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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is hilarious and everything wrong with both this forum and travel grumps in general.

Where do we start?

- seasickness in Venice? Um, no. 
- smelly canals in Venice? Sure it happens, but not often. So what? It’s Venice!
- Nobody goes to Venice anymore, it’s too crowded. Sure, Jan. 
- too many nights in Rome? OP said they like to take things slow
- the kids won’t remember the trip? So what? You still take kids to the Outer Banks or whatever dodgy beach you go to in the summer and thankfully they won’t remember that either. 
- it’s hot? Yes, it is Italy in the summer. I’m sure OP knew that before booking. So what, you dress for it. 
- too much walking? Sorry you can’t bring your minivan everywhere you go. Somehow they’ll be fine.

OP, go. Have fun! Sure the kids may not remember it - but you will. Italy is an amazing country and great for kids. I’d do what a PP poster suggested and take the train from Rome to Venice and stay at the JW if you can swing it. And see about flying out of Venice. Good luck![/quote]

I know three families whose kids got sick on a boat or immediately afterwards in Venice. And one family discovered their kid is deathly afraid of small boats (think: hysterical screaming and crying).

FTR, my kids have been on boats since  they were babies, so I’m not a nervous Nelly.

Have you been to Venice when it rains? When it’s cold? The water can be rough—and the weather can be pretty awful.

I say all this as someone who adores Venice. [/quote]

You’re right. It gets very cold in Venice in the summer which is not the rainy season when it can flood. [/quote]

The op is going over spring break—presumably around the first week in April…when it is likely a bit chilly and rainy (at least that’s what I’ve heard from countless families who traveled to Italy (including Venice) over spring break in recent years. [/quote]

We went for spring break last year and it was a little chilly I guess (sweaters at times) and it did rain. It’s not a tropical spring break but has other draws. [/quote]

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