My View: I See a Cruise on the Horizon! (Semi-Live)

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Appetizers:  They had the BEST cranberry rolls for dinner:

 

Lentil Soup: (Good)

 

Cucumber Avocado Soup (Chilled) - Excellent!  I could eat this every day.  The best chilled soup I ever had.

 

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Entrees:

 

Jumbo Shrimp and Fish Cake: Excellent

 

Indian Vegetarian - very strong curry this time: Excellent

 

Roasted Chicken:  Excellent

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Dessert:

 

Melting Chocolate Cake - this time with peanut butter on the side: Excellent

 

Grand Marnier Soufflé: Excellent

 

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Show:

 

We went to the show for about 15 minutes.  The voices were excellent, but it was not our cup of tea.

 

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My View: End of Day 2 - At sea

 

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Day 2 At Sea FUN TIMES

 

 

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WHAT'S HAPPENING.pdf

[vwgolf2]

I see there is a $23 dollar supplement for the steakhouse meals. As a general question, are these worth the extra cost? We usually visit one of the specialist restaurants on each cruise we go on but wonder if it's just as good to pay the supplement for the MDR steaks?

[nhilding10]

On 3/16/2024 at 9:51 AM, nycfa said:

We have two cruises this year book on CCL for the first time since 2016 as well. One is on the Horizon in September so I'm going to follow along! 

We are booked for this itinerary at the end of September, as well! Cannot wait! 

[APDMOM]

5 hours ago, vwgolf2 said:

I see there is a $23 dollar supplement for the steakhouse meals. As a general question, are these worth the extra cost? We usually visit one of the specialist restaurants on each cruise we go on but wonder if it's just as good to pay the supplement for the MDR steaks?

 

👉 Hoping someone else will be able to answer this, as we don’t buy any special meals. 

[4hunters]

Enjoying your review.  Thank you!

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Thanks to everyone for following along!  I will start day 3 soon… enjoying sunset from our balcony. 🙂

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My View: Day 3 - At Sea

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Breakfast -Part one - Blue Iguana

 

Our first duck find:

 

 

 

 

Huevos Rancheros for DH - Excellent 🙂 better than the brunch version in the MDR:

 

Arepas - Excellent - my weakness!

[Frank12]

I totally agree with you on the Blue Iguana Huevos Rancheros being better than the sea day brunch one!  The old one at Sea Day brunch used to be fantastic but that changed years ago.😪

[simplelife]

We go to our muster station as soon as we board. We never waited in line since the new program was instituted. If several people get there at once, they do the demonstration for the group, scan your cards, and you are free to go.

[simplelife]

7 hours ago, vwgolf2 said:

I see there is a $23 dollar supplement for the steakhouse meals. As a general question, are these worth the extra cost? We usually visit one of the specialist restaurants on each cruise we go on but wonder if it's just as good to pay the supplement for the MDR steaks?

To me it's not worth the upcharge.

[APDMOM]

Good morning, Carnival Horizon!

 

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Breakfast Part 2 - MDR

DS ‘sleeps in’ until 8, so we accompanied him to the MDR for brunch.  Of course, we had to sample some goodies too.

 

Huevos Rancheros at brunch: (Good, but not excellent like at Blue Iguana)

 

TIP:  You can have the eggs made “your way” at Blue Iguana too - scrambled, sunny side up, over easy, etc.  

 

 

Skillet Cake - Still Excellent, with a side of corn beef hash

 

12-hour French Toast: (A No Go - should have known it would be dry after 12 hours 🤣)

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My View, most of the day:

 

Lots of Sea Spray on the Cove Balcony today, but a beautiful view:

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Found a couple more ducks!

 

Thanks to the generous donors… we pay it forward by giving them to kids or hiding again.

 

DH is in the lead with 5 ducks to my 1 😄

 

 

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Our day was pretty much… eat… balcony… eat…balcony… coffee… balcony…eat… balcony….nap…coffee… balcony…etc. 😄

 

Lunch:

 

Burritos from Blue Iguana - excellent.  DS got shrimp and roasted corn.  DH got beef and just about everything.

 

TIP:  The Burritos are a bit small, so consider ordering 2.

 

 

I had the West Indies Pumpkin Soup, which was also available on the dinner menu.  (Excellent)

 

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Just to throw in something other than food porn… I love the stairwell photography displays!

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Dinner (because I did not take pictures of coffee or nap time - you can thank me later):

 

We decided not to go to the MDR since DS just wanted pizza and we decided to have deli subs.  I forgot to take pics of the Deli subs, but I am sure we will repeat these again later this week. 

 

TIP: Most of the meals from the MDR are also served in the buffet.  Options are much more limited than before - definitely a money saving strategy, but I still found plenty of great options for dinner.  Even the Bitter & Blanc, which is quite the rave among CC Carnival cruisers, was available in the MDR.

 

 

 

 

In the pictures, you can see the Jambalaya Pasta, Fish, Chicken Roulade, Honey Glazed Pork, Stuffed Portobello Mushroom… They also had the shrimp cake.  

 

DH had 2 of the stuffed portobello mushrooms - they were excellent.

 

 

 

[ninjacat123]

12 hours ago, vwgolf2 said:

I see there is a $23 dollar supplement for the steakhouse meals. As a general question, are these worth the extra cost? We usually visit one of the specialist restaurants on each cruise we go on but wonder if it's just as good to pay the supplement for the MDR steaks?

In my opinion Steakhouse is worth the up charge. Out of my 25 cruises on Carnival I have only been dissatisfied once and that wasn’t service. 

Edited March 19 by ninjacat123

[jimbo5544]

20 hours ago, APDMOM said:

Appetizers:  They had the BEST cranberry rolls for dinner:

 

Lentil Soup: (Good)

 

Cucumber Avocado Soup (Chilled) - Excellent!  I could eat this every day.  The best chilled soup I ever had.

 

Loving the review and your rating system.  LOVE the cranberry rolls.