3 to Deck 5 that is pretty much polluted to a point that anybody that does not care for the smell of ashtrays, cigarettes and stale smoke will find it objectionable at the very least and intolerable at worst. The source is the Casino that dominates the center of deck 4 from side to side with the usual heavy smoke conditions. OK, that is how it has been for years and anyone cruising on a regular basis is aware of this condition and deals with it. What is not acceptable is how much of the surrounding areas reek of tobacco, even when the casino is closed. From the deck below, in parts of the Marco Polo Restaurant , to deck 5 above, where the steakhouse, sushi and tapanayi restaurants are found, along with some of the shops and sadly, The Amari Bar, which had great cocktails but we soon wrote off, the smell is very much reminiscent of a 1980's New York City bar around 1 AM. I declined the pleasure of paying for a specialty restaurant filled with second hand smoke. At first I could not figure out how the smell could be so strong and thought that it was the deck 5 glass atrium structure directly over the casino that was the avenue for the smoke to travel, but eventually it became clear that along with the atrium the elevator banks were drawing the smoke from deck 4 and distributing it above and below. Even the staff agreed that the smell was strong and traveling via the elevators. Needless to say the forward elevator banks were really bad at times and we pretty much used the stairs. Perhaps because this ship was originally built for the Asian market, where smoking is much less restricted than on U.S. Itineraries, the actual structure of the ship has not been optimized to contain the smell. I have to guess something is quite different about the 'build' of this ship compared to Princess ships and their the Churchell's Smoking Lounges, where the smell fades within a few feet of the doors. I have been cruising for decades and nothing even close to this situation has been encountered in many years. But, how about stepping out for some fresh air you say ? Outside is pretty bad as well. On the outside 'promenade' that circles deck 5 a very large portion of the port side has been given over to smoking. This area is configured and outfitted like a spa area with chairs, tables, loungers and covered to create a tobacco oasis. I had forgotten that people will actually smoke cigarette after cigarette all day and night. The smoke from this area often made it all the way up to my 8th floor balcony. I would imagine the 6th and 7th decks were even worse. And cigars, enough said. On the other hand you could walk the 'jogging track' on deck 12 to get away from the smoke. That is, until you get to the aft area on the port side, which passes over another dedicated outside smoking lounge on deck 11. Same all day chain smokers. And cigars. Usually when you write a negative review or comment it is with the intention to tell others to avoid a product or service or perhaps to turn away enough customers to make a company address an issue. In this case I am sure my words will attract many customers as obviously lots of people love to sit around and inhale tobacco smoke for long periods of time as a way to relax. In addition, since I came home and contacted Carnival it is clear that they are aware of and just fine with the situation. I received the equivalent of the corporate bird from the non-existent Carnival customer service. My goal here is simply to warn off anybody that does not wish to spend their money on a ship that is obviously courting the tobacco crowd to the detriment of those that do not smoke.