Carnival Horizon is a Vista-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line, a division of Carnival Corporation & plc. She is the 26th vessel in the Carnival fleet and is the second of Carnival's Vista-class, which includes Carnival Vista and Carnival Panorama.

The ship has a tonnage of 133,596 GT and a capacity of 3,960 passengers.

History

Planning and construction

On 19 December 2014, Carnival Corporation announced a new order with Fincantieri for a second Vista-class ship to be similarly designed to her sister ship, Carnival Vista, making her the 26th vessel in the fleet.

On 29 July 2016, Carnival announced the name of its second Vista-class vessel as Carnival Horizon. Construction of the ship took 30 months, which included the steel cutting in March 2015, the keel laying in April 2016, and the sea trials in November 2017.

Delivery and christening

On 28 March 2018, Fincantieri officially delivered Carnival Horizon to Carnival Cruise Line.

On 1 March 2018, Carnival announced Queen Latifah as the godmother of the Carnival Horizon. She christened the vessel on 23 May 2018 upon its arrival in New York City from a 14-day transatlantic crossing.

Itinerary

Carnival Horizon embarked on its maiden voyage on 2 April 2018 from Barcelona for a 13-day Mediterranean sailing, visiting ports of call in Italy, Croatia, Greece, and Malta. The ship continued a series of cruises for a short season in the Mediterranean before repositioning to New York City in May for the remainder of summer 2018. From New York, she operated cruises to the Caribbean and Bermuda before repositioning to Miami in September, where she currently offers year-round cruises to the Western Caribbean and eight-night sailings to the Eastern and Southern Caribbean.