Legend of the Seas Review

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Review for the Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Legend of the Seas
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Diandel
2-5 Cruises • Age 80s

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Sail Date: Nov 2013

The previous review of the cruise by PAUL is very accurate. I'd just like to add a few things. First, a "members cruise" means that parts of the ship will be set aside for major cruisers that RCI wants to attract to more cruising. This means that on a number of evenings, one of the few cocktail lounges on board will require identification and proof of platinum or diamond status to get into. That means that it will be difficult to find a place for a pre or after-dinner cocktail. The other lounge will have trivia games, the Centrum will be jammed (and part of it is given over to an "art" auction display), and the upstairs lounge is really just a small ante-room to two special restaurants.

Second, the Winjammer cafe will be closed at certain hours and the tiny cafe by the indoor pool has limited offerings and even more limited opening hours. On one day when people had early land tours, the Windjammer had a long line of anxious people who only had time to grab a roll and run. RCI really ought to look into this planning.

Third, because it has to be small to get through the canal, the ship is--well--small. The two(!) photography studios set up outside the dining room mean passengers have to dart through the sets to get to the doors and there is nowhere to sit. We sat on the edge of a flower pot, when there was room. The corridors are narrow, so expect to have housekeeping bags, room-service trays, and service personnel sharing the space with you, particularly in the morning. Smallness can produce testiness, and once the norovirus hit, the overcrowding got worse as we couldn't serve ourselves or even sit at a table that hadn't been disinfected before and after us. One passenger started yelling at one of the cooks in the cafe. It also didn't help that we had a lot of people on scooters and in wheelchairs who became quite demanding about space in tight quarters.

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