Awesome cruise. Just enjoy. Ignore small things

Item: Carnival Horizon
Rating: 4.9
Author: mrider1850

Carnival Horizon Cruise Review

mrider1850

Contributor Level: Third Mate

188 Days Till Next Cruise

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 30

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 21, 2019

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 7349

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Love the southern Caribbean Cruise. Less chance of hurricane as it’s been over 100 years So much fun and can’t wait til next one!!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Quick. Less than 30-40 minutes on board. Non priority too

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Buffett good. Lots of choices. Pizza ice cream tea lemonade available 24/7. Goto ocean plaza on 5. Small Buffett breakfast and lunch little crowd. Great choices.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertaining shows. Lots of activities to do as little as you want to having a full day non stop activity

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Good. Didn’t understand shows but still entertaining

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Room attendant awesome. Washed our water shoes santurates in sand. twice while we were at dinners. Wow!! That was above and beyond. Dinner staff fun friendly took care of all our needs. Best service is always on a cruise ship

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Clean and new

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Enjoy it. Plenty to do and very relaxing depending what you want

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Took cab to jacks shack. Is definitely walkable though too. Very fun. Visit topper and calipso and other friendliest dogs anywhere.

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Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Went to Porto Marie beach. Awesome snorkeling right on reef at edge of beach. 100s of fish within 20 feet off shore. Pigs on the beach

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Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Went to donkey sanctuary. So much fun. Free but please leave a donation as it’s all volunteer rescue center. Food available to feed them. Then did cabana for the day at ritz Carlton. So relaxing. Beautiful soft beach. No water shoes needed

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La Romana, Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

Monkeyland was fun. Monkeys climbing all over you. Only downside was hour ride there

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Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Did cabana for the day Shelborne Miami Beach. Free. Just have to spend 250 in food and beverage

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