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Carnival Horizon Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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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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