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Carnival Horizon Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5
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Carnival Horizon

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 09, 2019

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1464

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

the horizon is just a ship it's very plain Jane, made to look like a hotel 6 . the only thing carnival has now is the best and most ports of call. If Royal Caribbean had the same itinerarys carnival would be in trouble.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
Elevators without buttons are a horrible idea.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
your time dining left much to be desired always put against a pillar , or next to server station, not once did we see a photographer, waiters dont give the same experience as a set dining time.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
shows are nowhere near Royal Caribbean shows, but still enjoyable, very funny comics.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
for being the flag ship I expected better , room stewards never said hi or say our names but did keep the room nice. waiters were disengaged except for Tomina I would definitely ask to be seated in her section again. the Showtime was way to often 1 or 2 times a cruise is plenty, not every night to the same song.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
a hint to carnival dont park your ship between the MSC Seaside and the Norwegian Bliss they made your same old same design look like the horizon was right out of a love boat commercial. plus the automatic elevators are a nightmare .

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
clean , was comfortable untill they Ahmad to put the ship at 24 knots to make up time the allot of engine noise and shaking

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5
dont see the point of a cruise terminal if you are just going to put the keys in the mailbox outside the room.

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5
great pool and beach with nice shopping

La Romana, Dominican Republic

4 out of 5
I was impressed with how they have made the cruise ship terminal much better, and have made a point of cleaning up all the trash on the sides of the roads .

Willemstad, Curacao

4 out of 5
great shopping , but our excursion was canceled last min

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5
good day at depalm island, nice area to relax

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
was smooth , but the crew never came over the intercom at 7:30 to start calling decks so we just got off
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5 Comments

Crazycruiser962    5 years ago

It’s hardly worth commenting on your review simply a bashing of Carnival with no quality to your actual review. Only an idiot can’t run the elevators they are incredibly smart and operate well! As for the size of the Horizon compared to other ships?? Are you a child?? Please everyone ignore this review as it doesn’t even make sense!

huskies44    5 years ago

Do us all a favor and stay with royal Caribbean

ssminnow64    5 years ago

It’s seems to me you are a royal Caribbean fan so stick with what makes you happy obviously carnival is not for you!! 🤔

DavidM79    5 years ago

Interesting how two reviewers can have totally opposite opinions

ctblake    5 years ago

Interesting review of the ship with having no cruises listed for either company's you're talking about

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