We were very excited to book with Carnival Legend as we have always wanted to sail up the west coast of Tasmania as shown on the map when booking. This was the only reason that we booked the cruise, imagine our huge disappointment when we cruised back up the east coast.
To start with because the Carnival Legend had to do an extra dock at Eden, which meant the ship was late docking into Melbourne, we were 3 hours late in boarding. We stood in the hot sun for an hour before being allowed to queue for boarding. Then we queued for another 90 mins waiting for embarkation. We finally boarded the ship at 5.45pm.
Once on board we began to relax and explore the ship. We had a balcony stateroom. The stateroom wasn't as big as we had had before but was suffient for the 4 night cruise. The staff seemed a bit tense but very welcoming, our cabin steward was great. We were on deck 6 and towards the back of the ship and this was fine.
Our first meal on board(evening meal) was very bland and seemed to be just put together, by the third day the food had got better. I require a gluten free diet and our waiter Yordan was very good making sure that my needs were met.
The entertainment by the Carnival entertainers was exceptional, in fact the best we have seen on a cruise ship. A favorite venue of ours was the Red Frog Pub. The atmosphere was fabulous and the music great.
Once again I must reiterate that we were extremely disappointed to not have sailed up the west coast as this was part of our "bucket list". We had already cruised around the mainland and this cruise was to complete the journey.
Would I sail with Carnival again? I'm not sure. Would I book with Crazy Cruises again after the disappointment of not sailing up the west coast? Again I'm not sure as I feel this was false advertising. I have sent an email to Jason Cruise Speciaist expressing our disappointment but as yet no reply
Caroline
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