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Carnival Horizon Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 41

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5
Carnival Horizon

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 07, 2019

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 2464

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Nice ship but not impressive... I really love cruising and after going on Carnival Fascination and not loving it I decide to try the second time with a newer ship. Horizon has nothing extraordinary compare to other cruise lines. The skyride was one of the main attraction but hasn't being working for over 6 months. They just not let you know until the week before. Entertainment is not a priority here so either you drink, get in the pool or just eat what you can. Well they have entertainment like musicians,bingo or party on the deck but No atracttions or something that set this Ship above the others. This is my 4th cruise and definitely will keep going back to Royal!!!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
It was so easy and organize!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Burgers, Burritos, Deli and Pizzeria el Capitano were good, hot and prepare on the spot. Main Dining rooms were more of the same and I cant even start with the buffets (cold,bad, no variety) They use various stations but with the same menu... they just force you to eat on the specialty dinnings.

Guy's Burger Joint

5 out of 5

Good burgers!!

BlueIguana Cantina

5 out of 5

Love the service.. and the food

Meridian Restaurant

5 out of 5

Breakfast was great!! Exceptional service

Lido Marketplace

1 out of 5

No good variety between nights.. different stations just to serve the same food (cold)

Cucina del Capitano

4 out of 5

Love this pizzas.. the only thing 24/7

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Skyride the main attraction has being close for more than 6 months. But they still promote it ..to send you a email days before embarking apologizing for the inconvenience (surprise surprise is not working) ohh but they work on it one day put of the 8. Pools too small, kids area partially close but nice. They really need to step up there game

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Musicians were really good they did there job. Everything else was expecting more... but they have drinks for adults so that makes everything great!!!

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
Love the programs.. it was always something for the kids to do. The staff was great. This is actually the only entertainment the kids have other than movies or pool.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Room steward Leslie... was excellent Waiters were really nice and attentive Dining Staff of my area ... they didn't create to much interaction

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
It was really clean but the layout is so weird specially on the Lido... The design it wasn't a wow factor

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
It was a little smaller than I was anticipating but it serve it purpose No noises at night and u can feel the movement of the ship

Ship tip

Read and use the elevator correctly dont frustrate other because u wanna be lazy...

Ports of call

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5
Nothing much to do .. but u can explore it on a golf cart

La Romana, Dominican Republic

3 out of 5
Didn't book and excursion so I walk around is nothing much to do here

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5
Extremely busy

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
So smoth and easy... love it
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3 Comments

Fiesta83    4 years ago

I thought Carnival Horizon was a great ship

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

sandqueen    5 years ago

I was on horizon first week April everything was working sky ride all it that was just 5 months ago so I know it worked with in last 6 months all activities was working great

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