Yes, Ngaire told me before my cruise starting in Venice that "plain Jane" land taxi's are available right from the airport and we did this with no problem. Only thing I remember is that the taxi put us off in an area where we had to schlep our luggage over to another building where it was received, and later delivered to the ship. There were no porters to help us. We then walked over to another building where we checked our bodies in. Not a problem if you are pretty fit and have luggage on wheels.
