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Carnival Legend - Western Caribbean

We cruised on the Legend out of Tampa in May 2011.

Overall, the boat was fine.  It's a little outdated, but the food and service were very good.  Carnival allows you to take one bottle of wine per person, which I highly recommend that you take advantage of if you drink wine.

I did a ton of research on cruise critic and trip advisor, and here's what we did:

Cozumel: Took an $8 cab (for 4 people, one way) to The Money Bar.  Ordered some drinks and nachos, grabbed some lounges under an umbrella and snorkeled for free right off their ironshore.  The water was beautiful, although the reef was nothing to write home about.  While we were there, several paid tour excursions dropped their snorkelers off right where we were.  If you need to rent gear, the cost is $14 per person.  DH and I took our own. We had a great time here and spent $35!

Belize: Used CaveTubing.bz, and had a fabulous time with them.  Jenny and Vitalino Junior (son of the owner) were our guides.  The van ride from port to the caves was about an hour, and Jenny told us about Belize the whole way there.  We learned a lot.  From the main park, we hiked about 1.5 miles or so through the forest and caves.  This is not an activity I recommend if you are in poor health or have a leg injury, but truly it was not a bad hike at all.  Totally worth it because the river is so clear, and the caves are amazing.  After we were out of the water, we stopped off for a quick lunch prepared by Vitalinos wife at their little outdoor palapa.  I would recommend cavetubing.BZ again in a heartbeat!  The cavetubing.com guides were really rowdy, and there were a lot of people on one tour.  Cost was $50 per person.

Roatan: By far our favorite port!  We did the Zip N Dip with Pirates of the Caribbean Canopy.  The guides were fun but very professional and safety conscious.  We had never ziplined before but did the Extremely Extreme anyway.  They drive you to the top of the mountain, and you zipline back.  We never once felt unsafe.  After the zipline, we were driven to a resort called Parrot Tree Plantation and spent the next few hours enjoying their beach.  It was gorgeous!  It was a very relaxing afternoon.  Cost was $95 per person.

Grand Cayman: We snorkeled here as well, and had lunch of Guy Harvey's.  The conversion rate makes this the most expensive stop.  We walked off the pier to the right for about 5 minutes and arrived at Eden Rock Dive Shop.  Again, DH and I snorkeled for free and our friends rented their gear at $14 each.  We also rented a locker for $5 that fit all of our stuff.  You can also sign up for a 1 tank guided dive with proof of cert, and that cost is $65 per person.  You don't need to dive to enjoy the reefs - they are beautiful and plentiful right off the shore.  Easy to get to, snorkeling close to the cruise ship (it's literally anchored right were we were snorkeling), and wonderful water.  Highly recommend!

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