Posted By Debbie Brvenik on April 18, 2008, 9:12 AM. I worked on board cruise lines for many years including Costa, and Italian line. Much of that time was in Italy. The often chaotic scenarios of getting passengers and their luggage .... I 'm personally booking travel to Italy this summer and I'm choosing a somewhat more expensive option than flying them because I don't feel comfortable with being caught at the last minute unable to go on vacation, even if the chance of ...