FunCruiser78 Posted July 17, 2019 #1 Share Posted July 17, 2019 (edited) Hi All, I am looking to take my wife on a cruise to Venice Italy in June 2020. I see that the Ships that go to Venice are the older ones. I am looking for recommendations on which boat to choose. I have been on the Sesaide already and I am going on Meraviglia next year. It looks like Magnifica is the newest out of the group. I am not sure when it was last renovated. Does anybody have any information on that? The other ships that are sailing to Venice are Opera, Musica, Orchestra, Lirica, and Sinfonia Any info on when the ships were last refurbished and what was updated on them would be great. Thank you Edited July 17, 2019 by FunCruiser78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted July 17, 2019 #2 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Magnifica is due for drydock in Dec. 2019. The reason that the ships going to Venice are older is because Venice is limiting the size of the ships that call there, and all new ships seem to be too large. Noone wants to build 'little' ships anymore except the luxury lines. So in choosing, I would look at the various itineraries, and times in port. EM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted July 17, 2019 #3 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Ship size in Venice is limited to 90,000 Tons, we have sailed Orchestra and it is a nice mid sized ship, we sailed Operas before it was stretched so cannot comment on how it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunCruiser78 Posted July 18, 2019 Author #4 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Thank you for the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CruiseIreland Posted July 19, 2019 #5 Share Posted July 19, 2019 We sailed on Magnifica last year and it was very nice. We sailed Sinfonia 3 years ago and, although a smaller, older ship, we enjoyed its more compact layout and happy crew. Reviews recently are not so positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorMomInNC Posted July 23, 2019 #6 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Thanks for posting this question - we just booked the Orchestra for June 2020 out of Venice! All the ships seemed smaller (which is fine by me) and older (which doesn't bother me too much). I went with Orchestra due to itinerary, and only one with suites left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1fifthavenue Posted July 23, 2019 #7 Share Posted July 23, 2019 My choice would be Magnifica - great ship, plenty of balcony cabins which makes them a bit cheaper than on the Lirica class. Sailed on Lirica class both pre and post stretch, and have been on all 4 of them; they're nice ships but really do lack any wow factor and they are starting to show their age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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