After years of fun packed activity beach holidays we were suddenly left with two teenagers that were too old for the kids clubs and too young for the booze cruises & my widowed mum that loves service & luxury. So after thinking what would best satisfy all age ranges and tastes ourselves included (youngish couple)we chose Royal Caribbean Cruise line for several reasons; good reputation, the ships itinerary, time of year and size of ship (we didn't want a huge ship for our maiden voyage, and The Legend of The Seas is a modest size).
From getting to the airport at 5am there was a Royal Caribbean representative waiting for us that made us feel immediately at ease! Our embarking of the ship was simple and efficient as we printed off our sea pass on line we were straight through with a delicious welcome meal and drinks waiting for us on board. we could order our drinks pack on line so from the word go were ready. Our luggage which we hadn't seen since the airport was waiting for us at our cabin which was a large interior state room equipped with sofa, dressing table, TV, ample shower room and as I was to find out for the next fortnight the most comfortable queen size bed I'd ever slept in with fresh soft linen.
The first evening when all aboard we participated in the mandatory safety drill which was necessary but fun, then had a delicious 3 course meal and was introduced to the matradee, waiter,and head waiter which we would have for the duration of our stay and couldn't do enough for us fabulous efficient and friendly. We then went on to explore the ship which one of the smaller Vision class we still managed to get lost on the LAST night! The only downside to the excursions were there was so many to choose from! We chose Pompei when in Naples, Athens Parthanon and Olympic Stadium, mykonos, Turkey the markets, Corfu shopping, Rhodes the old town but Egypt we stayed on board.
We had three cabins together, large interior comfortable queen size beds for us and single beds for the boys, free safe operated by your own personal credit card, tv with good choice of chanels and an information chanel about entertainment onboard that week. ample shower room with constant hot water. Although we were situated next to the laundry which ay first I was slightly alarmed about, we could hear a pin drop at night. The only downside to an interior cabin was the lack of natural light so found it hard to get up in the morning, plus the bed was so comfortable with soft fresh linen I never wanted to get out of bed! Cabin staff kept it imaculate and fresh clean towels every day.