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Carnival Horizon Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Carnival Horizon

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 19, 2022

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Beautiful ship. Great crew and a truly wonderful experience! We recommend this trip so much that we are booked again for next year

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Was rather easy and quick

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Excellent, especially the steakhouse, Italian, BBQ and pizza

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We mainly stayed by the pool, which was constantly attended to by staff

Entertainment

4 out of 5
We saw three shows. First was pretty good, but it seemed as though some dancers missed their cues. Barely noticeable, though. The second show was just a concert because I found out that new dancers to the group were still learning the moves. The third show, called Celestial Strings was PHENOMENAL!!

Children's Programs

Although delayed by 11 years, this was effectively our honeymoon. How many couples bring their children on their honeymoon?? Lol

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Staff always had smiles as they went about their work. Despite them wearing masks, one could tell they were smiling.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
We’d never sailed this class of ship. Great layout and Carnival’s new livery looked really nice

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We had a Havana interior. We’d never had an interior before. Better for sleeping but not so good for keeping track of time of day. But the bed was comfy and the room was a nice size.

Ship tip

If you’re not sailing with children under 12, the Havana Experience on the Vista-class ships is worth the extra money

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5
Home port. No big deal but the terminal was nice

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5
We shopped the duty free shops and walked around. Lots of pushy salespeople in the streets

Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

4 out of 5
Shopped and returned

La Romana, Dominican Republic

4 out of 5
Shopped again. Picked up some neat stuff

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic Did not visit port

We were just in the Dominican Republic the day beforw

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
We did self-assist. Took us over three hours to off of the boat. It disrupted our travel plans.

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6 Comments

venetianjoe    2 years ago

Nothing better then a great cruise experience!

natelorip    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us m

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for the review

Leonardw2021    2 years ago

Thank you for your review my and your tip is very helpful

blackholesun    2 years ago

Thanks for the review, great tip

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