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Carnival Horizon Cruise Review

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 38

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Carnival Horizon

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 19, 2022

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7334

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

The most fun weā€™ve had in a while. Weā€™d rather cruise than do any other vacation out there!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Simple. We had an arrival time to check in at 1:30-2:00pm but our Airbnb kicked us out at 11. We arrived to port Miami at 11:30 and they let us right through! No line and they were super duper well staffed! They checked the vaccine cards and all documents thoroughly which was reassuring! Even easier than before Covid.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Amazing! However, I am gluten-free and they were slacking a bit on the GF bread. They swapped up the GF hamburger buns and pizza crust and honestly, the new brand is disgusting. I ordered Guys burger without the bun going forward because it was just so unbearable. It was worse than Udiā€™s and Udiā€™s is at the bottom of the chain for me. But, the main dining hall was AMAZING! They are so so so sweet and so accommodating. Prime rib was amazing! Mexican restaurant is always amazing & the Italian restaurant accommodated me too!! So so so good!!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We loved Bingo & Deal or No Deal. Fun activities around the boat. Only thing lacking was the amount of announcement. I felt like communication slacked a little bit but, the HubApp is super up to date and convenient! I love the updates!!

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Comedians were amazing except one of them šŸ˜‚. We saw two playlist shows and we really enjoyed them! Love & marriage show was so funny and Deal or No Deal was so much fun to play! We had a blast.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The sweetest as usual. Erin the cruise director was so funny!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Cleaning NONSTOP. I felt safer on this vacation then any other vacation Iā€™ve taken during covid. Seriously. They were ALWAYS cleaning! 10/10 šŸ‘

Ship tip

Use the day in La Romana to go on the sky ride & explore the ship!

Ports of call

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
GORGEOUS! We used the free resort and then when we got there we rented 2 ā€œvip chairsā€ which included cushioned chairs poolside, umbrella, personal bar attendant, and flotation devises!! It was totally worth it for $35 per person we stayed the entire day. The pool was super clean & so was the bathroom. Zip line was $20 per person which was sorda crazy but you can go ā€œunlimitedā€ times. We passed on it because we didnā€™t think weā€™d go more than once down it but we had so much! They played music all day and thereā€™s a few food options in the area.

Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

5 out of 5
Our new favorite place in the world! We booked a golf cart from Bonaire cruisers for $95 for the day and we drove around exploring! It was so much fun. The island is incredible and so clean. The beaches are breathtaking but bring water shoes! Bonaire cruisers isnt through the cruise line but it is super popular so email them ahead of time to book a golf cart!! We stopped at Island Oasis and oh my goodnessā€¦ IT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5
Gorgeous! We went on the Kuku Konukoo tour and our tour guide Carlos was a riot! We were able to get to the beach for about 3 hours after a few site seeing stops around the island. We stopped at Eagle beach and the beach chairs were included. The excursion wasnā€™t too expensive and it was definitely worth it for our first time in Aruba! After the excursion we went on board to eat, rest, and went back off to shop & grab dinner since we were there until 11:00pm. We went to a restaurant nearby on the water and it was horrible šŸ˜‚ we ended up coming back on board to eat but the sunset and shopping was worth it!

La Romana, Dominican Republic

3 out of 5
No good excursions but we stayed in port and shopped around. Some good stores! We used the day to sleep in and go on the sky ride!

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5
Easy departure

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We ordered the 8am shuttle to Miami airport and it was worth it! We met in the lounge and boarded the bus early and got to Miami by 8:30. So much easier than an Uber and less expensive!!
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9 Comments

CurlyCruiserYAY    2 years ago

javawoody    2 years ago

Appreciate the review

crumcrushers    2 years ago

Thats exactly how I fe. I think its also the safest way to vaca right now

Leonardw2021    2 years ago

Nice review. Thanks

natelorip    2 years ago

Thanks for the detailed review. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

Kracka    2 years ago

We feel the same!

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

RetiredRay    2 years ago

Nice, sounds like my kind of sailing.

blackholesun    2 years ago

Thanks for the review

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