PRE CRUISE:

Just back from our 7 night cruise on Carnival Legend. I want to first thank all the others who posted reviews, they were such a help to me. This was a very "last minute" cruise and I was able to very quickly get all the information I needed right here on the CC site!

About one week before this cruise, my parents sent us a Christmas check and said to "do something fun as a family". My husband felt that paying bills would be "fun" but I set him straight and told him I was sure that was NOT what my parents intended! Ha ha So, I picked up the phone and called a good friend of mine, Holly. She and her husband own The Store for Travel in Miami. I told her how much money we had to spend and within hours we were booked in a balcony room on the Carnival legend!! We waited and told our twin 16 year old girls just 2 nights before we left. What a fun surprise and I wish you could have all seen their faces when we told them we were leaving in 2 days for a Caribbean Cruise! We live in the mountains of western North Carolina and it has been pretty cold here! So the thought of going somewhere warm sounded pretty good to all of us! Read more