We left Tampa on Feb 1, 2009 on the Carnival Legend. We had been on the Legend's sister ship(Spirit) in 2002. Here are a few of the details: Great ship, great crew, bad weather. We had 10-15 foot waves and 30-42 mph winds, but the ship was fairly level, and we encountered no problems with stability, thanks to a great crew and ship. The upper outside walking decks were closed several times because of high winds.

Probably the best food since we were on the Carnival Glory(which, in our opinion, had the best food on the 15 Carnival cruises I have been on.)

Embarkation: a breeze since we have VIP status; we arrived at the terminal at 10:30am and were on board by 11:15 am or so. You are allowed to carry one bottle of wine per person on board, and we did that with no problems. I had a water bottle in an insulated holder that I normally carry with me, and have never had a problem carrying it on board before. The woman at security was very obnoxious and said I could not carry the water on board; she proceeded to empty it in a container and basically tossed the empty bottle back to me. She then closely inspected the 2 wine bottles that we had brought with us, and had no problem with those once she determined that they had not been opened.! Read more