Thanks for posting about the Horizon. Our first cruise, back in 1983, was on the Britanis, which was part of the Celebrity fleet before the company was called Celebrity. It was Chandris Cruises then. We thought we were in HEAVEN on that ship, until we realized that it was really a total dump (it had been a troop ship in WW II), especially when compared to the gorgeous Horizon. We sailed to Bermuda in 1992 and also in 1994 on the Horizon and LOVED it. After that, we were busy raising our kids and didn't sail again until 2008, but the Horizon holds a special place in my heart. I still remember the waiters all singing to us for our anniversary, the tiny interior stateroom (we hadn't graduated to suites and balconies yet!) with the itty-bitty porthole window, and the great food, including the midnight buffets.
My most vivid memory is of sailing back to NY from Bermuda and getting caught in the northernmost part of Hurricane Andrew, the hurricane that devastated the Miami area. My husband and I had had a lot of wine and were dancing to reggae music when we hit the first huge waves. Bottles and glasses were flying everywhere and people were falling down all around us. An announcement was made that the doors to the decks were being locked and to please go to the interior of the ship. We continued dancing until the slope of the floor got so bad that we could hardly stand up and the band quit playing. Later we heard that the poker chips were spilling all over the casino, that people had been throwing up in the hallways, and that the midnight buffet had been cancelled, but the only irregular thing we noticed was that our carafe of water had spilled on our stateroom bed and we needed fresh, dry sheets --- which apparently had happened to just about everyone else onboard, too. So, we had weathered a huge storm, but in our naivete, we had just considered it a great adventure at the time. I guess we were luckier than we knew!
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Thanks for posting about the Horizon. Our first cruise, back in 1983, was on the Britanis, which was part of the Celebrity fleet before the company was called Celebrity. It was Chandris Cruises then. We thought we were in HEAVEN on that ship, until we realized that it was really a total dump (it had been a troop ship in WW II), especially when compared to the gorgeous Horizon. We sailed to Bermuda in 1992 and also in 1994 on the Horizon and LOVED it. After that, we were busy raising our kids and didn't sail again until 2008, but the Horizon holds a special place in my heart. I still remember the waiters all singing to us for our anniversary, the tiny interior stateroom (we hadn't graduated to suites and balconies yet!) with the itty-bitty porthole window, and the great food, including the midnight buffets.
My most vivid memory is of sailing back to NY from Bermuda and getting caught in the northernmost part of Hurricane Andrew, the hurricane that devastated the Miami area. My husband and I had had a lot of wine and were dancing to reggae music when we hit the first huge waves. Bottles and glasses were flying everywhere and people were falling down all around us. An announcement was made that the doors to the decks were being locked and to please go to the interior of the ship. We continued dancing until the slope of the floor got so bad that we could hardly stand up and the band quit playing. Later we heard that the poker chips were spilling all over the casino, that people had been throwing up in the hallways, and that the midnight buffet had been cancelled, but the only irregular thing we noticed was that our carafe of water had spilled on our stateroom bed and we needed fresh, dry sheets --- which apparently had happened to just about everyone else onboard, too. So, we had weathered a huge storm, but in our naivete, we had just considered it a great adventure at the time. I guess we were luckier than we knew!