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Carnival Horizon Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
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Carnival Horizon

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 12, 2019

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8350

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Nice Cruise... Foods and Entertainment needs improvement as does actual times stopped at each Destination by tour Guides

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
The Speciality Italian Restaurant was Excellent..wish we would have gone their sooner! They had other Speciality Restaurants that may have been equally good but we did not get a chance to try them. Guys Burgers in the general pool and deck areas was excellent and very popular. The Mexican Cantina food also very good. The Pizza place had nice thin crust but needed more toppings as they were a little plain. Biggest Complaint was the buffet and the Dining Tables. There wasn't much Variety as the breakfast buffet was pretty much the same very day there was some variety daily for the other meals but all the stations had the same items, the Dining Room itself was just a step above but I found that they were similar to the buffet but dressed up a little with some variance but I just didn't seem to think the quality or variety was restaurant standards. The portions were small the soups were not hot just warm and the salads were not cold but warm or room temperature...they need more variety and improved quality. The service was very good and no complaints with the servers.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Pools I thought were too small for the number of people aboard would have been nice to have the water heated a little too cold for me. Lots of chairs poolside but they were side by side together which made it difficult to actually get on them.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
The Electric Violins in the Atrium were absolutely the best and I could have listened to them all day everyday. Guitar player in the atrium was good but the Violins far superior. The Comedian Diane was also Excellent saw her twice and was well enjoyed by all audiences another one worth seeing again. The stage performances for other Comedians, Magicians and Musicals were okey but nothing I would want to see a second time. Seemed to be lacking in over all interesting content.

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Service was quite good and pleasant no complaints everybody seemed to want to please.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Public restrooms, restaurants were very clean and there always seemed to be personnel around checking on them...that is really appreciated. Individual stewards also keep rooms clean!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Nice closet sizes bathrooms were nice size too. No complaints everything was very clean! Beds were comfortable and room size adequate.

Ship tip

Try the Speciality Restaurants especially the Italian one it was very affordable and excellent check out various Ship areas as there are lots we didn't get to view. Enjoy the atrium entertainment, pass on going to al the buffets and check out the individual free restaurant stands on board.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5
Although we had a little rain the Ten Best of Miami tour we could before flying back home was excellent, comfortable bus tour guide was extremely knowledgable, planned time to enjoy a lunch and made the tour pleasurable the entire time we were on board. Highly Recommend!

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5
Mostly shopping there

La Romana, Dominican Republic

3 out of 5
Short Stop

Willemstad, Curacao

3 out of 5
Beautiful but tours did not plan for enough actual beach (water time) which was disappointing.

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5
Beautiful waters but not enough tour time to enjoy any water activities.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Well organized and easy.
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