Fun ship with a cruise pedigree that is legendary
Carnival took delivery of the 86,000-ton Carnival Legend in August 2002 and underwent a major refurbishment in 2014 to add add many of the facilities found on the latest ships.
The 2,124-passenger vessel left the Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Helsinki for Harwich where she was officially named on August 21, 2002, by the ships godmother, Oscar-winning British actress Dame Judi Dench.
The third in Carnivals Spirit-class, Carnival Legend, which cost approximately $375m, features 12 passenger decks housing 16 lounges, bars and nightspots, four swimming pools, a corkscrew water slide, an Internet cafe, a 14,500-sq-ft health spa and salon, indoor and outdoor promenades, a nine-deck-high atrium, an on-board golf programme, a duty-free shopping mall, wedding chapel, a video arcade, and an 1,800-sq-ft childrens play area, part of the lines top-rated Camp Carnival program.
Three restaurants, including an expansive poolside eatery featuring breakfast, lunch and dinner alternatives and a 24-hour pizzeria, a two-level 1,250-seat full-service dining room with extensive menus and wine lists, and an intimate steakhouse-style supper club offering prime aged beef, along with crab claws from Miami Beachs world famous Joes Stone Crab Restaurant, are available, as well.
Additionally, 80 per cent of the Carnival Legends staterooms offer an ocean view with 80 per cent of those featuring private balconies.
PASSENGERS : 2124
BERTHS : 1062
CREW : 930
FACILITIES : One main, two-deck dining room (two sittings), alternatiove dining options, show lounge, casino, library, spa, three swimming pools (two outside, one inside), gymnasium.