Good trip, missed Grand Turk but loved the ship

Item: Carnival Horizon
Rating: 4.8
Author: nuclearheli

Carnival Horizon Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

nuclearheli

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 160

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 05, 2018

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 5235

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Not much to say, had another excellent vacation on Carnival.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Love the food. Dining rooms were excellent, steak house is great. Always do the chef's table. Great experience

Seafood Shack

5 out of 5

Very fresh, cold and good seafood. Little on the pricey side but whatever, we are on vacation.

The Chef's Table

5 out of 5

Never miss one on any of our cruises.

Fahrenheit 555 Steakhouse

5 out of 5

Always try to go to the steakhouse two times during our cruises.

Guy's Pig & Anchor BBQ Smokehouse Brewhouse

5 out of 5

First time experiencing this menu. Must say it is excellent.

Guy's Burger Joint

5 out of 5

My wife lives for these burgers. They are good.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

We stayed in a Havana Suite so the aft pool deck was reserved for all Havana guests. Not crowded, beautiful pools and hot tubs, great bar.

Cloud 9 Spa

5 out of 5

The spa was beautiful as always. Love the different therapy rooms and the hot tub was uncrowded and very nice.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Shows were excellent but some were very crowded and waited on lines to get in.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Characteristic of all our cruises, we experienced excellent service.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Brand spanking new ship when we sailed on her. It was beautiful.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Super beautiful cabin, large bathroom with a two person walk in shower with bench and rain shower. Room had separate living room and private porch with lounge chairs, and a swing.

Ship tip

If your sailing on board a vista class ship sail in one of the Havana rooms with the private patio's on deck 5

Thumbs up

Ports of call

New York, New York Did not visit port

Live in NJ, go to NY all the time.

Thumbs Up 0

Grand Turk Island Did not visit port

Ship missed this stop because we had to double back to the US coast to airlift a passenger off the ship for a medical condition. Received 20% off of next cruise. Probably shouldn't have said that, I see another review from somebody on the same cruise that didn't get anything for the missed port.

Thumbs Up 0

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

Been there many times. Always something to do there.

Thumbs Up 3

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Rented a private cabana poolside with two other couples. Had a blast.

Thumbs Up 5