Carnival Legend Review

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Great Cruise on the Legend to Alaska, not so great weather!

Review for Alaska Cruise on Carnival Legend
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First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Jul 2016
Cabin: Balcony

We were on the Legend from July 19th - July 26th, 2016 as part of a large group (89 people with over 40 cabins). This was our first cruise. Some items that come to mind are below.

We were in Cabin 6204 on the port side of the ship. It had an "adjoining door" to the next cabin but we didn't know the people next door. I believe that allowed more noise from that cabin than we would have heard otherwise. It's hard to spot those cabins on the deck plan on the Carnival site but if you see little white teardrop looking icons between two cabins, that means they're adjoining. 6204 has an older tube TV, not a flat screen. The picture was just OK and some of the remote functions like being able to book shore excursions, previous channel, etc. did not work. The room was comfortable enough but didn't provide a lot of room to maneuver. The temperature was fine, the bed was a little firm but we slept well. The bed was a little hard but also comfortable overall. There is one 110V outlet and one 220V outlet on the desk, and one outlet for low-power devices like recharging shavers in the bathroom. There are a good number of shelves in the bathroom so at least everything doesn't have to sit on the small counter on either side of the sink.

We boarded slightly after 1:00 p.m., did not have "Faster to the Fun", had no problems, boarded very quickly. Luggage showed up around dinner time, no problems there.

Cabin Review

Balcony

Cabin 8D

We were in Cabin 6204 on the port side of the ship. It had an "adjoining door" to the next cabin but we didn't know the people next door. I believe that allowed more noise from that cabin than we would have heard otherwise. It's hard to spot those cabins on the deck plan on the Carnival site but if you see little white teardrop looking icons between two cabins, that means they're adjoining. 6204 has an older tube TV, not a flat screen. The picture was just OK and some of the remote functions like being able to book shore excursions, previous channel, etc. did not work. The room was comfortable enough but didn't provide a lot of room to maneuver. The temperature was fine, the bed was a little firm but we slept well. The bed was a little hard but also comfortable overall. There is one 110V outlet and one 220V outlet on the desk, and one outlet for low-power devices like recharging shavers in the bathroom. There are a good number of shelves in the bathroom so at least everything doesn't have to sit on the small counter on either side of the sink.

Port Reviews

Victoria

The town of Victoria was nice, but we arrived at 7:30 at night and had to be back on the ship by 11:30. We took a taxi into town, $10 each way, pre-set rate. The taxi drivers will offer to tour you around for an hour for another $40, so $60 total - we declined. We walked around the town for a while, but half the time it was dark and shops were closing. We also saw a number of panhandlers asking for money so we didn't stray too far. My understanding is that every cruise has to stop in an international port so this stop checks that box, but it was really too short and not that valuable, would have been a toss-up to just stay on the ship.

Seattle

We were in Seattle (Bellevue) for a convention, we did spend several days in the town, walking around Pikes Place market, etc.

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