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Carnival Horizon®

SHIP OVERVIEW

The line that brings the sea and the sky together inspired to build a ship that unites you with great fun, comfort, dining and exotic destinations. And most importantly, unites you with one another. It's Carnival Horizon! This ship doesn't just do it a little bit, either. First, Carnival Horizon goes big with the two-screen Carnival Multiplex®, which brings together one theater packed with huge IMAX® action and one with 3D visuals, incredible motion effects and more! This ship keeps things flowing with an onboard waterpark that splashes you more than a little — Dr. Seuss WaterWorks™ splashes you oodles, with a little help from the wacky characters everybody loves. Go for a bike ride way, way above it all at SkyRide®. The Punchliner Comedy Club™ and Playlist Productions™ are just two of your top entertainment picks, while Lip Sync Battle™. Carnival is your chance to take all the talent you packed before you left home and show it off, up on stage.

  • CRUISES
  • STATISTICS

STATISTICS

  • Year Built

    2018
  • Year Refurbished

  • Year Entered Present Fleet

  • Country of Registry

  • Tonnage (GRT)

    133500
  • PAX (basis 2)

    7908
  • Max Pax (inc. Uppers)

    3954
  • Passenger Decks

    14
  • Number of Crew

    1450
  • Officers' Nationality

  • Cruise/Hotel Staff Nationality

STATEROOMS

  • Suites

    74
  • Balcony

    0
  • Oceanview

    254
  • Oceanview No Balcony

    0
  • Oceanview With Balcony

    0
  • Balconies

    887
  • Interior

    772
  • Accessible

    20
  • Total Number of Accommodations

    1000
  • SUITE
  • BALCONY
  • OCEANVIEW
  • INSIDE

Deck Plans

SHIP REVIEWS

OVERALL RATING

4.6

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Based on 19 reviews

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Cruise reviews reflect the opinions of travel editors and cruisers/ readers and may not represent those of our company.

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Not my favorite ship

JUNE

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PROS

2 bathroom in my cabins

CONS

My grands didn't enjoy the child care. The food wasn't that great for dinner.

RECOMMENDED

No

Marti Gra was hard to top. It was my favorite ship. Horizon entertainment wasn't as good either. I don't wanna get back on this ship. The posts were great stops.

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Enjoyable vacation

APRIL

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PROS

Never felt crowded

CONS

The magic elevator

RECOMMENDED

Yes

Most vacationers didn’t understand the elevator system. Embarkation day our elevator bank was used for luggage and we had to find a housekeeper staff to get to deck 14 (our cabin). There were enough places for the over 4500 people to relax and we never felt crowded. The kids water park was great. Being older & mobility challenged, I found a lot of the furniture too low. Ma

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Bonaire

JULY

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The staff

CONS

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We have been on several cruises. Carnival is still the Fun Cruise

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Survey

MAY

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PROS

Most activities were fun and memorable, staff was friendly

CONS

Getting back from port at Cayman Island was chaotic and elderly and handicapp shouldn’t have to wait in that long line in extreme heat, white party was what I expected, food wasn’t that great, took too long to get a drink

RECOMMENDED

Yes

Bar staff Shan(Jamaica)was great

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Pros and cons

MAY

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Easy to get on the ship

CONS

The food in the dining room was very small portions. After we ate we went to the buffet to get filled up.

RECOMMENDED

No

There was a lot of noisy people. There was a fight on our floor. Getting off the ship wasn’t too bad. I’m done with Carnival. They use to have a great reputation but it has gone downhill.

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Carnival Horizon Southern Caribbean

JANUARY

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PROS

Smaller crowds, good burgers and pizza

CONS

Same food at buffet every morning. Disembarking process was out of control

RECOMMENDED

Yes

Nice ship, but does show its age a little. Items that needed attention were quickly resolved by crew members. Plenty to do for 2 days while on the water. Crew was wonderful and attentive, but they need more people to fill drink orders. Dinning staff was great and a joy to have around. Very attentive to your dinner needs. Overall a great time and we would go on this ship again.

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Review of Horizon

FEBRUARY

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PROS

Was clean, lots of options for food, lots of activities

CONS

lack of Adult Only areas, pools. Have the adult area on the front it was closed down on several occasions due to wind which forced us to

RECOMMENDED

Yes

There were so many different options for kids and families on this ship and very little for adults only. Most of the time the adult area was shut down due to wind and lack of an adult pool. When you spend over a thousand dollars on a drink package and then have to worry about getting pool water splashed into every drink, it's a little frustrating. More areas are needed for just adults.

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grand Cayman, Jamaca, Cozumel Mexico

JANUARY

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PROS

everything

CONS

pools was too small

RECOMMENDED

Yes

loved the new boat, second time cruising 2019. My family and I had a wonderful time and we are going on another one in 2023.

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Horizon

FEBRUARY

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PROS

CONS

The second comedian

RECOMMENDED

Yes

Staff friendly and knowledgeable. Everything very clean. The second comedian was very raunchy. I was not the only person who thought it. I would never go see him again.

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Positive trip

FEBRUARY

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PROS

Everything was perfect

CONS

None.

RECOMMENDED

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The crew made us feel like welcome home family

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First time cruiser here

FEBRUARY

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PROS

Lots of new experiences

CONS

Nothing

RECOMMENDED

Yes

What a great experience!

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Carnival Horizon - Halloween Cruise 2019

NOVEMBER

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PROS

Checking in at Miami Airport, dining options, Havana Experience, Pixel Studio

CONS

Elevators, cabin size, groups,

RECOMMENDED

Yes

A new ship full of modern innovations. The elevators are good in theory but were time consuming. The Pixel Studios replaced the Photo Gallery and everything was digital. You logged in and printed or not. What a saving of the thousands of pictures that got dumped after each cruise. Lots of groups, I met guest who do this cruise every year. Dining options multiple and most included. Be sure to try the Blue Iguana Cantina on embarkation day as an option to the buffet. If you reserve any of the cabins in the Havana area be sure to check the size of the cabin. The interior cabins are very small. The Havana Pool is not very crowded and has plenty of seating. Our interior cabin backed up to the Havana Club entrance and was fairly soundproof. Good use of the central Atrium. They had some sort of entertainment every night from Motown Night to Halloween Parades. You could enjoy from all three levels.

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Carnival Horizon

NOVEMBER

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PROS

Staff was excellent

CONS

Service in dining room was slow

RECOMMENDED

Yes

Really don’t have anything bad to say about ship. The thermal suite area was small, it was crowded on some days. Loved my room stewards - Ni and Juneui ( I’m sure I spelled his name wrong)

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First Cruise

OCTOBER

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PROS

Wonderful staff all around. Fantastic cruise director. Great accomodations.

CONS

None

RECOMMENDED

Yes

Wonderful ship, wonderful crew.

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Horizon Cruise 2019

JULY

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PROS

The Staff was great

CONS

The beds were not as comfortable as other ships

RECOMMENDED

Yes

Trip entire trip was great!

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Fantastic Experience

JUNE

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PROS

New ship with all the bells & whistles. Everything works. There is so much to do you never get bored. The crew are "extremely" helpful and the entertainment is top notch. Food is excellent as well.

CONS

The Lido deck (main deck with the largest pool) can get a little loud at times. But they do have much quiter locations in the front & back of the ship, and do a good job of shielidng the noise. Also, these staterooms were comfortable, but did get a little warm in the wee hours of the morning - we found ourselved lowering the thermostat.

RECOMMENDED

Yes

We traveled with some friends who cruise between 3 & 4 times a year, and they indicated that Carnival has definitely stepped up their game. They said the entertainment on this cruise rivalled that of many of the more expensive cruise lines - although being a larger ship does give them a larger budget for entertaining. But they "spent it" well. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

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Mother/Daughter Cruise

MARCH

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RECOMMENDED

Yes

Great time. Staff was friendly. Photographers knew our names as well as the other staff members. Impressed with customer service

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Excellent

MARCH

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PROS

It was a great cruise

CONS

I can't think of any

RECOMMENDED

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Excellent

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PROS

It was a great cruise

CONS

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RECOMMENDED

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