Felt Great to be Cruising Again

Item: Carnival Horizon
Rating: 4.7
Author: tropiks009

Carnival Horizon Cruise Review

tropiks009

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 18, 2023

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1456

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

The Cruise on Horizon was truly wonderful. People on board were very friendly and everyone appeared to really be enjoying life again. It was so good to see. I felt safe with washing hands often, hand sanitizer all over the ship and hand washing machines you insert your hands in on the Lido Buffet deck. The ship is kept extremely clean with the bottom of my shoes really clean. I used dedicated flip flops for cabin and one set for ship and both stayed extremely clean

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Rooms were available at 1:30 pm. On our Sign and Sail card showed our Muster Station. We went there first to sign in for our Safety Drill. We had about 10 people and took about 5-7 minutes. Great improvement from previous sailings

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

The Carnival Hub App was used for everything From moment to moment activities to Dinner reservations for Anytime Seating. There was lack of communication about this from Carnival and we found out from previous Cruisers. Even purchasing pictures from Pixels. They had a Hub store all Digital and also downloads on your App We found the food pretty good with much variety Guys Burgers was excellent. The homemade pizza excellent. We did Brunch 2 sea days and was good but remember to check in for reservation to be seated

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Celestial Strings- Do not miss this Show. It was Excellent . From the backgrounds, to Costumes, Singing and Violinists. It was shown at the end of Cruise on Friday and only two shows.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

From Evelyn room Steward to Lanie on Serenity Deck. The ship was spotless. The Service excellent including dining. The last night we had dinner we noticed a waiter cutting the food for a little girl in a high chair. Making sure she had a napkin to keep her dress and chin clean and even hand fed her with a fork. I was amazed and Never saw this on any sailing. The time and care he took for excellent customer service

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Be prepared to walk. It is a huge ship. My feet were swollen by last day. Probably from xtra salt in food to xtra alcohol in casino. Not sure as I power walk 4 times a week in a pool . We brought our water jugs that hold 16 oz and drank that plus water at breakfast and dinner . Swelling was down a day after we got back. I may switch to bottled water next cruise . We had a cappuccino every afternoon and you can ask for card to be stamped as we got a free one after 6 drinks and they were 3.50 sm 4.50 Lg. We use stevia which is offered on ship

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We were in the basement but had a very large window. Our room was window Deluxe. The deluxe added a second bathroom that had a tub shower and sink. This was really nice. We could get ready at the same time for leaving the ship or meals. Very quiet deck as the next deck up was Family Harbor where most kids with parents stayed.

Ship tip

DO IT!!!!!

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

4 out of 5

La Romana, Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

We had to be out of cabin by 8:30am. We went to deck 5 to sit and wait and we were called at 10:00 to disembark. It went pretty quick. They just scan your card and if it shows green check mark that’s it. You go to look for your luggage you tagged the night before . The ship gives number tags according to early check out or late checkout. You can take your own luggage off or put out by 11pm night before to be taken to cruise port where you will pickup upon departure. That went fine the horror was getting a cab. We waited a 1,000 person line to get one back to our hotel. Across from this area was the bays where people were waiting for Uber and Lyft . They were in the hot Miami sun and it was just as bad if not worse . Our fee was 35.00 for both in taxi to hotel east of Mia airport. I was told it was double for Uber or Lyft as they charge p/p where taxi charges per ride. Not sure if accurate as this was hearsay

Traveler Photos

Excellent entertainment with plenty of seating in atrium nightly

Very large ship- I walked at least 4 miles a day

Anytime Seating for dinner- You must use Hub app to check in. We were seated every evening within 10 minutes. Many passengers did not know they had to use app for reservations and were very upset for lack of communication about this

Lanie worked on the Serenity deck and she kept the area immaculate. What a kind cheerful person who enjoyed her work daily

9 Comments

natelorip 1 year ago

Glad you had a great time. Thanks for sharing.

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msHorizon 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing- traveling in 111 days

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lisapanayotoff 1 year ago

Thank you for your positive review. When I think of where we all were just twos years ago, it makes me sad to see the negative reviews on here. I feel so grateful just to be sailing again. Maybe it’s not perfect and maybe food isn’t always great, but I don’t think a lot of things are the same as before COVID, at least your not home cooking , cleaning and working and that is amazing. Relax and enjoy every moment, it goes by so fast.

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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lsbs 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing.

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MrCRUISER444 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us. Great info.

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envy1219 1 year ago

Thank you sharing

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed review. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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Other reviews of this sailing

We had an amazing time, the staff and the accommodations was phenomenal. Just booked another cruise Jan 2024..

Awesome vacation!

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