Touring Carnival Legend

Carnival Legend is a Kaverner-built Vista class cruise ship. In other words, she has essentially the same hull design as the more recent Vistas that have been built for Holland America, Costa and P&O by Fincantieri in Italy. This has been a very successful design which gives the ships better speed and seakeeping abilities than many cruise ships.

In the Carnival Cruise Lines fleet, the four Vista class ships are better known as Spirit class ships after the first ship in this series Carnival Spirit. They are smaller in size than the Destiny/Conquest/Splendor class but at over 80,000 gross tons are still quite formidable ships. They are the fastest ships in the Carnival Cruise Lines fleet and have a certain distinct elegance.

Like all Carnival ships, the interior of Carnival Legend has a theme. Appropriately enough, the theme on Legend is legends. As a result, guest find themselves surrounded by ancient Greek myths and medieval sagas. Still other public rooms are dedicated to jazz legends or are inspired by famous athletes. At the same time, there are luxurious facilities such as the spa and the fitness center and the spectacular supper club. It is a fascinating escape from the every day world.

My profile of Carnival Legend is posted at: http://www.beyondships.com/CarnivalLegend-Profile.html and my photo tour and commentary begins at http://www.beyondships.com/CarnivalLegend-Tour-1.html