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On 5/19/2024 at 9:20 AM, ALB0711 said:

Wife and I are booked on the transatlantic departing Rome October 26 on the Legend. She sails to Rome from London arriving August 27, 2024 but then she seems to just disappear from Carnival's cruise booking site until our October 26th cruise from Rome to Tampa. I've read on the boards she was going in for work but it appeared that was earlier this year. Is the August 27 - October 26 time period a dry dock or something else? Thanks!

I'm booked on Carnival Legend August 18-27 - London to Rome.

Great review.  How was the piano bar?

Going on Carnival Miracle October 11, 2022.  Wondering how the Piano Bar is?

How is the Piano Man on Carnival Miracle.  We love to sit in the Piano Bar.   Who is the piano player on Carnival Miracle?

7 hours ago, Out of Iowa said:

We did that cruise in June of 2013 from Barcelona.  Flew into and out of London (the cruise was extremely inexpensive; the airfare was outrageous at that time).  Took the bus via Chunnel from London to Paris (the scenery makes me want to return for in-depth travel in the north of France), then the high-speed train from Paris to Barcelona (changed trains once, near to Barcelona - now I believe it is a direct trip).  Did tourist sights in both London and  Paris.

 

Barcelona is a fabulous city, especially for walking - but watch your billfold, purse, bags extremely carefully!  Organized thieves and regular petty thieves can be very, very tricky and skillful. 

 

Our fellow cruisers were mostly American.  I did a review, including food comments, shortly after returning.  Perhaps it can still be found here, somewhere?

 

I enjoyed Monaco for the cars and people-watching; Pisa and, of course, Rome (hired a private guide and crammed as much as we could into that day).  Don't be surprised if the Med Sea is cold, icy cold in early Summer.  We waved at Africa off in the distance and sailed past the Rock of Gibraltar!!  [I think the Captain arranged it specially so we could do those things in daylight?]   Lisbon is a great day, too.  We took the bus from Dover back to London, via Canterbury (to see the cathedral).  It's cheap transit and not many cruisers choose that route.

 

We will be on the Legend again  in January 2020 (from Tampa) and I am planning to write a review upon our return.  I find reviews very helpful; sadly, not a lot of people seem to write them.

 

 

 

 

Thank you for the information.  We plan on going on the Legend August 30 for 9 days.  It leaves out of Barcelona and stops in Marseilles, France, Livorno, Italy, Rome, Italy, Kotor, Montenegro, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Rijeka, Croatia and ends in Venice, Italy.  

30 minutes ago, JimmyTheSaint said:

We did a Legend cruise in The Med a few years ago ( think it was either 2013 or 2014 ) sailing from Venice to Barcelona and it was fantastic.

 

The vast majority of passengers were Americans. Carnival Corp do not advertise the Carnival brand in Europe as they don't sail there every year. They also own several brands which are aimed specifically at Europeans e.g. Aida, Costa, P&O

 

The food and entertainment were excellent and were aimed at American tastes.

Thank you for this information.

1 hour ago, jimbo5544 said:

The Legend does not normally sail out of Barcelona, but will be doing so next summer, she might be Carnivals most traveled ship.  When she does sail in the Med, there will be more non Americans than normal (based upon our other Carnival Med cruises), but still not a lot by any stretch, certainly less than other lines from a percentage perspective.

Thank you for this information.

Has anyone been on the Carnival Legend leaving from Barcelona.  Can you give us a review.   How was the food?  Were there more Europeans or Americans cruising on the ship?

We're going to be on Carnival Imagination 3 day cruise.  We leave on Thursday, Friday at sea all day, Saturday at Ensenada.  So would our formal night be Friday when we are at sea all day?

Does anyone know who will be playing in the piano bar on this cruise.

Do you think the Cheers program is worth the money? Do you get 15 beverages each a day? Was it worth it? We are cruising the Inspiration in a few weeks.