WE WANT TO WARN EVERYONE ABOUT CRUISING ON THE MUSICA!
My husband and I just took the 7 day Eastern Mediterranean cruise from Venice in June 2012. I did a very similar cruise on the Costa Victoria with a gal friend in 2006, so I have a good basis of comparison.
The new cruise terminal in Venice has a monorail that unfortunately ends at least 1/3 mile from the Musica. There were signs for a free shuttle, but no personnel to be found at the exit of the monorail. During our 20 minute "dry run, without luggage" walk in the hot sun, there was no shuttle to be found. . . no covered walk way either. We ended up having to pay 20 Euros to a taxi to haul us and our luggage from Pe Roma= a BAD way to start!