Carnival Horizon
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Carnival Horizon
The Carnival Horizon is a Carnival Cruise Line cruise ship offering a resort-style onboard experience focused on leisure, entertainment and family-friendly activities at sea. It features the WaterWorks water park with slides, pools and hot tubs, along with the Cloud 9 Spa and an adults-only Serenity area designed for relaxation. The onboard experience also includes a gym, casino, live shows, a theatre and cinema-style entertainment, as well as sports and recreation options such as mini-golf, a ropes course, bowling and multi-sport courts. Family and youth programs include Camp Ocean for children, Circle C for pre-teens and Club O2 for teenagers, complemented by themed bars and dining venues, with Wi-Fi available throughout the ship. This ship is suited to families and groups seeking a modern cruise experience combining entertainment, activities and relaxation in a resort-style environment at sea.
Itineraries of the Carnival Horizon
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decks plans
Deck - 15
Serenity
Deck - 14
Deck - 12
Deck - 11
Deck - 10
Lido
Deck - 9
Deck - 8
Deck - 7
Deck - 6
Deck - 5
Promenade
Deck - 4
Mezzanine
Deck - 3
Lobby
Deck - 2
Deck - 1
Technical specifications
- Classe: Vista Class
- Tonnage: 133500
- Speed: 18.0 knots
- Passengers: 3960
- Decks: 14
- Length: 322 m
- Width: 37 m
History
- 2018: Année de construction
- 2 avril 2018: Date d'inauguration
Frequently Asked Questions
From Miami until spring 2027, on 6- and 8-day Caribbean cruises. Starting 19 May 2027 she becomes a Galveston ship for the first time, with more than 70 sailings of 4 and 5 days to the Western Caribbean through April 2028. If you are booking for 2027, check the home port carefully, because it changes mid-year.
Almost. Same Vista class, same builder Fincantieri, same 133,500 tons, same roughly 322-metre length, same 1,450 crew. Horizon carries 3,960 guests at double occupancy against 3,934 for Vista, and she arrived two years later, in 2018, with layout corrections. Horizon was built at Marghera, Vista at Monfalcone. The interiors differ in detail, not in structure.
Yes, and it is one of her strongest family arguments. The Dr. Seuss WaterWorks park uses the colours and characters from the books, and Dr. Seuss Bookville is a reading space built for small children, open at no charge. The Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast carries a fee and requires a reservation, held one or two mornings per cruise. Spots go fast.
Yes. The official Carnival Horizon page on carnival.com still lists the IMAX theatre, inherited from the Carnival Vista, which introduced it in 2016. Screenings carry a fee and the schedule appears in the Hub app. It is one of the few features that separate the Vista-class ships from the rest of Carnival's fleet, where IMAX does not exist.
She was in dry dock from 9 May to 14 June 2026 for technical maintenance, classification inspections and interior refreshes. As of this writing, Carnival has not published a final list of new venues. If you are booking around a specific restaurant or bar, have your travel advisor confirm the current facilities rather than relying on an older ship page.
Yes, on sea days. Nearly 4,000 guests on a Lido deck designed in the late 2010s means loungers claimed by 7 a.m. and a full main pool by mid-morning. The adults-only Serenity deck and the Havana pool relieve some of the pressure. On port days the deck empties out and becomes genuinely pleasant.
3,960 at double occupancy, meaning two people per cabin, and up to 4,977 when third and fourth berths are used. That gap of more than 1,000 people is noticeable: a spring break sailing feels nothing like a September departure. The crew stays at 1,450 either way, which is exactly why the lineups get longer.
The Carnival Horizon was christened on 23 May 2018 in New York by singer and actress Queen Latifah. Delivered by Fincantieri at Marghera in spring 2018, she first sailed the Mediterranean from Barcelona, then from New York, before settling in Miami in September 2018. She has stayed there since, until the planned move to Galveston in 2027.
Yes. The Cloud 9 Spa spans two decks with a thermal suite, saunas, a steam room and heated ceramic loungers, all adults-only. Some Cloud 9 cabins have direct spa access. The Serenity deck is restricted to guests 18 and over, with a bar and whirlpools. Treatments and thermal suite access are billed on top of your cruise fare.
Not at dinner, but yes at midday. Guy Fieri's smokehouse serves breakfast and lunch at no charge, but only on embarkation day and sea days, which is why many cruisers miss it entirely. The sit-down dinner service in the same room carries a fee. Beers from the attached brewery are billed separately in every case.
Several nonstop flights link Montreal-Trudeau to Miami daily, with a flight time of about three and a half hours. The PortMiami cruise terminal is roughly fifteen minutes from the airport. Fly in the day before: a February snowstorm in Montreal will not delay the ship's departure. A pre-cruise hotel night is the best purchase of the whole trip.
No. Carnival automatically adds a daily service charge per person to your onboard account, at a rate that varies by cabin category. A percentage is also added to every bar purchase and every spa treatment. You can prepay these charges before departure. Budget for them: over eight days for a family of four, they add up quickly.
Yes. Carnival offers celebration packages and wedding ceremonies in port or at sea, with a dedicated coordinator. Weddings usually take place on embarkation day in Miami, which lets you invite family members who are not sailing. A group booking unlocks amenities your travel advisor negotiates on your behalf. Book at least six months ahead.
Yes, with preparation. The ship has accessible cabins across several categories, with widened doors and roll-in showers, but there are few of them and they sell out very early. Not every Caribbean port is accessible either: some require a tender transfer, which is not possible in a wheelchair. Submit Carnival's special needs form at the time of booking.
Nine to fourteen months for peak periods: spring break, Easter and the holidays. The scarce categories — Havana, Family Harbor, accessible and connecting cabins — disappear long before the ship itself sells out. For Horizon's first Galveston season starting in May 2027, book early: inaugural sailings from a new home port draw heavy demand from local travellers.
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