Beautiful clean ship. Some areas (though enjoyable) should have been made larger to accommodate crowds, ie. lido deck area and main atrium bar, always crowded.

Carnival Horizon Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 34

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Carnival Horizon

6 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 23, 2018

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We had a great time but i would not go on this ship again. It's too big, too many passengers and the crowds should be better managed. There is the Dr. Suess area for kids and also the lido deck pool, why are kids running around everywhere else w/ little supervision ? Could not get in the tides pool or hot tubs which were loaded w/ children. Why are pre-teens hanging around the atrium bar at 80s party late at night pushing adults out of their way to dance.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
No problems, got right on the sip

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Had the Early Dining in the MDR, no problems. Enjoyed it. No reason to spend extra money in specialty restaurants.

Guy's Burger Joint

4 out of 5

I could only get burgers on Sea days since the line was continually never ending during any other times, clearly you could use another burger station however it was delicious.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Enjoyed entertainment, shows etc... Mike the Director was fantastic. Areas where parties were thrown were way too small and over crowded, better planning for more space should have been done

Tides Pool and whirlpools

2 out of 5

Sadly way too crowded, kids running wild, people saving chairs for people who never showed up the 2 hours i was there. Could not get in the hot tubs because of way too many children.

Serenity

4 out of 5

Serenity area was very nice, though poorly planned out for a ship w/ this many people, could use more space and definitely a regular adult pool.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

no children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
No complaints about the service other than only 1 -2 people working the VERY BUSY pizza counter.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Very clean ship, needed more deck space on lido, needed larger pizza station to accommodate large number of people. I've seen larger pizza stations on smaller ships. Atrium bar on 3 needed to be twice the size if you are going to have large parties there. Wonderful adult serenity area but needs regular adult pool. Terribly disappointed in this.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was fine, no complaints, very quiet and comfortable, Novi the room steward was great.

Ship tip

Pack your patience there will be loads of kids.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

2 out of 5
We got rained on after attempting to browse around the port but much too much high pressure from people trying to sell us trips.

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
Fantastic shops and easy access to beaches and areas to snorkel.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Wonderful, booked an catamarin excursion

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
no problems
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5 Comments

onlysail    5 years ago

Kids run riot due to bad parenting. Seems common on american cruise lines

yk07us    5 years ago

That doesn't explain why kids were in hot tubs where they don't belong and pushing adults out of the way. On the Sunshine the crew would get the kids out of jaccuzes right away. I put responsibility on the parents.

rogerellenborland    5 years ago

You have to remember that carnival like Disney is geared toward children.

mj4gold    5 years ago

Welcome to carnival not like that on princess

rogerellenborland    5 years ago

That's the reason why we cruise when school is in.

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