Southern Caribbean Carnival Horizon Southern Caribbean Cruise Reviews

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CARNIVAL HORIZON QUICK REVIEW

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vadersprincess12
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We sailed the ABC Islands on the Horizon and enjoyed each port stop. The ship itself is a nice ship but we are finding that we prefer the smaller ships as the large ships just seem too crowded. As usual cruise food is hit or miss and it seems that the menus are the same on each ship. For the life of me I cannot understand the elevator lobbies being right in front of the restaurants; ...
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Sail Date: September 2023


First carnival cruise

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Jsmarchesano
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

We chose this cruise because we were not thrilled with our last Royal Caribbean cruise, and we loved the stops (we hadn't been to any of them before), plus we could put all five us in a room together for a reasonable cost. It was our first Carnival Cruise (we had done Princess and Royal Caribbean before). Embarkation was extremely easy and quick. We left our hotel on the shuttle at 1015am. At ...
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Sail Date: July 2023

Cabin Type: Family Harbor Suite

Traveled with children


COVID cutbacks are significant!

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DRstinks
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

Food was ok but almost exact same thing EVERY day on Lido. The MDR’s served the same items just a tad more formal for the vast majority of the menu… Quality/temp etc. all sub par but you could eat at Guys burgers or tacos/burritos and both were great. Cabin steward and photographers also terrific. Cruise director made a few announcements and I saw him briefly once - other than that no ...
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Sail Date: May 2023

Cabin Type: Balcony

Traveled with disabled person


Only good thing was the cruise director, "Donkey"

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badba2
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We chose this cruise because we had never been to the ABC Islands. We got a really good price. The food was nothing to write home about. It was pretty well organized. Our cabin was not fully cleaned when we got there. Debarkation process took a long time. We had to wait in lines a long time. The cruise director, Donkey, was fabulous. He wants to go to Alaska but he was told he was too high energy ...
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Sail Date: April 2022

Cabin Type: Balcony


First Covid Impacted Cruise, First time on Carnival

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shadowcat67
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

Why did we choose this cruise? - We cruised the ABCs before and like it with Royal Caribbean and wanted to go again. - Itinerary ended up getting changed from Bonaire to Dominican Republic. For us that was fine, never been. The only problem was that the times at the different port was significantly reduced. Curacao was only til 3pm and La Romana didn't start until Noon and ended at ...
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Sail Date: September 2021

Cabin Type: Balcony


1st cruise since re-start from an expierenced cruiser.

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themmm1
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

I chose this cruise because CCl gave me a great deal.It was the 2nd cruise from fl. by CCL since the sutdown.I have been on about 50 cruises,mostly with CCL& the purpose of this review is not tradional,but rather to compare pre&post covid cruises.I can not comment on embarkation procedures be cause of airline delays(jet blue)I got on the ship at the last minute.I provided I do not I I my ...
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Sail Date: July 2021


Disappointed

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FL_Cruzr
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Just got back last Sunday from an 8 day trip on the Horizon (3/15). I have cruised on 35+ cruises and this was my least favorite. Embarkation was a breeze and there was no wait. We ate in the dining room 6 nights and not once was my meal satisfactory. The entree was always over cooked and dry. The main dining room service was excellent. We at Jiji's one night and it was the best meal of the ...
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Sail Date: March 2020


CASINO BLUES....Bad non smoking section and rude casino boss

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LungGuide
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

I’m a player. I usually cruise for free on RCL and Norwegian; however, I paid to be on this Carnival Horizon because I like where they go, and Carnival is a fun ship. But I am so disappointed with casino. FREE DRINKS only when you are sitting at the slots or table. You can’t go to the bar and order. You must wait forever for a waiter to take and then get you drink. There is a 15 drink ...
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Sail Date: February 2020

Cabin Type: Cloud 9 Spa Interior

Traveled with disabled person


Relaxing

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pambecause
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

When getting to port embarkation went smoothly. Cabin was in the family harbour inside was concerned that there would be noise from children but this was a comp room so just happy to be on cruise, the noise was never a problem. The area that you can get a small meal or snack was very convenient. The staff was on top of making sure it was stocked only problem was older person on scooter was running ...
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Sail Date: February 2020

Cabin Type: Family Harbor Interior


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jmcathome
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Choice this cruise as a group trip to try a new ship. Ship was fine but not too my liking. Plenty to do . Went to Ft. Lauderdale on Friday night . Drove to Miami on Sat morning and parked at Safe Cruise parking and took a shuttle to ship. Very could parking in enclosed garage. Quick shuttle to and from the port. Arrived at ship about 1030 and went directly onto the ship after filling out a ...
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Sail Date: February 2020

Cabin Type: Balcony


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