Sunday 27 May 2007 - New Port Richey to Tampa

We were introduced to John and Anna's neighbours, Karen and Nigel over morning coffee before we said our goodbyes and drove to Tampa to join our cruise ship, Carnival Legend. Huge excitement! After checking in and going through the security requirements we boarded, found our cabin and met Carmelo, our steward. The cabin is fabulous - see photos.

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We have our own private balcony. The ship is fitted out magnificently, has about 17 different restaurants and an equal number of bars, several swimming pools, a waterslide, gymnasium, library, casino, etc, etc...a bit different from cruising on Scorpio!

We sailed from Tampa at 4pm and at 6pm passed under the Skyway Bridge, the largest bridge in Florida.

This ship is a floating city and it took us the rest of the evening to explore it.

Carmelo had turned down our bed and left chocolates!