My husband and I cruised July 19-26 with Carnival Legend. We are both early 30's, with no kids. Embarkation wasn't too bad, got there at 1130am, on the boat around noon. I would suggest bringing a bathing suit so you can get in the pool that day since your luggage doesn't arrive at your room until evening. We just walked around and ate at the Unicorn Cafe.

Food: The Unicorn Cafe had great food, I thought just as good as the food in Truffles. Salad bar was great, only problem is that some parts of the cafe are only open certain hours. So if you want to eat at 3pm, what you want may be closed. The pizza station and the deli station I think are the only ones that have later hours. You have to wait for the pizza to be made also. The only free drinks are coffee, tea, and lemonade. You can get OJ and guava juice free only in the morning. Truffles was good, I am vegetarian and there was only one vegetarian option every night, but it was always good. My husband is a big meat eater though and was disappointed that the meat was always cooked well done. I guess when you're serving 2500+ people, you can't get everything made to order. Unless you eat in the Golden Fleece, which costs $30 extra per person. I also liked that you could see what was on the menu for that night on your tv in the room.

Alcohol: As for the only 2 bottles of wine rule, I met many others that brought liquor. I brought wine as well as a bottle of vodka, no problems. Next time I will bring lots more liquor. They let me bring opened bottles of water with me in my purse on embarkation as well. I don't mind spending some money on drinks, but the drinks are expensive. One day I ordered the Drink of the Day and it cost $15 because they automatically bring it in a souvenir cup. On the first elegant night, they have a pre-show in Follies Lounge where they advertise that everyone gets a free drink. Do GO! The servers keep coming around and my husband and I each got 3 free drinks. Also, some nights they have martini specials in the lobby bar for $7.50 and they are very strong and very good. Read more