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galexinda wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 2:49 pm I agree - surely cruise ships can anchor off and use tenders to transfer passengers to shore.

''Stories have been swirling for several years about the possibility of cruise ships being banned from the historic center of Venice. ... They also say that the presence of ships in the lagoon is negatively changing the ecosystem, and damaging the notoriously fragile city with the movement of water they cause''. 5 June 2021

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/ ... index.html

WHL wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 3:05 pm

galexinda wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 2:49 pm I agree - surely cruise ships can anchor off and use tenders to transfer passengers to shore.

''Stories have been swirling for several years about the possibility of cruise ships being banned from the historic center of Venice. ... They also say that the presence of ships in the lagoon is negatively changing the ecosystem, and damaging the notoriously fragile city with the movement of water they cause''. 5 June 2021

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/ ... index.html

Not possible to anchor off, have you seen the size of these monster ships, to give people some idea, The Symphony of the Seas is the world's largest passenger cruise ship. Measuring 362m (1,188ft) long, the ship has a capacity of nearly 9,000 passengers and crew, features 23 swimming pools and 18 decks. I have been on cruises to Venice, and at busy times , there are double numbers there, trying to unload thousands of passengers to the shore and back, with tenders would be a nightmare and very dangerous.

cyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:26 pm

WHL wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 3:05 pm

galexinda wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 2:49 pm I agree - surely cruise ships can anchor off and use tenders to transfer passengers to shore.

''Stories have been swirling for several years about the possibility of cruise ships being banned from the historic center of Venice. ... They also say that the presence of ships in the lagoon is negatively changing the ecosystem, and damaging the notoriously fragile city with the movement of water they cause''. 5 June 2021

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/ ... index.html

Not possible to anchor off, have you seen the size of these monster ships, to give people some idea, The Symphony of the Seas is the world's largest passenger cruise ship. Measuring 362m (1,188ft) long, the ship has a capacity of nearly 9,000 passengers and crew, features 23 swimming pools and 18 decks. I have been on cruises to Venice, and at busy times , there are double numbers there, trying to unload thousands of passengers to the shore and back, with tenders would be a nightmare and very dangerous.

Yes, similar like that pic shows the size of them...


Max

WHL wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:52 pm

cyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:26 pm

WHL wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 3:05 pm



Yes, similar like that pic shows the size of them...


Max

Max I think this photo is a fake, because the liners are moored up in the port, which is some distance to where this photo has been taken.

I don't think that photo is fake. It is showing the monster on the Giudecca Canal , just starting from the cruise terminal Basilio Peer, 800 m away, to show passengers Santa Maria della Salute church and the Doge's Palace at San Marco.
I love Venice and visited at least 30 times as I lived in the past 4 years not too far away near Lake Garda. I always used to stay at Cavallino Island overnight, enjoying dinner at a fish restaurant there which was unbelievable delicious, but you had to pay for (2 people no less than 200 Euro)...

Perhaps you prefer another pic from a smaller cruise ship at a similar location at San Marco.


Max