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Carnival Horizon Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

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Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Carnival Horizon

10 Night Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 29, 2018

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8220

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Such a delightful, but FULL itinerary. We had four straight days of port calls that left us exhausted and in need of a sea day. Still, I wouldn't change a thing about it.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
We looked forward to this adventure for more than a year and when it finally arrived, we weren't disappointed!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Carnival has the best food of all the cruise lines.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
From the Internationally Acclaimed Hairy Chest Contest, Karoke, Comedy Club, theater shows, music in the atrium, trivia -- there's too many to name and as much or as little as you want to do.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
A Sinatra-quality singing Maitre'd, the very best dining team in the fleet, outstanding cabin stewards who anticipate your every want and need, friendly staff all around the ship - what more can you ask?

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
A brand, spanking new ship - what a treat! And the crew and staff take obvious pride in the Horizon. It's well laid out with fantastic state-of-the-art elevators and an atrium focal point that you can stare at for hours!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

The new technology elevators are tricky at first, but you'll soon get used to them and come to love them! So efficient.

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
We took a Viator tour to Catalunya, France, and Andorra that was fabuluous. Such a beautiful country.

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5
We have visited this area before, but fell in love with it again on a ship-sponsored tour.

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

4 out of 5
The ship-sponsored tour was great, but there is waaaay too much to see in one short day, especially since the drive into Roma took forever because of traffic, Still, it's like the history pages from long ago school books came to life right in front of us.

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5
Loved Naples. Had a pasta experience that was out of this world.

Dubrovnik, Croatia

4 out of 5
A new country for us. Very interesting. Not nearly as 'touristy' as some of the other places. It has a beautiful coastline.

Corfu, Greece

4 out of 5
So much history and beautiful, but filled with huge heaps of uncollected garbage.

Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5
Loved this port.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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