This was my first cruise. I read tons of reviews on the Carnival Legend and talked to several people who had cruised before in preparation for our trip.

I am 43, my wife 40 and we are both middle class professionals. We decided to leave the kids with their Grandparents for this trip.

We flew in to Tampa Sunday morning and were due to leave Tampa that afternoon. We were a little nervous about flying in to Tampa with Isaac still in the area but I am a pilot and after checking all of my weather sources I determined we would be good to go for the flight. As it turned out it was an excellent flight, slightly overcast and a little windy but no issues. We found out while we were on the way to Tampa that the Legend was not able to make it back to Tampa as they had closed the port because of Isaac. So we were taken by bus across Florida to Port Canaveral, about a 2 ½ hour ride. The port was very nice and very well organized, and within 20 minutes of stepping off the bus we were on the boat. Read more