8 days on Carnival Horizon or 7 on Symphony for Eastern Caribbean

What exactly does space ratio mean?

 

Space ratio is the amount of enclosed cubic feet of space per passenger. The higher the number, the better.

 

The numbers I found are a little different than Cruisegirl6's. Hers might have been full capacity. At double capacity, Horizon is at 34 and Symphony is at 41.

 

Any way you measure it, Symphony is the less crowded ship. However, that does not account for the open deck spaces. Although with Central Park, the Boardwalk and that huge upper lido deck and sports deck, Symphony probay has significantly more deck space as well.

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Do you go for the ports or the ship.

 

 

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We don’t have any kids and do enjoy relaxing and my dw likes the cloud 9 spa area and any pics on the vista cloud 9 area

 

 

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We are going on the Vista on a couple of weeks and booked the couples spa package for the 8 days for $229. Alot of people say the spas smaller and has no thallaso pool ,I'm not sure if it does or not but I'll include a video from YouTube that says it does. It sure looks like a nice place to spend a couple hours a day relaxing

 

 

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Do you go for the ports or the ship.

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Both, Oasis class for the ship. My wife and I have been to most islands in the Caribbean so the ship being the destination is a great experience. After a while many islands seem the same. Royal's shows are much better than Carnival (at least on an Oasis class). The Vista and probably Horizon's theater is terrible.

 

Royal has a dining package that is a great value. Carnival has great specialty restaurants but doesn't offer a discount. Unless you get free comps. :cool:

There’s some places in the Caribbean that I would love to go to like the ABC, and Bermuda than the west coast

 

 

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You're on a Carnival board, so you might get some Carnival bias... but I've cruised both lines and I would choose Symphony, hands down :).

I do like that the horizon has more open area

 

 

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Have you been on an Oasis class RCI ship......WAYYY more 'open area' on that ship than Horizon/Vista for sure....especially since CCL closed in the atrium and crammed more cabins on them, they are very claustrophobic and closed in feeling in comparison to RCI's Oasis class of ship. We did not like the Vista and have no intentions of sailing on Horizon, but LOVE Oasis class on RCI.....

To the OP, for us it would be Symphony OTS hands down without a thought for us over CCL Horizon....and the cost is better on RCI too (from what you have posted)....it's a no-brainer to us!

Another Symphony vote here.

We’re not big drinkers maybe one or two a day, on our Carnival cruise we did buy the pop package

 

 

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Air2sea program or Carnivals fly2fun have you used either and your thoughts on booking your airfare through the cruise line is it cheaper than booking directly

 

 

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Air2sea program or Carnivals fly2fun have you used either and your thoughts on booking your airfare through the cruise line is it cheaper than booking directly

 

 

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While there are exceptions, almost always cheaper to do yourself.

 

 

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Book your cruise through a RC vacation planner or an online TA we collect HH points and there’s an online TA that you can get HH points by booking through them

 

 

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Symphony by a mile

 

Have you sailed the Symphony? Any pictures you can share?

Symphony doesn’t come out till next year, you can download the shipmate app and see pictures of all the ships from all the lines

 

 

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Harmony of the Seas!!

That seems like a great price for the Symphony of the Seas. I had the same dilemma comparing Horizon to Harmony. I picked the Horizon for the family area since I am going with grandkids.