not enough deck chairs To accommodate this many thousands of people . Too much Poor quality unhealthyfood.

Carnival Horizon Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5
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Carnival Horizon

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 28, 2019

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2450

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Yeah January on this cruise was wonderful disappointed the excursions and lack of entertainment for teens if you're going to take away the volleyball courts make sure you take them away from the advertisements and let people who are know that they're not offered. our kids never got to play any games everything was for 18 and over on board in terms of basketball volleyball games in dodgeball disappointing as the teen club is not frequented by any

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Fine

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Quality was ok. Too much junk offered everywhere. Very little fresh fruit. We were on a family harbor level there was a lot of junk food and ice cream no fresh fruit for healthy options offered it was not a good alternative to eating in restaurants

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Really disappointed they tWe were on a family harbor level there was a lot of junk food and took away the volleyball court that was the main reason we booked our kids loved it on the other cruises. Sports games on deck that offered for teens were for 18 and over

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Didn't see much that was good quality.

Children's Programs

2 out of 5
Teen club is pretty lame our kids wouldn't go back Really attended and not much going on there

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Everyone was present and attentive. Staff seemed overworked stress and complain a lot but I guess that's par for the course

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
The ship is massive I do their best to try to make it work. S Staff works tirelessly to try to keep up with the hordes of people stuffing their faces crumbs everywhere

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Really missed having a balcony but the fact that they fit the five of us in one room was great

Ship tip

Don't book a cruise with too many days at sea because there's not enough deck chairs for this size shit too many people not enough space to enjoy the beautiful weather outside

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5
Enjoy staying in sunny Isles the night before the Cruise

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5
It's a nice stop because the beach is beautiful but it's way too crowded if you stay near the port

La Romana, Dominican Republic

2 out of 5
Really disappointed that carnival would offer an excursion to Punta Cana where there is no fish to see and no life preservers were given to us to snorkel with it was a $650 waste of money Julia booze cruise and not a family outing for

Willemstad, Curacao

3 out of 5
Beautiful island go out and explore on your own it's great snorkeling with caps are not

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5
Great snorkeling reasonable cab fares to get to the beach

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Fine
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5 Comments

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Better luck next cruise

Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

We are checking into the Horizon. Think we would love it

CruzeFan    4 years ago

Try cruising when school is in session and never cruise during holidays or Spring Break if you prefer less crowds.

vicki018    4 years ago

Wow, we were just on the Horizon mid November 8 night cruise our experience was totally different!! We found chairs by one of pools, or just in the pool. Food was amazing, there was tons of fresh fruit, at the buffet if we didn't see what we wanted we asked and they got it for us. The staff was so friendly never seemed stressed! We didn't have kids but there was alot of activities available for everyone ! Sorry you experience wasn't good for you!!

DerekMire    4 years ago

Cruising is not for kids it's for adults

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