This was our first cruise and we left from Tampa Fl on 6/03/07 for a 7 day cruise to the western caribbean. We drove to the port as we live in the Tampa Bay area so embarkation was very smooth and we got on the Legend in about 20 minutes from luggage drop off to check in.
Our cabin was booked as a window room but we were upgraded to a regular stateroom with a balcony, which was great!! The cabin was very clean and had plenty of storage room, with a very nice bathroom. We are now sold on the fact that a room with a balcony is the way to go!! My wife met our steward, but I did not..He kept our room very clean and we had our nightly bed turn down and towel critter, pretty cool. We only had one problem with the toilet not flushing during the cruise but was fixed quickly after it was reported.
We loved all the shows in Follies show lounge...they were very well done. The comics were hit and miss,the guy the second night was funny the others were ok. The bingo was ok between shows and the casino was a little smokey but fun ( I finished up for the week!!). The one big issue we had was the lack of night life. The piano sing a long bar was NEVER open and the only dancing venue (medusa's) did not open till 11pm. The other "dance" lounge had a band that was , well , not the best if you wanted more than 60's music. They had a 70's night in Medusa's one night at 11pm which was going great till the cruise staff wanted to make it "fun" with a lot of contests and killed the party. Most everyone left at that point. There was a bathrobe party at the Lido deck pool one night but other than that the Lido deck and bandstand was wasted with nothing going on in the evenings. We spent most of our days onboard at the adult pool in back of the ship. This was a very nice spot, no kids, good tunes and a drink of the day! Service pool side and at the bar was great with the bar staff using my name all week. The main pool was nice with the live band, but too many kids running around for us. The food overall was good. We were a little disappointed with the dining room Truffles..The food was ok but a lot of times lacked flavor. Some of the deserts look great but had no taste( the key lime pie was a crime). We had steaks that were tender but again no taste, just blah. We had better luck on the lido deck buffet which had different types of food at several stations for lunch, but only ONE choice, other than pizza or sandwiches, for dinner.The breakfast on the lido deck was very good and the one breakfast at Truffles was great. The pizza and burger grills were good also.