Alaska was beautiful, Ship not so much

Item: Carnival Legend
Rating: 4.1
Author: sikewi10

Carnival Legend Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

sikewi10

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

7 Night Alaska With Glacier Bay (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 22, 2018

Ship: Carnival Legend

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 1194

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Our first Carnival Cruise, unfortunately all things being equal I will go back to Norwegian- for us a better overall experience. Carnival ran out of several supplies on day one and some more on day three, some of the bars didn't carry all the drinks you had to go around to different bars/lounges to get your preferred drink in some cases. No real reception as you entered the ship, sub par send off party and any other party for that matter-- Probably due to the fact that this was an Alaskan Cruise and not a tropical warm weather location. The sites and views were amazing, I took over 1200 pictures.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

felt the food selection and availability was average in the buffets long lines, some not open at times, main dining was good. ran out of several supplies and not all bars carried the same drinks.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Some of the staff was not very friendly but some were fantastic like our room stewart Gede, Mark and Rueben at the redfrog rum bar- our main dining staff was very good as well- Cid and Maryanne

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

We liked the Serenity area (the adult only) area on deck 9, Guy Fieri's burgers were good, enjoyed the staff at the red frog rum bar on deck 9. Didnt like that you had to go through the smoky casino to get to the sportbar and red frog lounge.

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Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

4 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Whale watching and Mendenhall glacier with Juneau Tours was fantastic, would highly recommend! Enjoyed some of the town as well

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Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Did the Mushers camp which my family and I really enjoyed as were are Huskie owners, nice cute little town- Skagway Brewing Co was very good.

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Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5

No Excursion here not really enough time, but there are tons of shopping.

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Victoria, British Columbia

3 out of 5

In my opinion, town is a little to far away from the port.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

4 Comments

Cruiserholics 6 years ago

We also took the Legend to Alaska and were very disappointed with the ships food and entertainment. We sailed exclusively on Carnival for years but have since tried other lines. Come to realize, Alaska is the "show" not the conveyance

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Blondy 6 years ago

We did three different cruise lines, you will get compliments on any one!

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judyclark 6 years ago

So if they ran out of supplies did they restock before your Cruise was over or did you have to go without for the inter Cruise and curious what did they run out of

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

I have considered booking a Norwegian or Royal Caribbean cruise. We have only done Carnival, but have loved it.

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