The Legend is an older, smaller ship. Carnival has made many changes since the pandemic, some of which are not good. Paid for FTTF ($129). Received no benefit. Had to check in on line which gave us a 2PM boarding time. Instead of priority boarding which is part of FTTF, we were boarded with regular passengers. Our room was cleaned but not set up for 3 guests. The dedicated phone line, again part ...
I chose this cruise for the itinerary. I love going to New England and Canada, and I liked that we would be in port every day except the last day. I live close to Brooklyn and my friend lives in Brooklyn, so I suggested we go on this cruise together. She has cruised on Princess before and I haven't, and she told me I'd be in for a treat. Well, not so much in this case.
Embarkation in Brooklyn ...
We chose this cruise for several reasons. First, we were interested in cruising on a new ship, or at least new to us. And second we chose because of the itinerary in hopes of seeing some of the fall foliage. So, let's first talk about the ship. It is different than any other Carnival ship we've been on. The Lido deck and main pool area is not at all set up for sun lounging or swimming. The ...
Selected this cruise for the itinerary - ended up on the Venezia due to a ship swap.
Beginning was very rough - cabin assignment on swap did not align with what we'd paid for and hours on the phone did not resolve the issues. Eventually, we paid to upgrade (ugh - we already paid for the cabin on the original ship) one week and were able to get moved to same cabin for the 2nd week.
The ship ...
We booked this 22 months ahead of time. We were unable to get our favorite cabin, JS. We did not like the balcony cabin! Way too small for us. I can't remember how many times we ran into each other between the bed and door.
The Jewel of the Seas is old, built in 2004 and updated in 2016. It needs so much work. Paint peeling, titles cracked, Wi-Fi was almost nonexistent. unless you were in the ...
We chose this cruise for the itinerary - figured September in Canada would be smooth sailing with lovely foliage... um, wrong! But who can blame mother nature for giving us a hurricane in Nova Scotia in September. Ok, so forgiving the horrible weather (so grey, so bleak, and nasty waves), we give the overall cruise experience a "meh" for just ok.
This was our first NCL and we felt woefully ...
This is our first cruise with NCL (not counting a charted NCL cruise many years ago). I am sorry to say we are disappointed. The food selection in the Garden Cafe (the main dining room) was limited and basically stayed the same throughout the 7 day cruise. The qualify of the food is also mediocre. We tried all the complementary restaurants as well and found the same thing with regard to food ...
First of all our NCL agent put us on different decks. We were supposed to be next door to each other. My sister was traveling alone. We called the agent from the ship and she said we booked at different times. I don't know where the confusion came but this was a bad start.
ENTERTAINMENT; We were looking forward to the show Footloose and got up early to book it ahead of time. Well on the first ...
Service nearly everywhere was very good to outstanding. The waiters we had in the MDR worked very well to get our table of 4 were very well taken care of and consistently out in about an hour and 15 minutes. The head waiter visited our table usually 2-3 times every night. This has NEVER happened before on any ship on any cruise line. We were lucky to see a head waiter 2-3 times the entire ...
I cruise with Celebrity often. Picked this cruise to see Nova Scotia and Canada for eleven day cruise. Itinerary looked good. The food was very good, chef in restaurant did a great job. Wine pored freely was nice. What I found disturbing was the overall condition of the ship. Deep rust in many areas, furniture broken, missing cushions on rear deck by cafe. Asked what’s going on with the ratty ...