First Carnival cruise

Carnival Horizon Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 32

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Carnival Horizon

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 27, 2021

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14217

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Wonderful time on our first cruise with Carnival. Booked another on the Mardi Gras.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very fast. Was on the ship in 15 to 20 minutes.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
MDR food was very good. Lido marketplace buffet not so much, very repetitive. Guy's burgers were awesome. Didn't do specialty restaurants. Doughnuts, shakes, and specialty coffee at Blue Java we're awesome.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Lots of things to do, hubby did the ropes course and sky bikes, had a great time. Deck parties were awesome. Mini golf was a blast.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The shows were very good but Soulbound was exceptional. The visual effects and the vocals were wonderful. A must see!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Exceptional service everywhere on board. All the staff were happy and went above and beyond.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The staff were always cleaning, hand rails, walls, everything was clean. Ship layout was good. Things were easy to find and maps everywhere. Elevators were the hardest to figure out but once you did it was easy.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Very clean. Perfect size for my hubby and I. Very comfortable.

Ship tip

Enjoy yourself and live for the moment.

Ports of call

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Beautiful island. Did a great safari jeep tour with "Uncle Don". Fun times, excursion through Carnival. Highly recommend.

Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

5 out of 5
Lots of history, beautiful place. Would like to go back.

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5
Left from here. Fun city.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Not bad. A few people went down ahead of time causing some congestion and the escalators went down for a little while in the terminal but that was resolved quickly. The wit for the bus to the airport was long and confusing.
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10 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

Laborde    2 years ago

Nice!... We did the same, booked on Carnival Horizon on 9/25/22 as soon as we got off Carnival Elation last month. This cruising thing is highly addictive!!!

Kracka    2 years ago

Impressive! Appreciate all your comments and truly makes me even more excited for February. We're huge fans of Carnival as well; all it took was 1 and we were hooked.

izrgreen    2 years ago

Thank you for the review

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

byhisgrace    2 years ago

Thank you so much for your review. We went on the horizon 3/2020, we're scheduled for 12/5 but got canceled, and we are on the Mardi gras in 1/2022

AdmiralJAH    2 years ago

Thanks for your review 🦜😎

cruising2004    2 years ago

Thank you for sharing your experience

javawoody    2 years ago

Glad you enjoyed carnival

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