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Carnival Horizon Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
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Carnival Horizon

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 09, 2023

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8244

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

total cauos at the port. traffic was stopped everywhere. had to park 4 stations away from our loading area and carry all of our luggage with us. by the time I got to finally boarded the ship, I was already to go home. very BAD experiance!!

Embarkation

1 out of 5
6 hours late getting off of ship. missed 2 flights home. extra $700.00 flight fee, motel cost $160.00

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
main dinning foos was good at best. specialty dining was excellent. service in both was excellent

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
pool. hang with family and friends shopping

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
room service was excellent. main dining was excellent. genearal staff was very good

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
elevator took 2 days to learn. layout was well

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
very clean. lay out was good. balconny door whitled badly to the first 6 nights. very windy and it came from our room direction. rough waters ,so the bed banged all 6 nights. no sleep

Ship tip

learn the new elavator system

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

1 out of 5
loading and unloading was terrible. very crowded !!!

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5
seemed a little unnerving. weather was great.

Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

5 out of 5
favorite port. more casual. easier feeling about the port

La Romana, Dominican Republic

4 out of 5
did the walking excursion. lots of knowedge about the port area,

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

4 out of 5
excursion cancelled because of high seas and wind. just anouther tourist gift shop

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
terrible !!! high wing and rough seas delayed us 6 hours. CHAOS debarking
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14 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Frogboo95     10 months ago

Always get insurance when flying

Sogmoore     10 months ago

Thanks for sharing

steve126     11 months ago

Trip insurance

Fuchsia     11 months ago

Weather can be a factor during every cruise, flights should not be made early due to factors unknown on debarkation day, always take your patience while on vacation.

WorldCrusinJW     11 months ago

Thanks for the detailed review

natelorip     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing. Sorry mother nature interrupted your good time.

beachmomof2     11 months ago

Off ship at 4pm. Communication is key and horizon could learn from paradise how to deal with weather disaster

Schoenbauer     11 months ago

Port of Miami is always crazy crowded. You have multiple ships coming and going. NEW Orleans and Galveston are much easier to navigate. Just need to pack your patients and take everything in stride.

cruising2004     11 months ago

There are multiple reasons why embarkation and debarkation can and will be delayed which is not the cruise line’s fault. Always book flights after noon.

karlgrgurich     11 months ago

Another good reason to book a later flight home.

Niavlys     11 months ago

Another low rating for Carnival. Whats going on...

Gwbigdog     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody     11 months ago

Appreciate the update

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