Carnival Legend Review
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My husband and I were on the Legend for the Barenaked Ladies Ships and Dip charter event. Similar to Rock the Boat, the band the Barenaked Ladies along with a host of other great bands provided the on-board entertainment for a 4-night cruise that stopped in the Turks & Caicos. Being huge fans of the Barenaked Ladies, we signed up with little research about the ship or the itinerary. That being said, we went on board with extremely open minds. This was our 3rd cruise and unfortunately, by far, the worst cruising experience we have experienced. Our previous 2 cruises were on the Celebrity Infinity and Royal Caribbean Serenade of the Seas.
From the moment we stepped foot on the ship we were completely turned off. No one greeted us as we entered the ship. There was no welcome drink or assistance with locating our cabin. The interior of this ship has to be the ugliest currently sailing the seas. Gold urns EVERYWHERE cheesy LED lit signs throughout and some of the loudest colors and patterns I have ever seen. I wish I were exaggerating but I promise you, I am not. While the ship is only a few years old you would easily think it was designed in the late 80's/early 90's.
Personal design taste aside, we also found the ship to be less than tidy and clean. For starters, when we got to our balcony cabin #8162 (think 1980's peach and sea-green) we proceeded to unpack and find garbage left from the previous guests in the drawers, the remnants of streamer-type decorations still hanging from the ceiling and a pretty heavily soiled carpet within the cabin. Needless to say I wore shoes in the room the entire cruise. While our cabin steward did a thorough job cleaning throughout the cruise, the actual core elements of the cabin (carpet, furniture, walls) needed an industrial style cleaning and from my perspective, a major updating. Additionally, the ship exhibited signs of wear that I did not find on RC or Celebrity - peeling/tarnished paint on the exterior of the ship. extremely dirty windows and antiquated looking furniture.