If you want to throw money away for no bloody good reason then this is definitely the place to do it.
First off there's an indoor and outdoor ride. To get to the indoor there's a lot of treking involved. Don't ask the staff, they send you everywhere the box office isn't. Follow the signs above your head.
We opted for the outside ride as it was a lovely day and thought it might be entertaining.
You get about 8 minutes on the actual gondola. After waiting in the long que. We ended up paying $20 per person for the experience and shared with another couple. The only saving grace here was that our gondola driver used to live in Sydney in the same town I'm in actually so we had a bit of a gossip about it all.
The pictures taken were pretty horrible. Only 1 out of the 3 was worth it. Unfortunately because buying 1 picture meant that we were actually buying 2 we got a 3rd one free. So we had to take an ugly photo as well. Most upsetting. I get that everything is on a time frame, but seriously? Hire better photographers if that's the case. It's not that hard taking a good picture of people. I do better on my android phone.
All in all, it's a total waste of money, but one that I can safely say I ticked off the bucket list. Never again Venetician, never again.