Beagle's LEGENDary Adventure - Trip Report w/Pics

[Beagleluv6107]

20 hours ago, atticusthegreat said:

I am loving this so much. Thank you for sharing! 

Awe thanks so much for following along atticusthegreat 😀

[Beagleluv6107]

20 hours ago, gd_at_sea said:

Great review! Excited to follow along as I board the Legend in 81 days, not that I'm counting down or anything.

 

Hey gd_at-sea,

I am so excited you'll be boarding the Legend soon. It's a great ship.

We loved it! 

[Beagleluv6107]

19 hours ago, luvs2beachit said:

Following along!  Love your reviews! 

luvs2beachit,

Thank you so much for following along. I sure do love writing them 😁

[Beagleluv6107]

7 hours ago, pe4all said:

Having recently been on Spirit, I was contemplating trying Legend.  I forgot how much I enjoy the spirit-class ships. Looking forward the rest of your review, which (as always) is off to a great start.  BTW - my dd sky-dived for her 30th last June.  My heart was in my throat watching from below.  I actually think I was more nervous than she was!

 

Hey Pe4all,

I hope you give the Legend a try. I loved the ship! Congrats to your DD. That's awesome. I'm glad she did it. What did she think... would she do it again? 

[Beagleluv6107]

7 hours ago, bigdog1958 said:

Looks like they are not bothering to fix the roof. Was on the legend in November and it was stuck partially open then. 

 

Hey bigdog1958,

I still can't believe they have not fixed that roof. How can they expect to sail from Baltimore in the winter like that?? Very disappointing!

I'm glad I didn't know until I boarded. 

[Beagleluv6107]

Day 2 – Our First Sea Day

 

 

DH got me up some time after 7am. I think I took one look outside and crawled right back into that bed!! It was way too early, and it looked crappy outside. Nothing to rush out the door about. 

 

 

 

 

He left around 8 to go find some coffee and sit on the Lido. I took a few pics and got it together by 8:30. I went straight to the Red Frog for a bloody Mary. You know "hair of the dog" and all that.

 

 

 

 

Ugh, it didn’t work. It tasted very much like horseradish, and I gave most of it away to my buddy Jay. I am not a quitter though, so I got a Tito’s and OJ. That hit the spot!

 

 

Nobody was really around at the time.

 

 

 

It’s hard to tell in this pic how the pool water was rolling about.  

 

 

The seas were a bit rough out this morning. I am the most seasick person around and I didn’t feel bad at all. I’m not sure why. I'd like to think the Legend is just a great ship that can take rough seas very well.

 

We watched the window cleaner swoosh his brush all around and never go back and rinse. ODD!!!

 

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We went off to the MDR for some brunch. I’m not sure why I bothered to take a picture, we didn’t have a water view.

 

 

They used to have cooked salmon and for some reason that is what I thought I ordered. Yuck, I got the raw stuff. I couldn’t eat it. Jay to the rescue again. He ate it.

 

 

I did get the Banana cream pie and it was terrific. They don’t serve it with the butterscotch ice cream now and that was disappointing, but I made it work.

 

 

DH ordered the Huevos Rancheros, but I forgot a pic. He liked it. I always knew he would. He didn’t even eat the tortilla and was too full. He said it ruined most of his morning/mid-afternoon. I wasn’t stuffed at all since I only had a piece of pie with no ice cream ☹

 

We headed back to the room, but it wasn’t fixed up yet. Here’s my neighbor and one of my best buds Nae.

 

 

She left that on her door till the next day. After last night's "Clubbing", we never expected her to leave her cabin till mid-day. In fact, I think some of us placed bets that she wouldn’t come out until sea day #2.

 

DH hopped in the shower and then headed off to find his friends. I took a few pics of the rough seas. I still can’t believe I didn’t feel bad.

 

 

 

 

I did a little journaling and then there was a knock at the door.

It was Yudi. He came to clean, so I left him to it. Oh it would be so nice if I could take Yudi home and just walk out and leave him to it. teehee

 

I went for a walk and took a few ship pics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I found the boys hanging out in the Atrium, so I hung out with them for a little while. The walking towel creature came around, so I got up and took a pic with him/her/it. I was still in my sweatpants and slippers, so I’ll spare you that picture.

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On my way back to my room, I grabbed a burger. No one could fault me, I only had pie for breakfast. There was absolutely no line. In fact, this is when it occurred to me that there hadn’t been much of a line for anything so far. Fingers crossed it stays that way! I went back to my cabin to enjoy my masterpiece.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still looks a little rough out there according to my TV pic of the water slides. Again, I still can’t believe I wasn’t seasick.

 

 

One of my "partners in crime" from the club the night before said she was feeling a tad seasick. It couldn’t be those 15 drinks, could it?

Nah… it was the motion of the ocean. Teehee, she did put a seasick patch behind her ear and kept a fresh one on the rest of the cruise.

 

At some point DH found me… or I found him, and we went down to the Pub. It still wasn’t very nice on the Lido, so we said we’d meet the gang there. When we walked in, our server from the night before Presley came up and asked if we wanted our usuals. I blushed… it’s only Day 2 and someone knows my usual? I’m ashamed and proud at the same time. I said no, I’m just having a beer. He said “Well, don’t you want to sit with your friends?” Now the Pub is not that big but somehow our friends were sitting at a table off to the side and Presley knew that and we didn’t. 😲  He would come to impress us several more times on this cruise.

 

Even Nae showed up at the Pub! We lost our bet!

 

They did sports trivia first and then started Karaoke. I think Angie was the first up and she set the bar high. The only good singer after her was young guy named Tommy doing My Girl. Wow, he was Amazing. It was fun though and I love, love, love that no matter how bad a singer is, the crowd cheers them on. 

 

We sat there just hanging out until dinner.

 

 

I’m the beer and DH is the cranberry, and someone had a margarita.

 

 

I think this other drink pic is mine, but it’s blurry. Those beers must have kicked in. Oh wait, this pic is from 4:30 and you can see it’s still rocky out there.

 

 

Let’s blame my bad camera skills on the ship rocking.

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It was elegant night and that meant... Crab Cakes! Whoo hoo.

 

 

 

 

 

I’d been looking forward to Crab Cakes for months. I also had the Stuffed Mushrooms but they were ice cold.

 

 

DH had the Crab Cake, New England Clam Chowder, and the Filet.

 

 

 

 

After dinner, I grabbed a Cosmo from the sports bar, and we made our way back into the Pub for the Mash Up Band.

 

 

A better picture of the band this time. 

 

 

Before I knew it, it was 11pm and we were headed back to the club. Here’s a picture of some crazy masks behind the Club bar and a few random shots of the dance floor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Man, I am really eating my words about “The Club.” We danced and danced. I think my watch said 16,000 steps for the day. That’s a lot of dancing considering I didn’t do much during the day. DH headed off to order our pizza and I ran down to the Casino bar for my 15^th.

 

Hmmm... by the time I got into the cabin, a little was missing. LOL

 

 

Pic taken at 12:51am. Shameful!😱

 

Up Next – Let’s Do the Whole Thing Over Again!

[pe4all]

1 hour ago, Beagleluv6107 said:

 

Hey Pe4all,

I hope you give the Legend a try. I loved the ship! Congrats to your DD. That's awesome. I'm glad she did it. What did she think... would she do it again? 

No!  But she already tried hang gliding, bungee jumping and shark cage in South Africa.  Think she is going to keep both feet on solid ground for now - lol!

[ninjacat123]

Looks like a lot of fun!!  Looking forward to more😄

[TxTeach79]

You're absolutely killing this review! Also, I'm finding it even MORE entertaining imagining the Beagle in your avatar is writing it. 

[d-train]

Love reading about your escapades!

thanks for sharing your vacation with us all!

enjoying every minute and looking forward for our next cruise!

[Beagleluv6107]

On 3/8/2023 at 7:12 PM, pe4all said:

No!  But she already tried hang gliding, bungee jumping and shark cage in South Africa.  Think she is going to keep both feet on solid ground for now - lol!

 

Wow, she's amazing! DD Stands for Daredevil Daughter! 😆😆

[Beagleluv6107]

On 3/8/2023 at 7:12 PM, ninjacat123 said:

Looks like a lot of fun!!  Looking forward to more😄

Thanks for following along Ninjacat123!!

[Beagleluv6107]

On 3/8/2023 at 10:26 PM, d-train said:

Love reading about your escapades!

thanks for sharing your vacation with us all!

enjoying every minute and looking forward for our next cruise!

 

Awe thanks so much d-train! It was a blast start to finish. I hope you get to sail soon!

[Beagleluv6107]

Day 3 – Second Sea Day

 

 

Thanks to the events of the prior evening, I was knocked out cold until 7:30. DH went up to get coffee and sit on the Lido. I took a few pictures from the balcony and then got my act together.

 

 

 

 

I was on the Lido with the gang by 8:45. I ordered a Tito’s and OJ and DH had a Bloody Mary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My window washer came back to finish the job. 

 

 

We got to see some workers knocking out a pane of glass in the roof. That was fascinating. This did nothing to fix the issue of the roof not closing. Bummer!

 

 

 

 

 

We got the alert that our table was ready for Sea Day Brunch around 9:15.

 

 

On this day, I was smart and ordered the Brunch Burger. It was fantastic! DH had a couple eggs, hashbrowns, ham, and bacon.

 

 

 

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I took a few random ship pics on my way back to the cabin to nap.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The twins went swimming and hot tubbed while most of the gang finally enjoyed warm temps on the Lido. Once I got up and moving again, I went looking for Serenity. I surely found it. No one will bother me here!

 

 

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None of my pals text me for lunch so by the time I made it back, they had all eaten. It was just as well. I had heard a rumor Elvis was on board, so I wanted to go check him out. They all turned their nose up to that, even Grammy!! Humph! No worries, I went by myself.

 

Elvis and his son AKA Elvis were doing a show in the Night Club. OH Boy… me and this “CLUB!!!” I just can’t stay out of this place.

 

 

The son was singing when I arrived, but the dad was going around taking pictures with everyone. I got mine. Thank you, Sir!! I watched both sing and then got out of there by 2:45.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What a treat it was to see Elvis❤️  Both of them 😉 

 

I made a quick stop in the cabin and took this pic.

 

 

DH and I hung out doing not much of anything. I took this picture somewhere… I think I was in the casino bar.

 

 

Then a few more pics to show the water was calming down.

 

 

 

 

 

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For dinner, I had the Lentil, Pumpkin and Chorizo Soup with a BBQ pork slider.

 

 

 

 

 

Hubby had the Chicken Noodle Soup, a Stuffed Mushroom and Veal Parmesan.

 

 

 

 

 

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After dinner, we headed back to the Pub. Presley was there to greet us. By this time, he didn’t need to see our Folio numbers. He had all of our numbers memorized. Wow, impressive! Props to Presley. Our dear friend that turned 40 was there and we told Presley why we were on the cruise. A half hour later he brought her cupcakes. That was so sweet!!! They looked amazing too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[sternfanla]

Love reading this review.

[Beagleluv6107]

We made our way to the Mega Deck Party, but I forgot to take any pictures. Well… I snapped 1 pic of my drink.

 

 

DH and I decided to skip the pizza and before 11pm we ran to the deli. He got a Rueben, and I got a Chicken Wrap. Nae followed us right into our cabin and said, “Oh no it’s not bed time, you gotta go to the club, it’s just us girls tonight”. Well… you might guess what happened next. My arm got twisted and I said OK… knowing full well I needed to eat that wrap and sleep. I know this because while I was at the Mega Deck party… I attempted to follow the line dancing. Not good folks. Not good.

 

Here’s his Rueben, you can see he has absolutely no patience with me taking food pics.

 

 

Here is my beloved wrap that I had to leave in the fridge for later.

 

 

So, I found myself back in this dag-gone CLUB, but I didn’t last very long. When none of the girls were watching, I did an Irish Exit. All I could think about was my delicious wrap waiting for me. BUT First…. I happened to notice I was at 14 so might as well pop in the Casino Bar real quick and make it 15. I went to the Casino Bar because if I would have tried to order at the Club Bar, it would have been at least 45 minutes. Now that I'm a regular here 😲 all I can say is the service is terrible. Every night so far!

 

I grabbed my drink and then rushed back into the cabin to eat!

 

 

That wrap was worth the wait!!!

 

Up Next – Princess Cays

[Crusin Karen]

LOVING this review and I also LOVE Spirit class ships!  Looking forward to more of your adventure.  Interested in your dad: My "2nd family" oldest son was a paratrooper 82nd Airborne Div, Fort Bragg.  This would be early 1970's.  Wonder if he and your dad served together.