Activities & Entertainment
Most nights (except Wednesday) we all went to the shows in the Follies Lounge. Here is the line up for the week.
Sunday – Welcome Aboard Show (pretty much the same as on other ships)
Monday – Jazz Hot (ok). Instead of just one guy and one gal as the featured singers, there were four…Barbi, Julie, Jason and Chism. In addition to the big production shows, they also performed individually in other spots during the week.
Tuesday – Motown singer Marcus Anthony (excellent). Marji and Erica went up on stage when Marcus performed “Brickhouse” and I caught it on video (they are on the far left.) Everytime I watch this I smile…Marji really dances up a storm!
Wednesday – The Marriage Show. The kids went, but Bob and I did not. In the past this has been offered as an afternoon show. Not sure if they changed it on purpose or were trying to fill in a night when they didn’t have an entertainer lined up.
Thursday – Physical comedy of Max Winfrey. This guy was a juggler…but a funny one!
Friday – The Big Easy (very good). This show was also performed on the Freedom last summer but I loved seeing it again. Lots of costume and scenery changes...plus some interesting laser & pyrotechnic affects.
Saturday – Carnival Legends (passengers performing as various stars) Some were good and some not so much! The gal that was “Aretha Franklin” was outstanding.
Besides the main entertainment the kids did karaoke a couple of nights and went to the dance club (they said not much was happening.) One night we all went to the piano bar and it was very disappointing. Paul, the piano player could not sing and most nights the club was empty. The kids thought he looked like Bill Nye the Science Guy (just an observation!)
The Legend had the Punchliner Comedy Club in the Firebird Lounge with several shows each day…some PG and some R rated. We never did make it to any of these shows…just too busy doing other stuff!
Ship
This was our first cruise on a Carnival Spirit class ship. I’ve read many posts where people claim that these ships are their absolute favorites in the fleet so I was anxious to experience the ship first hand. Our past cruises have been on the Paradise (twice), the Victory and the Freedom.
After discussing this with Bob, here is a list of some of the likes and dislikes of things unique to the Legend (or other Spirit class ships.):
Positive – I really liked the way the adult pool at the back of the ship was open to the water. I spent a lot of time at the adult pool on the Freedom last summer and did not like that it was enclosed…not just the sides but sometimes even the roof was closed.
Positive – I did like getting the French doors in our room for an inside price.
Positive – Bob said he liked the smaller sized ship and also the layout in the gym.
Positive – You could get from one end of the ship to the other on any deck. On the Freedom & the Victory it required going up a deck or down a deck to avoid the galley that blocked the area between the two dining rooms. I also liked that it was possible to completely walk around the ship outdoors (or at least almost all the way).
Negative – I missed having the “secret doors” where you could go to the front of the ship. Bob and I spent a lot of time in this area on past cruises…it was a great place to go at night and also a good spot to watch as the ship pulled into ports. The front area of the Legend had large glass panels that you had to look through.
Negative – I really missed having lounge chairs on the outside promenade deck under the lifeboats. On past cruises we spent most of our sea days in this area. It was quiet, shaded and a great place to watch the ocean.
Negative – The lobby area of the Legend felt very closed in to me. There were windows where you could look down on this area from above, but not the open railings like on the other ships. In spite of the atrium being very high it still felt a bit claustrophobic to me.
Negative – I absolutely hated the fact that you had to walk through the smoky casino to get through on Deck 2. Yuck.
In the end we were on a cruise and life was great. None of the negatives would stop me from booking this ship again…just observations that we made. One feature that was neither positive or negative was the hallways on the decks with cabins. The sides of the Legend jut in and out depending on what section you are in so you never had that experience of the hallways going the full length of the ship…you know what I mean…it looks like the hallway will never end! I am pretty directionally challenged, but I seemed to get lost even more on the Legend than on the other ships we have cruised. Weird since this ship was smaller!
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