My husband and I just returned from our 9 night Mediterranean cruise on the Legend. We embarked in Civitavecchia (for Rome) and ended in Venice. We are in our mid 60's and this was our 13th cruise, most of them on Royal Caribbean. We had previously cruised on the Legend years ago and have been on the Vision (same class ship) twice and thoroughly enjoyed her. I'm sorry to say our experience on the Legend this time was not as positive.

Thanks to some wonderful ports, excellent weather and the friendships we made through Cruise Critic Roll Call, we had a lot of fun, and an enjoyable cruise. However we were very dissatisfied by several aspects of the ship cruise experience, and I will review them.

1. Excursions. We booked only one excursion through Royal Caribbean and it was to Catania, Sicily. We were unsure of whether to select excursion CQ 24 or CQ 25, both of which included a visit to Mt. Etna. I sent 2 emails to Shorex asking for clarification on the visit to Mt. Etna on both excursions and never received any answer. Finally I called and was on the phone for 30 minutes while someone checked to get my answer regarding the visit to the volcano crater. I was assured that in both excursions you are taken to the crater and would get to walk on the volcano rim for 30 minutes. As a result of that we chose CQ 25 which also included a winery tour and our friends chose CQ 24. In actuality, our tour did not go to the volcano as we were promised, but only made a stop at a lava flow for 5 minutes for photos, while the other group spent the time walking on the volcano crater. Certainly RC should have been able to tell me the correct itinerary of their excursion. Read more