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Carnival Legend Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 43

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Carnival Legend

14 Night Panama Canal Carnival Journeys (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 01, 2019

Ship: Carnival Legend

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

the itinerary for this cruise was great we had sea days in between ports so we could rest up and sleep in and enjoy the ship activities.. we had enough time in ports except for grand cayman when we had to be back at 4pm.. the crew was like family by the end of 14 days I hated to get off the ship

Embarkation

5 out of 5
very smooth

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
great food and waiters were fabulous

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
enjoyed the trivia contests and educational talks I would have liked more dance lesson options. and big screen movies the jacuzzis weren't really working but were still relaxing.. great gym but they played rotten music.. the ship played really nice music throughout the cruise

Entertainment

4 out of 5
the live acts were very good but some of the adult comedy was too profane.. don't think there's any call for such bad language especially when the family shows were so funny without cussing

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
our room steward iwayan was fantastic.. he knew our names from day one and kept us well organized

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
there were 4 banks of 6 elevators.. we never waited more than a minute for an elevator.. the theme of the ship is ancient civilizations so the artwork is classic greek and roman etc.. the Grecian urns on all the staircases and railing are al little hard to get used to but I learned to like them . there was a smoking section up on deck witch was terrible to walk through.. but I learned that it was only on one side of the ship and it had sliding glass doors to contain the smoke so I learned how to avoid that area.. Unfortunately there was so much smoke in the casino that we couldn't use it.. there needs to be a glassed off area to contain the smoke in there too so non smokers can play..

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
cabin was nice size and it was great to go through the canal- cause we watched as we were down and 2 feet away from the concrete wall and then rose up to be level with the pulley trains.. the beds were ok could use a cushy topper.. there was a fluffy comforter under the bed that we found as we were packing up to leave.. the bathroom was nice size and the water was instantly hot and never ran out.. the closets weren't the best set up cause the doors blocked the entrance .and they weren't big enough to store a large suitcase but those cases fit under the bed just fine. there were several hooks inside and out of the bathroom good for hanging hats and swimwear but it would have been nice to have a few more hooks for sleepwear and visors etc

Ship tip

being on the first floor made exiting and returning on the ship a breeze we just had to travel one staircase each time we left the ship

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5
easy to fly into plenty of hotels airport is 15 miles from the port

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
great scuba diving ship is docked right at terminal town is 3 miles away with great shopping

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
we took a bus to the sloth sanctuary and had a canoe ride thru the rain forect and saw howler monkeys and beautiful rainforest foilage terminal building at the port had lots of local vendors

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5
we went thru the east side of the canal to the lake turned around and came back out

Cartagena, Colombia

4 out of 5
we took a boat ride around the bay to enjoy the city view then went to the fort and old town for shopping street vendors are aggressive but I never felt unsafe

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
beautiful town and beaches. .enjoyed the butterfly gardens took a taxi over to the lighthouse next time ill rent a car and explore some more

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
gorgeous town and friendly people..the slave museum was terrific. .got to see the oldest synagogue in the Caribbean.. the floating bridge and fort are unique

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
dove the kittywake wreck and the water was warm and the next reef was gorgeous as well wish I had more time to waunder Georgetown my sister went to turtle farm and said it was great

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
we were assigned a number and we left the ship in that order..some people were impatient with that process but i thougt it was handeled very well for the number of handicapped passengers that were on the cruise we were allowed to stay in in our cabins until 830 so we had time to eat breakfast and get packed up..our luggage was easy to find and a porter helped us load right away
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3 Comments

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Thanks for your positive review

waterandwings    4 years ago

Thanks for the great review. I totally agree with you about the smoke and the crude language in the adult shows. You can be funny and entertaining without being gross. Glad you enjoyed your cruise and the great Legend.

Rosebuds6    4 years ago

Sounds like you had a great time!

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