Alaska/Carnival Legend Cruise Review w/ Pictures July 2015

[NOSaints1]

We were on the Valor but my DW didn't like that there wasn't a lot of dining options.

[NOSaints1]

Is there a covered pool

[marshhawk]

an earlier post showed a covered pool. don't think the water is heated though.

[marshhawk]

every time you post more to your review, I read what you write, and when I get home I check out the pictures! fantastic!

 

the waterfalls are beautiful, and we haven't even gotten close to the glacier! cant wait for tomorrows update.

 

I really want to start a thread that says "why are you reading about FTTF when you could be reading this review!"

 

more please!

 

cat on lap cannot capitalize my letters:o

[navybaby1113]

Is there a covered pool

 

Yes, there is a covered pool.

[navybaby1113]

We also saw our first black bear of the trip.

 

 

 

 

 

The ship followed us throughout the fjord.

 

 

[navybaby1113]

The closer we got to the glaciers, the pieces of ice were getting bigger and more frequent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[navybaby1113]

The landscaping through the fjord was absolutely gorgeous.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gwenslibrary]

Sorry if you have already said this, but were these pictures from the ship, or were they from an excursion? If so, how much was it?

[navybaby1113]

Sorry if you have already said this, but were these pictures from the ship, or were they from an excursion? If so, how much was it?

 

We did the small boat excursion is Tracy Arm Fjord. It was around $160 per person.

[navybaby1113]

We veered off the ship’s path for a while and went to Sawyer Glacier. There were a ton of seals hanging out on the ice here. The color of the ice was magnificent. I had to shake my head at one lady commenting "how dirty" the ice was.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[navybaby1113]

We spent about 30 minutes at Sawyer Glacier and then we went back the way we came and met the ship at South Sawyer Glacier.

 

This was as far as the cruise ship could go into the fjord.

 

 

We got much closer!

 

 

Here's a picture of me on our boat with the cruise ship in the background. You can see how far away they were.

 

 

We spent about half an hour at the glacier.

 

 

 

[navybaby1113]

The seals were even closer here than they were at the other glacier.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[navybaby1113]

One of the crew brought up some ice that we could touch.

 

 

After we were there for a while, the glacier started calving. We saw 4 or 5 little ones.

 

 

 

 

 

[navybaby1113]

As we were pulling away from the glacier, the naturalist noticed a mountain goat.

 

*Look at the little white spot in the middle of the picture*

 

 

We went to go back to the ship and then there was a huge calving!

 

 

 

 

[navybaby1113]

The ice was such a gorgeous blue color.

 

 

 

 

And they were quite big. Take a look at those kayakers in the water next to the iceburg.

 

 

[NOSaints1]

Was there lots of dining options, my DW found on Valor. not to much to offer, so she wanted to try a different line

[TrqoisWtrs]

Fab pictures - love the seals. :)

[nybumpkin]

We veered off the ship’s path for a while and went to Sawyer Glacier. There were a ton of seals hanging out on the ice here. The color of the ice was magnificent. I had to shake my head at one lady commenting "how dirty" the ice was.

All I can figure is that she didn't understand all the minerals that are in that glacier. Your photos are really great - I especially liked the bear and the seals.:cool:

[navybaby1113]

Was there lots of dining options, my DW found on Valor. not to much to offer, so she wanted to try a different line

 

I personally was not a fan of the dining options on this ship. We're spoiled with Conquest class ships with the 2.0 upgrades.

[NOSaints1]

What else didn't you like about the ship?

[SenatorsFan]

I absolutely love all the glacier pictures. The blue is so beautiful. Thanks for the review. :)

Heather

[navybaby1113]

What else didn't you like about the ship?

 

We enjoyed pretty much everything about the ship. The layout took a little getting used to, but it works well after we figured out how to get around. The only disappointing parts were the food and the activities (which isn't the ship, but the CD).

[Barbluvstocruz]

Beautiful pictures! Thanks so much for sharing your experience. I definitely want to do an Alaskan cruise in the next few years!!

:)

[NOSaints1]

Royal, Celebrity, Princess we can book in CDN dollars which is nice cause it would save us a ton of money, where as Carnival which we have 3 cruises on you can only book in U.S. Which is a problem with the dollar