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13 hours ago, eileen11 said:

We are doing the same itinerary.  What did you do in La Romana and Curacao?

 In Curacao we did the East side tour with Irie Tours.  It was $25 per person and was a nice 3 hour trip in a big converted school bus.  You get to see the Curacao distillery and get to taste the different flavors.  You can buy bottles and this is also the cheapest place to buy them.  After the tour we had time to walk around and do some shopping.  Just across the floating bridge is a big heart that you can put a padlock on.

18 hours ago, ciera123 said:

Glad you enjoyed your cruise. I do have a couple of questions...

 

What did you do in La Romana?

 

Did they have homemade ice cream in the Marketplace for lunch?

 

Thanks!! 

We did the Saona Island excursion with Seavis Tours.  It was $75 per person and worth it!  You can contact them or do a search for a discount code.  I would do this one again in a heartbeat!  

18 hours ago, Yayaof4andlovinit said:

I have been hearing a lot about this “white party” but thought it was only on the 6 night cruise. Should we all bring white outfits? Did you dress for the 80’s party?

Thank you!

 The white night party was fun!  We brought white outfits to wear as did a lot of other people.  Now as for the 80's rock & glow deck party, that was the best night of the cruise for us!  We did dress up and so did a lot of other people.  The after party went late into the night on the serenity deck with the DJ playing music and more dancing!  

 Just returned from an awesome 8 day cruise on the Horizon.  Ports were Grand Turk, La Romana, Curacao, and Aruba.

Mike Pack was a great cruise director with lots of energy and was at almost every function on the ship.  Does this guy ever sleep?  

The new smart elevator system worked great for us and we never had to wait long to go anywhere.

The Hub app was really helpful!  You could see all your pics and keep in touch with others on the ship with the chat feature. Also we had anytime dining and could reserve our table on the app instead of going to the dining room and waiting.

The ship was near capacity but never felt too crowded to us. The casino is just as smokey as every other ship so we didn't stay in there too long. 

The white night party in the atrium was fun and the 80's Rock n Glow deck party was a blast!

 Any questions, just ask?

I was wondering the same thing.  We are doing a 4 day cruise on the Valor in November.  We just did an 8 day cruise on the Horizon and a lot of people dressed up for the 80's themed deck party. So much fun!

Enjoying your review!  

I didn't know about this either.  Will check into it on our upcoming Horizon cruise.

Great job on the review!  Thanks for taking the time to share your experience.

Looking forward to more of your review.

8 hours ago, jhesler said:

When are you going in May?  We are going May 12th :)

 We are going May 18th out of Miami.  There's time for you to change to our cruise.  Lol

We are doing this same itinerary in May.  Enjoying your review and pics!

We are doing a 4 day on the Valor in November and looking forward to cruising on a different ship.   Cruise Critic is a great website with so much fun and money saving info.  Hope y'all have a good time!

20 hours ago, the_lovely_voyage said:

Hey all!

I’m sure that anything and everything Carnival Horizon has been answered by now, but just in case it hasn’t- what do you want to know??

I’m gearing up for my Havana experience on the Horizon leaving on Sunday and would love to be able to answer loads of questions from Cruise Critic members. It’s a 6 night to Ocho Rios, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. 

Let me know and I’ll do my best to find out!

  Always enjoy your great reviews!  We are about 2 months away from our sailing on the Horizon.  I'm curious as to which nights the Alchemy Bar has the martini tasting.  Hope y'all have a great time!

Enjoying your pics and review!  Keep it coming.

I live in Nola and love the convenience of having the cruise ship in my backyard.  I do however prefer to sale out of Florida now as those ports are much better.  Hope you enjoy whatever cruise you decide on.

 I don't mind a couple sea days on a 7 or 8 day cruise.  I agree about the staying on board in ports.  We always enjoy getting off the ship even in ports we have been to a few times already.

That's really cool!  I was disappointed that the port had been dropped when we did this itinerary.

We did a tour of the island in St. Lucia and loved it!  Beautiful island!  In St. Maarten, we rented a jeep and did our own thing.  There is one main road that circles the island.  We went to La Sucriere which is a French bakery near the open market by the water and later went to Orient Beach.  St. Thomas has some great beaches as well and tours aren't very expensive.

 This is such a great itinerary!  It's a very busy cruise with only one sea day when we did it as Domenica had just recently been dropped at the time.  We didn't stay up late partying as we were getting up fairly early every day for a different port to see.  We will definitely do this again sometime in the future.

 We used to bring our own bottled water but Carnival eliminated that due to the alcohol smugglers.  LOL  We ordered a bottle of vodka as well as bottled water to be delivered to our cabin.  You can each bring a 12 pk of can soda on board. 

 We have done many cruises in the category 4J cabins and love it!  They are a lot cheaper than the balcony cabins and you have a much larger balcony so to speak in the front of the ship.  We haven't noticed a big difference in motion being all the way forward.   Hope you have a great time on your cruise.

Yes!  Congrats on hitting Platinum!  You're going to enjoy the perks.

 The ships routinely get back in to the port of Nola before sunrise.  You shouldn't have any trouble making your flight, especially if you're doing self assist.  Hope you enjoy your cruise.

I have heard this is well worth the money and I'm looking forward to it.

Funship Freddy!  Lol