This was our 2nd RCCL cruise. The first was on the Navigator of the Seas and we loved the ship, the staff and crew and everything else. This cruise on the Legend of the Seas was a 10 day of the Southern Caribbean and we were not so impressed with the ship, being a much smaller vessel. Since we just took a HAL cruise to the Panama Canal, I will be making a lot of comparisons.

The service on RCCL is excellent, from the cabin steward to the wait staff in the Windjammer and main dining room. Our head waitress would tell us if a menu selection was not so good so we could make another selection. I really appreciate this, because the description does not always match reality.

The food on this ship was lacking in quality. I usually eat a salad at lunch and this was good and varied, but the breakfast and lunch buffet were often poor to mediocre. For the most part, the deserts were not worth the calories in them and there was no real ice cream (only soft serve) like there is on HAL. It’s a minor thing, but they used table spoons for the soup instead of soup spoons. Read more