Promised a lot more than was delivered

Item: Carnival Horizon
Rating: 2.4
Author: eriquezzomark03

Carnival Horizon Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

eriquezzomark03

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

2.4 out of 5

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6 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 07, 2024

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14229

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

Could’ve been better and I won’t ever sail Carnival again.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

I paid for Priority and this is the one place it actually helps you with Carnival

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Food was okay, the staff in the dining is the best part of the ships amenities, due to the lines that will be at everything else on Horizon

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Pools always full, serenity deck for adults closes bar at 6pm and hot tubs at 10pm. The kids are open all night, but always full even at 3am

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Only good performer on this boat was comedian. The rest is for theater kids which I am not

Children's Programs

I did not bring children

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Room stewards and waiters get 5 stars the rest is why it is 3

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Poor design, really poor elevator quality

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Good cabin, better if spa amenities included weren’t always full of non spa guests

Ship tip

Sail MSC if you aren’t bringing kids and don’t like theater. Carnival is a carnival like the carnies that used to ride through town

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

2 out of 5

Lots of homeless people, Tony the slayer stays right by the river and comfort suites. Be careful here

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Falmouth, Jamaica

1 out of 5

Did not port due to weather? Or the Carnival Magic’s destruction of Ocho Rios port has Jamaica more upset at Carnival then they will tell you

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George Town, Grand Cayman

3 out of 5

Lack of infrastructure on a UK island, lack of amenities other than the excursion from Carnival. We did the Sea turtle excursion here which was good, but would’ve been better if in the ocean and not a wade pool inland (Pretty nasty) since turtles aren’t the cleanliest of creatures

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Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

Snorkel with stingrays and sharks, best part of our whole trip due to lack of amenities on ship and loss of port at Jamaica

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Fine but not great

15 Comments

1rick1 7 months ago

Thank you for sharing.

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CruiselineAdmin 7 months ago

@riquezzomark03 Per Carnival's website: There are 2 elegant evenings. The first Cruise Elegant evening is scheduled for the 3rd or 4th day of the cruise; the second Cruise Elegant evening is scheduled for the 4th or 5th day before the end of the cruise, schedules permitting.

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ggeane 7 months ago

We have been on a couple of cruises where unsupervised kids were a pain in the ass. It took a complaint to rectify the problem.

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Gwbigdog 7 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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oo1emilie 7 months ago

🤔

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natelorip 7 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

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wynwyn 7 months ago

What were you promised that you didn’t get? You need to be more specific when writing a review.

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javawoody 7 months ago

WOW

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Flcruisepro 7 months ago

Thanks for the review.

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cbyron3 7 months ago

Our recent Horizon cruise was wonderful. Folks without the thermal suites package can not access that area of the spa. You need a special card. Sorry Grand Cayman didn't meet your standards. They should train the turtles to be in the ocean but to come up to shore when you arrive.

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littledophins 7 months ago

Carnival horizon 6 night cruise is there 1 or 2 formal nights

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cruising2004 7 months ago

So what all was promised?

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okhappy493 7 months ago

Our trip on the Horizon in 2022 was fabulous, I hate it when the kids are open all night, they should close the kids around 8pm.

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HeavySeas 7 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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missnotanlines 7 months ago

Went on the Horizon last month and did not encounter any of this

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