I've always wanted to ride the Gondola Ride... and since we had time to kill in between our Cirque shows we decided to stop by the Venetian and do it... It's quite pricy and you have to share your boat too unless you want to fork over $60 for your own private ride... which isn't even worth it! The gondola ride is suppsed to be 13 minutes but it feels a lot shorter. It's kind of awkward too because people are taking pictures and watching you at the end turn...haha.
I agree with the other yelpers... the shops aren't as high end or as nice as the other hotels... it would be a lot nicer if they had nicer stores. Venetian is also expanding with their new Palazzo side... and they are going to have the Grand Canal Shoppes of Palazo as well.