| Carnival debuts its first extended UK program

CARNIVAL Legend will play host to a number
of ‘firsts’ for Carnival Cruise Lines next year,
including the company’s first Norwegian Fjords
itinerary and its first extended program from
the UK.
In total Legend will feature 17 European
cruises between 22 Mar and 31 Oct, visiting 34
ports across 18 countries.
The schedule will include a 12-day Norway
and Western Europe voyage departing 01 Sep
from Dover (London) to visit Alesund, Bergen,
Stavanger, Oslo, Hamburg, Amsterdam,
Zeebrugge (Bruges), Brussels and Le Havre (Paris).
Also departing Dover will be a 12-day British
Isles, Norway & France voyage leaving on 13
Sep to take in Stavanger, Edinburgh,
Invergordon, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and Le
Havre; as well as six Baltic Wonders & St.
Petersburg cruises visiting Copenhagen,
Berlin, Helsinki, St. Petersburg (overnight call),
Tallinn and Amsterdam (departing 21 Jun –
which visits Bruges instead of Amsterdam; 03,
15 and 27 Jul; 08 and 20 Aug).
In the Mediterranean, Legend will offer
several 12-day cruises from Venice to
Barcelona (04 and 28 May, and 31 Oct) visiting
Dubrovnik, Messina, Naples, Civitavecchia,
Livorno and Marseilles, with the 04 May and
31 Oct departures also including stops in
Athens and Izmir and the 28 May cruise adding
stops in Monte Carlo and Palma de Mallorca.
Between 09 and 21 Jun Legend will also
operate 12-day Western Mediterranean
voyages from Barcelona to Dover; and from
Dover to Barcelona between 26 Sep and 07
Oct; as well as three Grand Mediterranean
voyages sailing from Barcelona to Venice on
22 Apr, 16 May, and 19 Oct.
The vessel will complete her season with a
12-day voyage round-trip from Barcelona
departing 07 Oct with calls at Marseilles,
Livorno, Civitavecchia, Naples, Dubrovnik,
Venice (overnight call) and Messina.
The season will be bookended by two 15-
day Transatlantic voyages departing 07 Apr
from Tampa to Barcelona and 12 Nov from
Barcelona to Tampa.
Once back in Tampa she will host a special
four-day cruise before resuming her seven-day
Caribbean service on 01 Dec 2013.
See www.carnival.com.au for details.