''Carnival Legend'' is a operated by
Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Cruise Line is an international cruise line with headquarters in Doral, Florida. The company is a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. Its logo is a funnel shaped like a whale's tail, with a red, white, and blue color scheme. This ...
. Built by
Kværner Masa-Yards at its
Helsinki New Shipyard
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History
The shipyard, f ...
in
Helsinki
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, Finland, she was
floated out on December 17, 2001, and
christened by English actress and author
Dame Judi Dench in
Harwich, Essex, UK, on August 21, 2002. Her maiden voyage, Carnival's first cruise in Europe, was a three-night journey from Harwich to
Amsterdam
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and return.
Eighty percent of ''Carnival Legend''s staterooms have ocean views and eighty percent of those have private balconies. She was the first Carnival ship to offer alternative dining options and an onboard wedding chapel.
Ports of call
In 2013, ''Carnival Legend'' offered a series of
Baltic and
Mediterranean
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cruises from April to November. The ship then offered 7-day cruises to the Western
Caribbean from
Tampa, Florida
Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and ...
.
Following the success of the , ''Carnival Legend'' underwent a major dry-dock refurbishment in February 2014. In August 2014, she departed Tampa and made her way through the Panama Canal to reposition to Australia. From 2014 to 2019, ''Carnival Legend'' sailed seasonally from
Sydney on 8-day/12-day cruises to the Pacific Islands from September to April and cruised around
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...
from
Seattle
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in the summer seasons.
Accidents and incidents
Bottle smashing issue
On August 21, 2002, during the christening ceremony,
Judi Dench
Dame Judith Olivia Dench (born 9 December 1934) is an English actress. Regarded as one of Britain's best actresses, she is noted for her versatile work in various films and television programmes encompassing several genres, as well as for her ...
took three attempts to smash the bottle against the ship's hull, aided by ship's captain Claudio Cupisti. The third attempt successfully smashed the bottle but Dench was sprayed with champagne as a result.
Listing
On July 13, 2005, ''Carnival Legend'' departed
Tortola
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and was heading back to New York City. At 5:10 PM, the ship suddenly listed to the port side while making a hard starboard turn, resulting in some minor injuries. The crew announced afterwards that there had been a computer glitch. The ship's promenade had to be closed for several hours due to broken glass.
On August 29, 2016 at approximately 6:15 pm PT while sailing to Victoria, British Columbia, the turning valve in one of the ship's four engines failed, causing the ship to make a hard port side turn and list to the port side. Captain Giuseppe Gazzano had manually controlled the ship towards Victoria as safety precaution. There were no reported serious injuries but the ship arrived at Victoria two hours behind schedule.
Engine room overheating
On August 3, 2005, around 22:00, heavy smoke was seen coming from the lower levels towards the bow of the ship. Passengers were requested to move to the upper, open decks. The
cruise director
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announced that "there was a problem in the engine room and that something had overheated". Passengers remained in the open air until the issue was corrected.
Passenger death
During a May 20, 2006 cruise, a 35-year-old passenger from
Plumstead,
Pennsylvania
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, was presumed dead after jumping off the ''Carnival Legend'' at 1 am on Saturday, May 27, 2006. He was reported to have jumped out of his balcony room after an argument with his wife in front of his children, 450 miles northeast of
Florida
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. The ship remained in the vicinity for eleven hours, delaying the ''Legends arrival back to
New York City
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the following day until 8 pm.
Coast Guard
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officials were sent out to aid in the search, but his body was never located.
Collision with ''Enchantment of the Seas''
On September 30, 2009, as ''Carnival Legend'' was leaving the berth in Cozumel, heavy winds pushed the ship against the side of
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines . ''Carnival Legend'' sustained damage to her open deck areas, as well as broken glass.
Mechanical issue
On February 13, 2010, ''Carnival Legend'' had to reduce speed and return to her home port due to a mechanical problem that drastically reduced the ship's speed. Passengers reported hearing grinding noises and vibrations coming from the engine room. The ship made it back to its home port of Tampa several hours late. The next voyage resulted in a late departure and a schedule change of Cozumel instead of Grand Cayman.
Azipod failure
On March 13, 2013, a technical issue with one of the ship's
Azipod
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s affected the ship's sailing speed. As a result, ''Carnival Legend'' failed to reach her next scheduled port call in
Belize City, Belize
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. She instead stopped in Costa Maya, Mexico, then proceeded to her next scheduled port call in Roatan, Honduras on March 14, 2013. Her visit to
Grand Cayman
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scheduled for March 15, 2013 was cancelled shortly after the ship departed from Roatan. Further technical issues affected the itineraries of the subsequent sailings on March 17, 2013 and March 24, 2013. The U.S. Coast Guard announced an investigation of the incident.
Brawl
In February 2018, violent brawls erupted during a 10-day journey in the South Pacific. Police removed six men and three teenage boys from the ship during an unscheduled stop in
Eden, New South Wales
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. Other passengers reported that they had locked themselves in their cabins for safety and that a large family group had been picking fights during the cruise. Up to 30 people were injured. Video footage showed security guards and other staff kicking a passenger on the ground.
Collision with ''Carnival Glory''
On December 20, 2019 ''Carnival Legend'' was struck by ''
Carnival Glory
''Carnival Glory'' is a operated by Carnival Cruise Line. She is the second of five ''Conquest''-class cruise ships. As of August 2022, she operates out of New Orleans.
Construction
Built by Fincantieri at their Monfalcone shipyard in Friuli ...
'' in
Cozumel
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, while ''Glory'' was maneuvering to dock alongside it. One passenger on board the ''Carnival Glory'' sustained a minor injury.
References
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External links
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