What is the derivation of the term "Lido Deck" -- the name commonly given to the upper deck containing the pool and buffet.

This term has come down to us from the early days of transatlantic steamship travel. The word "Lido" is a 19th-century term meaning a fashionable beach resort, with most authorities attributing its origins to the Island Resort located on an island in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Venice, Italy. European steamship lines, in the era of multi-class ocean travel, coined the phrase Lido Deck to refer to the pool and sun deck area exclusively for use by first-class passengers.

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