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The only things I noticed were the same issues in the auditorium as the Vista, the pool was crowded and it was tough to find a place to sit and eat on lido during normal eating times. Other than that we loved her! Just got off yesterday morning from an 8 day southern. It was glorious! 🙃

My wife and I booked it the first day on the Horizon. We did this first thing when we got on at the excursion desk. We got the last 4 tickets for us and our kids. We loved it and didn't think it was overrated or overpriced, but to each their own. You get a lanyard, hat, picture with the Captain, bracelet, little backpack bag, etc. Ours took about 3 1/2 hrs and we thought it was worth it. Maybe the Horizon does it differently or better, but it's worth checking out IMO. 

12 minutes ago, Joebucks said:

 

50 hours round trip 😶 You have way more patience than I do!

 

Thanks for the tip on the indian dish. I just tried to for the first time a few days ago and loved it. If only I knew I could get meat too!

Trust me it's rough, but I'm motivated by the money saved by driving compared to flying out of Des Moines. Pretty expensive to fly out of there. The last few hours to our destination I get pretty restless. Lol

We're in the process of boarding the Horizon now for our 8 day cruise to the southern Caribbean. Thanks for your review and we drove from Iowa down to Miami. 25ish hrs total in travel time. 19hrs the first day 😂

Can't wait to see how she compares to the Dream from last year and the Vista the year before that. 

Thanks for the info! 👍

Bump

Anyone know what terminal the Horizon will be at tomorrow? My wife and I were curious so we selected the correct parking garage. Thanks in advance

Lol, sorry, I had a feeling someone would ask! 😋 I bought an internet bridge that'll hopefully make the ship see one device in our room and allow our 4 devices to connect to that one internet stream. Basically it'll be a wifi router for our room. I read about it in the cruise hacks thread. We'll see! 🤞

I just upgraded from the social media plan to the top plan. Mainly because I wanna test a cruise hack I read about, but also because I like to watch some videos on Youtube in the mornings. We are going to be on the Horizon though so from what I've heard it has fast internet so we'll see if it's worth it.  It makes me happy, I'm paying for it, and it's my vacation sooo....🙃 Do what makes you happy! 

I never heard that to be honest? 

Okay thanks, we'll talk about it more and decide if we're going to take a chance. We've never used an outside vendor before and have always used Carnival so we're a tad apprehensive on that. If we do it we'll let you know how it goes so you know. 😊

Has anyone used Curacao Dreams tours at touroncuracao.com? We're trying to find a reliable tour company to take us on a turtle snorkel tour on May 8th, but everyone is booked.

19 days until Horizon 🤗

5 minutes ago, Umbrae Noctem said:

Hasn't Carnival canned their own beers now? That might be the reason behind it.

They are, but you still can't get it delivered to your room as it's not available for purchase through the Fun Shops. At least from what I've found. That was a major bummer for me when I looked for it. 😕

Budweiser owns so many other companies that the "craft beer" we drink just might be owned by them and we don't even realize it. Lol

It's the Dream for me, I would love for it to have a brewery like the Vista. We'll be experiencing the Horizon next so we'll see how that goes. The Dream's crew was really good too. 

Yes.....yes it's fallen that far! 😉😂 Seriously though I don't remember it being offered at any bar on our cruise last year. 

We did it too, my wife isn't a huge beer drinker so I got her samples as well. The other good news was they expected like 18 people and only 12 of us showed up and they had already poured enough pitchers for 18 so we got to drink a TON of beer for the price. Totally worth it! I'm a homebrewer as well and loved it. 

10 hours ago, SugarTwist said:

What age does it seem boring for the kids? I have an eight year old and would like her to experience it, but wondering if it's more for those that are smaller. 

Our boys were 8 last year when we did it on the Dream and they loved it. We'll see what they think this year when we do it on the Horizon. I think she would enjoy it and to be honest it was the best breakfast I had on the cruise so it was worth it just for that! 

Like others have said, you book it on the ship either by finding their table on embarkation day or booking it through the main desk. For those saying it doesn't sell out it DID sell out on the Vista for us a few years ago which is confusing now that I'm reading what everyone is saying?! We did wait a few days before we tried to book though as we forgot to sign up for it so our boys could experience it and were told it was too late. Maybe that had something to do with it?  😕

We used it when we traveled down to Miami from Iowa two years ago and loved the convenience of it. We're doing it again for another cruise out of Miami this May and I've got it sitting on our counter right now. I'd do it if I were you. 

50 days and we'll be on the Horizon! 😀

I figured that was you, dressed in Husker gear.:) We were also near you at breakfast the last day, I noticed your wife's Warrior T-shirt.

Ah, just seen you're in Urbandale, that's pretty cool! :):):)

We were on this same cruise and did the same excursion as you in Belize and had the same tour guides with Nuri and company. We were the couple that brought the twin 8 year old boys with us. Small world! :)

I noticed it on one of our Fun Times during our last cruise on the Dream last week. We had other plans so I couldn't attend unfortunately, but thought it was cool they put it in the Fun Times.

The Rock and Roll show was really upbeat and good. Lasted only about 45- 1 hr, but very high energy.

 

BTW if you see it , Matt's (CD) GF is the dancer with the American Flag as part of her costume. He told everyone at the Q&A.

When we sailed on the Vista in May of 2017 we thought Matt was probably our best CD yet! Really enjoyed being around him, he's a riot! :')