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Carnival Horizon Cruise Review

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Reviews: 6
Helpful Votes: 122

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
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Carnival Horizon

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 05, 2022

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7450

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

First cruise since 2019 after many pandemic delays! We couldn't have been happier to be back onboard and loved every day.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Miami terminal is fast & easy. We were from taxi to room in 20 minutes.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Everything we ate was really good. We did avoid the buffet for obvious reasons.

Guy's Burger Joint

5 out of 5

Mandatory sea day lunch spot!

Guy's Pig & Anchor BBQ Smokehouse Brewhouse

5 out of 5

Dinner 3 nights! I loved it but my wife was so-so about it.

Fahrenheit 555 Steakhouse

5 out of 5

Night #1 and always a delicious meal with fantastic service.

Cucina del Capitano

5 out of 5

Wonderful meal for our final night.

Bonsai Teppanyaki

5 out of 5

First time trying this specialty restaurant and it was a ton of fun!

Bonsai Sushi

5 out of 5

My wife ate here nearly daily and loved it! Amazing service.

BlueIguana Cantina

5 out of 5

Ate here daily.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Cloud 9 Spa

5 out of 5

Couples massage, facial, nails, and a shave for us and we loved all treatments.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Carnival Multiplex

5 out of 5

This was fun. We saw a 3D underwater ocean movie.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Above & beyond every step of the way!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Havana Premium Vista Balcony. Rear corner wraparound. Best cabin we've ever had; loved the layout! Beats the suite we had on our last cruise.

Ship tip

If you're an adult couple sailing without children, be sure to look at the Havana section!

Ports of call

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5
We walked to the beach.

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5
Expensive and tries too hard to be fancy for Instagram types...

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
Gorgeous with plenty to do! We loved Ocean World where we swam with dolphins, sea lions, and sharks.

La Romana, Dominican Republic

2 out of 5
Nothing here. Lack of excursions.

Willemstad, Curacao

3 out of 5
Mainly a port for shopping.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Always a cluster... But having the Carnival airport transportation pre-booked helps.
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