#CarnivalCruises- The 293m long Carnival Legend docked in Dublin Port this morning prior to making a repositioning trans-Atlantic cruise next week, writes Jehan Ashmore.

Carnival Legend arrived overnight from the Greenock, the cruise port for Glasgow which too welcomed the US owned Carnival Cruise Lines vessel which set off on a 12 day round-trip cruise from Dover. She has been operating cruises from the Kent ferryport which was her UK 'homeport' during this season.

On her visit to Dublin Port, the 2,100 passenger vessel berthed at Ocean Pier. She represents one of the more than 100 cruiseships visiting the capital, this compares to last year's total of around 90 such vessels.

Carnival Legend with her customary winged funnel design, pays tribute to some of the world's greatest legends throughout the ages.

Take a dip in the Camelot and Avalon pools, wish for magic at Club Merlin Casino, and taste something savoury at the Truffles Restaurant. There's more than one way to dine at Lido Deck's Unicorn Café, and at The Golden Fleece Steakhouse, the great multi-course meal is not a myth.

This evening she departs Irish shores to coninue her cruise which ends back in the UK. On the repositioning cruise to the US passengers are to disembark in New York.

The 'Big Apple' is one of her US homeports as are Tampa, Florida and on the west coast in Los Angeles, California. Her cruising grounds are to the Caribbean, Panama Canal, Tahiti and Fiji Islands.