Horizon was Excellent

Carnival Horizon Cruise Review

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 31

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Carnival Horizon

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 16, 2021

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 2390

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 3 years ago

Review summary

It was a wonderful cruise and can’t wait to go again!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
My checkin was 11:30 am. Everything went really fast.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Excellent dining and variety of food.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Lots to do on board.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
I loved the violins. Ethan at the piano bar was great, and the production crew was good. The comedians were bad except for one. One kept forgetting his jokes and even read off his notes…it was awkward and disappointing as I usually love the comedians.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The crew were fantastic and made the cruise so wonderful.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
So impressed with how clean the ship was. They were even cleaning the rails frequently.

Ship tip

Please don’t slam your cabin door, there was a big problem w that on this cruise.

Ports of call

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
Booked the dolphin, sea lion, and nursing shark encounter through Carnival at Ocean World. Was so much fun to spend time w the animals and get my picture taken w them. I highly recommend. It’s about 10 or 15 min bus ride to Ocean World. The port itself looked amazing. Had about 1.5 hrs to explore the port upon return. Lots of shops and pools and zip lining in port. Lots of trees, it was a beautiful port.

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
A handful of people on board booked the Dive Bus independently so before the cruise I signed up for a beginner scuba diving course. I highly recommend them, they are Awsome for beginners and I felt safe the entire time underwater as the master diver was next to me the whole time. Took a taxi there for $30 (about a 15 min ride to the diving place) and then we all shared a taxi on our way back.

La Romana, Dominican Republic

1 out of 5
Was very disappointed w this stop. Nothing there and there were drummers and a trombone blaring the whole time I could even hear through the port side deck door.

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Beautiful! Went on the Atlantis submarine and that was cool. You actually walk to the pier to get on a boat to the submarine. Then I got a taxi to Eagle beach. Taxi was $15 one way. Wonderful beach! Can’t wait to go back to Aruba.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Fast embarkation. I tried staying on as long as I could because I had a later flight. Next time I wouldn’t hesitate to get a late morning flight.
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6 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

GerryBCruisin    3 years ago

Thanks for taking the time to share your review.

jameeh    3 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise. Wow, can't imagine attending a comedy show and watching a comedian read their notes. Obviously not ready for prime time!

AuntPinkie    3 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

Curt34    3 years ago

Glad you had a great cruise. Thanks for the review.

cruising2004    3 years ago

Thank you for sharing your experience

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