Disappointment

Item: Carnival Legend
Rating: 2.5
Author: sdiaz17219439

Carnival Legend Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

sdiaz17219439

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

2.5 out of 5

7 Night Alaska With Glacier Bay (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 15, 2017

Ship: Carnival Legend

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7146

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

A let down. The entertainment was awful. The food was repetitive. August should not even be offered as a travel month due to cloud cover.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

kept us shoved in tight like cattle.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Just okay and very repetitive meals.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Sucked. Cheap audience participation entertainment. And who on earth would I care about a hairy chest contest???!!!

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Shows were amateurish at best in both voice and choreography. English entertainment and comedians completely ignores their international guests that do not speak the language instead of using professional choreography, acrobats, or magicians where there would be less of a language barrier.

Children's Programs

4 out of 5

My kid loved it, but he couldn't always eat the dinner offered.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

mattresses are hard and or lopsided

Ship tip

expect to not be able to use the serenity, waterworks, courts, or mini golf and the Legend can't figure out that they should probably enclose and heat these areas on a freezing cruise to Alaska.

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Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

4 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

1 out of 5

They should not be sailing here in August as cloud cover will more than likely ground all your aerial tours.

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Skagway, Alaska

4 out of 5

You must go all the way into Fraser BC for the best scenery.

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Ketchikan, Alaska

1 out of 5

Great looking port but they spend the least time in the best looing port.

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Victoria, British Columbia

1 out of 5

At night really? We were racing through dark Butchart Gardens. Super rushed!!!!!!!!

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

12 Comments

tikishoppua 7 years ago

Cruising isn't for everyone. I'm always happy when those people discover they don't like it and hopefully don't cruise again. OR, there's those folks who badmouth Carnival and move on to more "high end" lines because they're "better than" the Carnival crowd. Each to his own.

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mbbarnes80 7 years ago

In short he shouldn't have bothered going then. Funny when the carnival legend cruises from Australia there doesn't seem o be anywhere near as much moaning about what's on board for entertainment and food

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dissappointed2 7 years ago

Excluding the OP's weather report, the rest of the cruise was as he described-miserable.

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mbbarnes80 7 years ago

Exactly @katievp. I've cruised twice on the carnival spirit to the same destination and both times the port of call changed. I was just happy to go cruising cause it's an awesome way to holiday

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Katievp 7 years ago

Not this American. I'll be happy to cruise in their place anytime. Some of us are grateful for what we have. 😊😎

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mbbarnes80 7 years ago

But I guess sometimes Americans are just too hard to please

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dissappointed2 7 years ago

I was there, on that cruise. The weather was exactly what I expected for Alaska and was prepared for it. What I wasn't prepared for was the most miserable dining experience I have ever had. Mediocre at best, downright inedible the rest of the time. And the reviewer is right about entertainment. Plenty of shipboard entertainment on in port days and practically none on at sea days. The only good entertainment was the piano bar.

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Summerholiday 7 years ago

Wow maybe do some homework next time before you leave .. regardless you are still on vacation... surely something was 👌 sounds like u maybe should of stayed home ...

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LMG1988 7 years ago

I thought the weather and clouds there at any time was hit and miss. Still excited.

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GIL155 7 years ago

And if it were not cloudy? Maybe 3 stars??

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DerekMire 7 years ago

Really people complain to much

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Katievp 7 years ago

Darn those August clouds! I never realized that August was bad cloud season!

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