My recent CCL Legend Cruise has us rethinking our loyalty to RCCL

So we took a break from Carnival a few years back primarily because we felt the service in the MDR stunk when the rolled out their team waitstaff concept and the entertainment (especially in the public areas) was next to non existent and then playlist came out and we didn't like the concept (but had not ever seen it).

Well playlist wasn't terrible (not ice shows or even close to what RCCL does in the main show room but better than we expected). There was more live entertainment about (one man bands instead of kareokke) and the kinks of the team waitstaff have been worked out.

More significantly, this cruise amplified the things Royal has been doing lately that tick me off. Carnival had much better bar service and casinos and better food especially at the buffets.

We still love RCCL's ships and the entertainment is better, but if Breeze Cruise was a little cheaper out of Galveston than Liberty, we'd definitely consider it.

So we took a break from Carnival a few years back primarily because we felt the service in the MDR stunk when the rolled out their team waitstaff concept and the entertainment (especially in the public areas) was next to non existent and then playlist came out and we didn't like the concept (but had not ever seen it).

 

Well playlist wasn't terrible (not ice shows or even close to what RCCL does in the main show room but better than we expected). There was more live entertainment about (one man bands instead of kareokke) and the kinks of the team waitstaff have been worked out.

 

More significantly, this cruise amplified the things Royal has been doing lately that tick me off. Carnival had much better bar service and casinos and better food especially at the buffets.

 

We still love RCCL's ships and the entertainment is better, but if Breeze Cruise was a little cheaper out of Galveston than Liberty, we'd definitely consider it.

We haven't been on RCCL yet, (first is next October on Liberty), but just did the new Carnival Vista in the Mediterranean and it was excellent! Our first 4 cruises were on Disney and didn't think any other cruise line could touch the caliber of their stage shows. One show on Vista, "Flick," not only touched it but surpassed all the shows on Disney. It was nothing short of amazing.

We absolutely loved the Vista, have 2 booked on her for 2017, then Liberty later in the year and will be booking Vista's sister, Horizon, for her inaugural year in 2018.

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