Overall Good Cruise, still new and working out some things but glad we went!! Buffet Food OKAY.

Carnival Horizon Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 36

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
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Carnival Horizon

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 13, 2018

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2439

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

For Young kids or toddlers: 2 Outdoor play areas for kids outside the Camp Ocean area (toddler slide one side and interactive playground on the opposite side. Not advertised at all that I saw. I was the only one in there with my 1 yr old all times. Deck 11, aft. enter from exterior. Each side completely different, hidden little gem if you are looking for something to do with your little ones. Our room category FJ had a 2 room bathroom; one with a tub and sink and another with toilet shower and sink 230 square feet good for families Ocean View Window was nicer and larger than we expected! Was worried staying on the second floor would be too far from pool/ traveling back and forth but wasn't bad at all. the of disembarking we were able to get off immediately by 7:15am, we walked right off mid-ship deck 2 no issues no delay! Awesome, quickest ever. We never go to those rooms they tell you to wait, we always walk off immediately (if you carry off all your luggage, not bad at all). Buffet food not that great. We paid one night at the Italian restaurant and Bonsai restaurant well worth it.. Amazing... compared to that buffet food. Pig & Anchor also good it's free on seadays but you have to pay on port days. Skyride broke after day 2 for remaining duration of the cruise. White Party (pack your white clothes!) 80s party great fun If you are in social media you can usually google on Facebook for your specific cruise ship with date and join the private group with fellow cruisers for that same cruise/dates. It was helpful and also afterwards too. I recommend it!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room steward (Family Harbor 2439, fits 5 in room) was great. Her name is Abigail from Thailand and super nice!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Other free (included food): Pig & Anchor: on Sea Days. Pig & Anchor also has fees on non-sea days and off lunch hours. Good Food though!!! Deck 11 for Capitana Italia and the Asian rest. for lunch (both included at lunch hours). For dinner you have to pay at these 2 places.

Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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3 Comments

daviesfam81    6 years ago

Also, Family Harbor rooms- you know you have access to the Family Harbor room for food, ice cream, games, etc I will warn you that when we went by late afternoon/night everything is gone. No more milks/juices / ice cream. Not sure if just gone or staff takes away. Kids/families leave this room trashed too, very disrespectful, IMO to not clean up after yourself, even if you are a kid. There are video games like a PlayStation in there too which is nice.

carmelea1955    6 years ago

Glad to hear good review for Family Harbor, we will be in the same type of room September 5th.

renaedave    6 years ago

awesome!

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