Definitely coulda been better

Item: Carnival Horizon
Rating: 3.8
Author: jessyess

Carnival Horizon Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

jessyess

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 14

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

Verified Review

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 30, 2024

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 9214

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 8 months ago

Review summary

First solo cruise and carnival should have done better. I’ve had much better with yall

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Fast and easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The specialty restaurants were good but the main wasn’t good.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Pool serenity deck

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Georgia was friendly but not the normal fun cruise director. The djs were ok. But the comedians were great both of them. I’m used to a great crew who are fun not just collecting check.

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Iputu was amazing. He understood the assignment. He was the only one got tips. Anything I needed he was always reachable. I expected more service when I wasn’t at the bar. No bar service for the 5th decking smoking and we always had to ask somebody to send someone over to the jacuzzi in the serenity. Even if they had no one at the bar. Success was always moving coming where he saw ppl he knew wanted drinks.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

No they left the upper smoke pit sticky for a whole night didn’t clean up until morning.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

That was great

Ship tip

Expect to relax. The crew is not entertaining as others.

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Kralendijk, Bonaire

3 out of 5

We should have had a shorter day in Bonaire it wasn’t much to do there.

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Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

This should have had been the longest stay. It had much more to do. Went on the banana bus and they almost had us back right on time. Checked the reviews it’s always late. But the driver was rude when we were upset he made us stand for an hour waiting on him to pull back up

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La Romana, Dominican Republic Did not visit port

The 4 days back to back is a little exhausting. I’m used to having a break in between ports at least one

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Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Triple adventure with lunch was amazing. No complaints the tour guides were very thorough in explaining safety and what we would be doing

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Very fast

8 Comments

lsbs 8 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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outtoseapatty 8 months ago

Thank you for sharing. Seems individuals perceive people differently. My husband n I sometimes do re the same event on a cruise.

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1960cruiser 8 months ago

I've been on two Carnival cruises and found both to be adequate for a cruise, but nothing special. Carnival is a bit cheaper, but mostly older ships and rowdy passengers, which is not my preference for being a good cruise.

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Gwbigdog 8 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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oo1emilie 8 months ago

Sorry your cruise didn't overall meet your expectations. We recently went on our second cruise with Georgia and she was awesome. I swear we saw her more than we have ever seen any CD (except Matt Mitchum). She even remembered our 2 year old from the other cruise!

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javawoody 8 months ago

Appreciate your comments

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natelorip 8 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

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cruising2004 8 months ago

Thank you for your review.

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