2004 Panama Canal Cruise -- Onboard the Legend

Updated January 19, 2005

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The RCCI "Legend of the Seas" is an older ship by current standards, but there was plenty of room to roam about. We enjoyed our cruise on her, and the service was great. We will post our detailed trip report and comments on CruiseCritic.com.

Here is a large group of photographs that we took onboard, that show the various amenities of the ship, and the people we met. Our favorite place to hang out was the Solarium pool area, much quieter than the main pool. The Library was generally quiet and pleasant, too, made even better by being on Level 7, just down the hall from our cabin.

These pictures were taken primarily with our new Kodak DX6490, which we love. The 10x optical zoom is great, and the electronics do a fine job of automatic adjustment and flash operations.

The ship was heavily decorated for Christmas, including a display of gingerbread houses in the Centrum area.	The stairway in the Centrum area was decorated, too, including poinsettias.	It's waaaaay down, looking into the Centrum area	Bob on our balcony	All lined up for lifeboat drill
We decided that lifeboat drill should be a little more festive	South of San Diego, obligatory view of the wake	More wake, we have a movie too (not linked)	North-bound cruise ship between San Diego and Cabo San Lucas	The sea between San Diego and Cabo San Lucas
Our first towel animal, rabbit reading the daily newsletter	Bob with Cabo San Lucas in background	Sandi with Cabo San Lucas (and RCCI Vision) in background	Bob cranks up the GPS to figure out that we are in Cabo (duh?)	Island music on the Legend
Main pool area	Our favorite area, the solarium pool area	More of the solarium pool area	More...	More...
Our favorite saying	Crown Lounge -- highest place on the ship	Sandi with superstructure in background	Us enjoying our dinner	Maureen and Ed from our table
Wendell and Gene from our table	Nancy, the Balloon Lady (on right) and Savita	Second towel animal -- how did they guess our political leanings?	The waiters put on a "fiesta"	More waiters dancing, etc.
Sunset cruising the Mexican coast	More Sunset	Yet More Sunset	This is why we pay for balcony cabins these days...	It just gets better -- including the sunset reflections on the water
More Sunset	Sandi with that spectacular sunset in the background	Bob with that awesome sunset	Going...	Going...
Gone.	Bob and Sandi with balloon heart	And if you didn't like yesterday's sunset, here is another one.	More of the same	More yet
More sunset	More sunset...	More sunset...	Costa Rica courtesy flag on the Legend	Just look at all those radars and antennas
Different view of forward radars and antennas	Drinks are served on our balcony (with olives?!?)	Bob and evening libation	Our waiters, Leo and Harry, getting into a tropical mood	Gene, also getting into a tropical mood
Third towel animal is a dog	Bob at rest with bear assistant	The day after Panama, the seas got rough	Some more rough seas	Our 26th anniversary dinner (12/22/04)
Gang's all here for our anniversary	All these waiters are parading for our anniversary?	You didn't have to make such a fuss for us...	Oh well, they sang a song, but it wasn't an anniversary song...	Even our drinks waiter wished us a happy anniversary.
Now we get that anniversary song!	More singing...	An anniversary kiss, and...	An anniversary cake	Harry does a magic trick
The hand is quicker than the digital camera	Fourth towel animal was a swan	No towel animal, but instead, a sculpture made up of pillows and heart balloon	Our door, with CruiseCritic sign	View farther down the hall
Our cabin was really near the end of a long hall. We didn't get very many casual visitors.	"Nalani" was our Hawaiian door ornament and angel.	We got into the spirit of the season with a decorated door.	View of our cabin from the doorway	View of our cabin looking back at the doorway
More detail in our cabin	Sunset, Christmas Eve	More Sunset	More...	Fifth towel animal was a suspended monkey (on a hanger)
RCCI gave everyone a rolling bag as a Christmas gift.	Bob inspects the bag in the bag.	"Henry" was our buddy, always in the hallway ready for work.	"Henry" gets into the holiday spirit.	Bob is sweeping the horizon, looking for something or another.
Lighthouse in the narrow straits between Cuba and Hispaniola	Ship traffic in the straits	The Kodak can do awesome zoom-in	Bob is drinking lots of liquids.	Sunset, Christmas day
Sunset, Christmas day	Tip envelopes all ready on our final day at sea	The worst part of the trip, packing	Whew! Bags now in the hall for pickup	The carry-on bag is bulging.
Staged for departure	Bob is done in from packing.

2004 Panama Canal Cruise -- Onboard the Legend

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