Carnival Horizon Exceeded Expectations

Item: Carnival Horizon
Rating: 4.8
Author: Randypaul

Carnival Horizon Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Randypaul

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 09, 2019

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7360

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We would do this ship and crusie again. We enjoyed the cruise director Swartz, but understand this is not his normal ship.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Fast and efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

All the food was great. The available specialty dining was very thin even a month in advance. Book early

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

All recreational areas were good. We used all pool decks and even did the water slide.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Jeffrey Munk, the pianist, is beyond belief. We return to see his classical approach every night. He is self taught and composes crazy fantastic stuff. The comedians were great too.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Carnival needs to do something to improve, relieve, or vent the casino from the excessive cigarette and cigar smoke. It is beyond reasonable and the only complaint. Its a great space. We should all be able to use it. I am a pretty tolerable ex-smoker so figure this out.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Try to get a room selection in the middle of the ship between floor seven and nine.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5

This is a part of but not really the true Turks and Caicos

Thumbs Up 0

La Romana, Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

The port itself is weak. Knowing so from other reviews, we booked a zipline excursion which we enjoyed bu its not in a level with Costa Rica.

Thumbs Up 1

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Former honeymoon location for us from four years ago. We loved our return.

Thumbs Up 2

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Slow. Mainly because if you had more than one roller bag, you were forced into a long slow line to a six person elevetor versus being allowed to exit on an escalator. Take only one roller bag..

2 Comments

cruzinfam 5 years ago

The Casino was the same on the Vista , absolutely no ventilation whatsoever. Then the people with kids had to walk through to get to the other side. Some of the kids we’re plugging their noses. They need a better solution, not everyone can tolerate smoke!

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boricua1 5 years ago

We love this cruise director two, had him on the Breeze before.

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Other reviews of this sailing

Most fun we have had on a cruise!

Great ! Filet mignon , beef wellington , lobster tail without going to the more money dining joints.

Trip was amazing. The booking process with not so much!