Costa Venezias godmother, Gan Beiye, a frequent cruiser with Costa Cruises, officially christened the vessel at the naming ceremony on March 1, 2019 in Trieste. Costa Venezia held a vernissage cruise on March 3, 2019, departing from Trieste to Greece and Croatia, before arriving back in Trieste on March 8. Its official inaugural voyage was a 53-day cruise that departed on May 8 from Trieste to Tokyo. Beginning on May 18, 2019, Costa Venezia was homeported year-round in Shanghai, serving exclusively Chinese guests on itineraries around East Asia. In May 2022, transferred to the Mediterranean, she was cruising from Istanbul, Turkey, until ending its cruises for Costa in early December.
