cruiseguy56

We love the thermal suite. We visit it multiple times a day. Especially like to use it on port days when so many people are off the boat. We've been on enough cruises that we've been to at least some of the ports on each cruise before anyway.

I often wear thongs on Hal. What Dear?. Oh, DW says they're flip flops, not thongs.

Our favorite excursion is one we do ourselves. In St. Thomas, we get in a taxi and go to Coki beach. Costs $20. each way for the two of us. At Coki we love to feed the fish. You CAN pay about $100. for two of you to take HAL's excursion to Coki. If you do, you get to watch someone else feed the fish, but what's the fun in spending twice the money to watch someone else do that?

I wish I'd known that the night we got locked out on the balcony years ago. The steward happened to be in the next room (had already done ours). I banged and banged on the partition trying to get his attention.with no luck. Finally, my wife said hang on to me, I'm going to sit on the railing and swing around. Somehow, we managed it without her going in the ocean and the very surprised steward let her in then came over and let me in.

We have pre-bought and one time got a refund of the "sale" difference, but one time we did not.

Just found this site with a "cabin checker" feature. Select your deck and your cabin and it pops open a window with what's above and below your cabin https://www.cruisedeckplans.com/DP/deckplans/cabin-check.php?ship=Carnival-Horizon You're most definitely under the gray crew access are.

DW and I are on the Horizon in 2297 in 2 weeks. Looking at the deck plans, since your room is aft of the elevators, it appears you might actually be under the gray (crew access only) area in this link- https://www.cruisemapper.com/deckplans/Carnival-Horizon-1355/deck03-3958 Carnival adventures is further towards the front of those elevators so you shouldn't be under it. Here's the link to deck 2 for comparison - https://www.cruisemapper.com/deckplans/Carnival-Horizon-1355/deck02-3957 Depending on what exactly the crew access area is for, it may actually be quiet as it may not be occupied all the time. Best wishes for an enjoyable cruise!

After checking the deck plans, Looks like you're right under the Brass Magnolia Bar and just aft of the atrium. Being under a bar CAN be noisy as can being under the atrium if any games or dance challenges etc. or being held there. Haven't ever been on Carnival before, Will be going on Horizon in 2 weeks. Hope you enjoy your cruise. Hoping we'll enjoy our first time on Carnival.

WE booked a three hour water taxi excursion to Klein Bonaire to drift snorkel. We're curious is there more than one water taxi company? What if we want to come back before the three hours is up (I've seen that the taxis run frequently) Do you know if we can just get back on any taxi when it shows up?

Unless you're in a suite, then you still get two days awarded for every day sailed, right?

That is one thing I loved about Holland America. There were always an option for some sort of Indian or Indonesian dinner in the MDR and several choices in the Lido buffets. Sadly, in all the cruise lines decisions to cut back on menu items to save money after covid, I've noticed fewer "crew favorites" available on HAL even though they are certainly still feeding their crew.

You're going to find that EVERY cruise line's liability is limited. Anyway, hope you enjoy whatever line(s) to which you branch out. WE have, overall, enjoyed every line we've been on.

I had seen that pig and anchor was only open for lunch on sea days. Excited to hear that it's also open on embarkation day!

Also, Guy's burger joint and blue iguana are open for lunch.

Yay! Happy for you! We're still in the triple digits before our next