Joanandjoe Posted April 16, 2004 #1 Share Posted April 16, 2004 We loved our cruise on the Horizon last November (10 days to Panama), and would like to sail on her again during the first half of November. However, the Celebrity web site shows no cruises in November until 11/21. We would want to sail after 11/4, returning home no later than 11/22. (In other words, if there are 7 day cruises, we'd like to leave around 11/6 or 11/13.) Does anyone know where the Horizon will be sailing between 11/1 and 11/21? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsea Posted April 16, 2004 #2 Share Posted April 16, 2004 I believe she is going into dry dock for mich of November for major refurbishment, including the addition of balconies to some staterooms. Meridian Bermuda 1996 Century E Caribbean 1997 Century W Caribbean 1998 Zenith Bermuda 1999 Galaxy So Caribbean 2000 Galaxy So Caribbean 2001 Zenith Bermuda 2002 Mercury W Caribbean 2002 Constellation S Caribbean 2003 Infinity Hawaii 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanandjoe Posted April 16, 2004 Author #3 Share Posted April 16, 2004 We hope they don't mess her up: she's a grand (not very) old lady. Since the time slot in our posting is the only one available, we'll have to find an alternative. The Constellation has nice Southern Caribbean cruises in November; but we're concerned about the large size of the ship. Frankly, the three major cruise line ships on which we've sailed (Horizon, Noordam, Rotterdam) all seemed overly large to us at 1,250 to 1,350 passengers; and the Connie has 1,950. We're NOT megaship people, and hate glitz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted April 16, 2004 #4 Share Posted April 16, 2004 [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]hi..we have a great group sailing her out of Norfolk...going to Bermuda on Sept 18th...you are more than welcome to join us [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] Next up...HORIZON Sept 18th to Bermuda! See My Century and Mercury Pictures at: [url="http://community.webshots.com/user/lovescruising"]http://community.webshots.com/user/lovescruising[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatC Posted April 16, 2004 #5 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Actually, the Connie, Millie, Summit don't seem to have that many more passengers that you would notice. Try Century, Galaxy, etc. They're a little bigger but, again, not noticeably more people. The size shouldn't scare you. These are great ships and you should pick the trip you want to do, not for the ship but the places it goes. You shouldn't go wrong with any Celeb ship that I can think of. Enjoy. Dolphin - 1990 Horizon - 1994, 1995, 1995 Century - 1997, 2000, 2001 Galaxy - 1998 Zenith - 1992, 1999, 2002 Millennium - 2003 Summit 2004 Summit 2005 [img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=008000&cdt=2005;3;11;16;30;00&timezone=GMT-0500[/img] Countdown to Summit 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hajekfam Posted April 16, 2004 #6 Share Posted April 16, 2004 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PatC: The size shouldn't scare you. These are great ships and you should pick the trip you want to do, not for the ship but the places it goes. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I disagree Pat - For us as well as a few others, the ship is our trip- the places it goes are just extras that we can take or leave. More than half the time we don't even get off in the ports and if we do it's only to run and pick up that one thing that we need to bring home (vanilla in Cozumel, Tiramisu liquer in St. Thomas, etc.). To us the ship is the most important part of the vacation. Zenith-Western Caribbean-6/92 Zenith-Eastern Caribbean-6/93 Century-Maiden Voyage-12/95 Galaxy-Southern Caribbean-11/99 Mercury-Northbound Alaska-6/00 Millennium-Westbound Transatlantic-9/01 Horizon-Western Caribbean - Adults only cruise-11/02 Millennium-Westbound Transatlantic 10/26/03 Century - Western Caribbean 1/31/04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocJohnB Posted April 16, 2004 #7 Share Posted April 16, 2004 I agree with Hajeckfam that for some people the SHIP is the destination. [B]However[/B], there are times when trying new things can change ones perspective. It would seem that joanandjoe have pretty much set the time frame for their cruise. If that is the case then there are a couple of options. See what the Zenith is doing at that time. Zenith and Horizon are virtual sisters. Or, see which of the Celebrity ships sails at that time and would fit into their cruise plans. Or, join us on a 10 day Caribbean jaunt on the Summit. We leave on 11/5 and return 11/15. This would fit most of joanandjoe's criteria. Date, length, and cruise line. Unfortunately, just not the ship. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=9400d3&cdt=2004;11;5;16;30;00&timezone=GMT-0500[/img] Until we sail on SUMMIT for 10 nights [img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=9400d3&cdt=2005;01;9;17;00;00&timezone=GMT-0500[/img] Until MOAGC's on Explorer of the Seas [img]http://goatlocker.org/cposalute.gif[/img] Seven Cruises last Century, then: Norwegian Sky 2000 GGC2000 Volendam 2001 GGC2001 Paradise 2001 Sensation 2002 GGC2002 Millenium 2003 (Nov 16) Mariner OTS 2004 (Feb 29) Summit 2004 (Nov 05) Explorer OTS 2005 (Jan 09) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanandjoe Posted April 16, 2004 Author #8 Share Posted April 16, 2004 As Karen and Jim Hajek are aware, we've been pretty persistent about going on the Horizon. We were supposed to sail with them on the Horizon adults only cruise in Nevember 2002. We missed it due to Joe's health problems, so we sailed on the Horizon in November 2003 (after getting favorable reviews from the Hajeks and other CC people from the 11/02 cruise). We can't join Lois because a September vacation is not possible for us. If we could cruise then, we'd take the Zenith from NYC. As for the 11/5 Summit cruise mentioned by Doc John B, it is a possibility. We might also go upscale and take the Radisson Diamond 5 day cruise on 11/17, or maybe even a late season Windstar cruise in the Mediterranean. Choices, choices, choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaribbeanBound Posted April 17, 2004 #9 Share Posted April 17, 2004 Drydock for most of November is the official word. Details can be found in a couple other threads dealing with adding balconies to the Horizon. First cruise to follow drydock is 11-day Eastern Caribbean on Nov 29. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toni1266 Posted April 24, 2004 #10 Share Posted April 24, 2004 My parents just got off the Horizon this morning. They had a wonderful time and loved the ship and crew. However, they had dinner with the staff captain on two occasions and he told them that the Horizon would be going into dry dock for major refurbishing at the cost of about twelve million dollars or they might sell her. That was the first I've heard of a possible sell. Don't know how they would replace her. Toni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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