Fantastic first time on Horizon

Carnival Horizon Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Carnival Horizon

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 06, 2022

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin number: 4277

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Our first time on Horizon - will be going back - enjoyed all the food, drink and entertainment.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Quick and Easy - had a 1000 embarkation time - got over to the port at 0930 - processed quickly with VeriFly and was onboard no later than 1100

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Main dining and buffet were great as well as the specialty restaurants - noting to complain about here - food was good and plentiful

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Enjoyed the hot tub up on the Serenity deck and the aft hot tub by the pool - that was about as active as we got

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The shows were fantastic - Soulbound and Celestial Strings were truly amazing - loved all the shows and the cast members.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
We had a Family Harbor room and Roldan (took care of everything) in the lounge was fantastic. Our room steward TaTang was great, made sure everything was taken care of and we had plenty of ice. Alexandra and Luciano at the Pig and Anchor Brewhouse kept the beers cold and coming. Alchemy amazing as usual - Annamariea and Nelson could not have provided a better atmosphere.,

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Every things was well maintained - crew members constantly coming around and cleaning and various other crew members in white and blue jump suits where constantly see painting, cleaning, and moving in and out of various compartments taking care of the ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Ocean View cabin TBD selected - assigned a Family Harbor Handicap Accessible cabin - cabin had plenty of room, but was missing a sofa or chair to sit on other than the bed. Spend a bit of time down in the Family Harbor Lounge. Carnival needs to rethink their handicap cabins, if I was disabled and needed to use a wheel chair, I would like somewhere else to sit beside on the bed.

Ship tip

Great ship, plenty of places to sit, walk, relax and talk

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5
Prior to our cruise stayed one night at the Holiday Inn - directly across from Bayside Market and 5 minutes from the port

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Loved Aruba

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
Went on a great tour

La Romana, Dominican Republic Did not visit port

Stayed on the ship - they are currently building facilities

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
Went on a Mega Truck 10 Best Places and Lunch great time

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
A little slow in calling off Muster stations and luggage tags - no control people just getting in line and streaming off
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