Our FIRST Carnival Cruise! - Carnival Legend Embarkation Day UK To Iceland

Are we too British for Carnival?
We find out as we embark on our first cruise with Carnival Cruise Line on board the Carnival Legend for a 12-night cruise from Dover, UK to Iceland and Ireland.
Not many Carnival cruise ships sail out of the UK so we grabbed the chance to try the refitted Carnival Legend.
Online Carnival Cruises have a bit of a reputation but is it deserved? Also, is it too American for us, or are we too reserved for the “Fun Ship”?
This is the first of our Carnival Cruise videos as we head to Iceland.
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Our FIRST Carnival Cruise! - Carnival Legend Embarkation Day Dover UK to Iceland’ - Filmed June 2024
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[@CrazyTravelLife]

Awesome video Guys! Thanks for the Shoutout! You guys are the best! Hope to see you again

[@flydriveexplore]

Cheers, it was good to meet you and good luck with the channel.

[@BeefromSC]

Thanks for sharing 🛳️🛳️

[@lynnconroy8]

That ship just had dry dock in may. That stateroom is completely new.

[@berliozophile]

When I was on the Crown Princess, an older ship, it was at capacity passenger-wise. But I was never crowded or hurried or out of places to just find and chill, or read a book. The cafe Caribe' in the aft section seemed to be the least travelled spot on the entire ship. And what an amazing view.

[@margaretatter4743]

I always get Riviera deck Ocean view cabin. Its awesome when you come in for a port day you only havw to walk up one floor to get back to your cabin.

[@flydriveexplore]

Yes, that was really convenient.

[@adventuresfromwales]

Thanks for my shoutout too - it made my mum’s day! I’ve been waiting for the GoPro mic adapter to arrive but you’ve motivated me to press on ahead using my iPhone instead…

[@flydriveexplore]

Great to hear! Look forward to seeing the videos.

[@Travieso78702]

Thank you so much for the video. I will be on the Legend next year from Galveston to Panama Canal. Thank you 😊 and y'all are a cute, fun couple 😊

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks, we had a great time on Carnival Legend. We hope to do a trip to Texas and try a cruise from Galveston in the next couple of years.

[@Travieso78702]

@@flydriveexplore I would love to see that. I lived there for years there. A winter cruise in Galveston would be a good escape from England's cold. Summer is hot, hot, hot 🥵🔥.

[@debbieburchell3755]

Great video - loved Mel’s remarks about FUN you 2 remind me of myself and my husband 😂 he makes the same remarks about Americans/avoids fun 🤦‍♀️ Have fun guys 😂😊

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks, we both did enjoy but I'm still wary of "fun'.

[@michaelthompson6885]

To us the new ships are like hotels on giant barges whereas the older ships are just that, proper ships.

[@flydriveexplore]

It was a nice size ship. It was fully booked but you could still get a table in the bars and you didn't have to turn up to the theatre really early to get a seat.

[@wesleytremlett55]

Hi Marcus I see you tried the old house there's another pub around the corner of the old house the other pub you should go and try is the corner house the food is also outstanding I have been there and I think the corner house is just as good as the old house.

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks, yes we intend to try the Corner House later this year.

[@gregowens2537]

6 of us are on Legend this week... great video...

[@flydriveexplore]

Have a good time 👍

[@Mazza240]

Great video. Giggled at Mel looking for an American man to have fun with.

[@MellissaWilliamsjewellerylover]

bet they are less miserable than Marcus!

[@Mazza240]

@@MellissaWilliamsjewellerylover haha you wouldn’t change him though 😂😂😂

[@MellissaWilliamsjewellerylover]

@@Mazza240 oh I don’t know!

[@Mazza240]

@@MellissaWilliamsjewellerylover😂😂😂

[@TomandDomTravel]

Great vlog. The ship really reminds us of our Costa cruise

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks, it was a fun trip. Very different atmosphere to the UK based cruises we've been on. Mel wants to try a Costa cruise but I'm not too sure.

[@flydriveexplore]

We just watched your Costa cruise and can see what you mean about the similarity.

[@TomandDomTravel]

@@flydriveexplore haha it’s going to be similar in that it’s not like a UK cruise. Thanks for watching

[@benstradling7615]

You're going to have to change the name of the channel to fly , drive , sail and explore.

[@flydriveexplore]

Yep, I have bought the domain name FlyDriveCruiseExplore but I think we'll stick with FlyDriveExplore for now (Explore can cover everything else 👍)

[@MichelleBruce-lo4oc]

Hi Marcus awesome live video cruise. I enjoyed it. How are you doing? I'm doing well and so is my cat Benjamin. We have beautiful weather in Ontario Canada. How is the weather where you are? Have a great weekend. We're celebrating Canada Days birthday July the first. With lots of fireworks tonight 😊

[@flydriveexplore]

Have a good time on 1st July. The weather is OK but not great.

[@carolr9301]

Ship looks good. Bathroom looks the same as Aurora, just not peach. It looks fresher. I like the cabins that are low down. Watching the waves while you’re sailing is mesmerising.

[@flydriveexplore]

@@carolr9301 Yes, we liked watching the waves and being low down. It was good later in the cruise when we had rougher weather.

[@jeffreyharrison]

Marcus, next time you go on a cruise, can you do me a favour? Please? Can you find out if there’s a Smoking area on your cruises? Love the videos keep it up. Thanks, Jeff.

[@flydriveexplore]

Yes there are a few, I do a full tour in a later video. We don't smoke but you can outside on Deck 3 promenade, right side towards the front. Lido deck, outside pool on the front right side. Also , playing in Casino, smoking section.

[@marecianoble5826]

The style of that ship does not appeal to me. Hope your cruise is great.

[@flydriveexplore]

It wasn't too everyone's taste but we enjoyed.

[@jonathanpage7710]

My goodness. Carnival Legend! I was on that ship around 20 years ago! Can't remember if it was a med cruise or Carribbean. Amazing to see it again. I went to Iceland for a day (flying from Leeds Bradford to Keflavik early morning and returning late evening) many years ago. Very interesting experience like every known weather in one day! Snow, hail, rain, sun.....and the blue lagoon was great.

[@flydriveexplore]

We didn't know the ship before but for an old ship it was in pretty good shape. Yes, Iceland is an amazing country, this was our third visit.

[@TravellingLightLisa]

Thanks for showing us around. We are looking forward to seeing how you guys get on with Carnival. I am also wary of anything labelled as 'fun'!