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Carnival Horizon Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 27

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
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Carnival Horizon

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 05, 2022

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9219

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

We truly enjoyed going to all the ports but was probably one of the worst cruises we ever had on ship. We loved this ship the first time but it was really different this time. We are not cruisers that require a lot but it was totally out of Carnival character. This was our fifth cruise since they started back and it was truly the worst.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
It was actually the best part of the ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Our second time on Horizon and it definitely has went downhill. The food quality and service was not up to usual standard for Carnival. The food selection was the same every day and it took hours to eat in main dining room. Crew all seemed new and untrained.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
IMAX theater was great.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Watched some performances on ship that were really good.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Too many passengers for the amount of crew. All the crew seemed new and untrained. We hardly saw any officers around like on other ships. Stand forever waiting to be seated and then nobody knew the table numbers.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Liked ship layout but not clean as normal.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Liked our cabin but room cleaning was rushed because too many rooms to clean. Forgotten towels etc that never happened before.

Ship tip

Wait until they get more organized

Ports of call

Miami, Florida Did not visit port

Drove in and out

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
No we have been twice and rented side by side and went to places we love.

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
Yes we did the tour of the city. It was great. Loved the beauty of it.

La Romana, Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
Loved it and did the train tour.

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
We did the mega truck tour and it was fantastic. One of the best we have ever done.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Terrible so disorganized
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7 Comments

Laborde    2 years ago

We're booked on Sept 25th for our 7th anniversary and I'm praying their service gets better by then. Thank you very much for your feedback. So your next cruise is flawless.

FLCruiseGirl    2 years ago

I completely agree with you.. Just got off the ship March 13th and couldn't have had a worse carnival cruise. Ship was very beautiful but Food was awful, service was not the best And we had a problem in our state room that no one came to fix after we complained. Hope they get their stuff together before my October cruise!

natelorip    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing. Hopefully everything is better by the time we sail the Horizon in 2024.

bienfang10    2 years ago

We've never had problem with food or anything...since 2012...love em....

RetiredRay    2 years ago

Glad I have the Panorama, although they recently changed out the crew so 🤞.

leog    2 years ago

Sorry the cruise was not good. Was on Horizon in September 21 and everything was exemplary. Dont know what happened?Maybe a crew switch?

CurlyCruiserYAY    2 years ago

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