The Ship's Biggest Balcony Costs $600 Per Night

Here's a tour of a special type of cabin on Carnival Horizon with one very special feature: the largest balcony of any cabin on the entire ship. It's officially known as a "Havana Premium Vista Balcony" cabin. I usually call this type of cabin an "aft wrap corner balcony" cabin because of the location at the aft end of the ship, and the way the balcony wraps all the way around the back corner of the ship. There are eight of these type of cabins on Carnival Horizon, although only two of them have the super-long balcony you see in this video. Those two are staterooms 9464 and 9471. The one shown in this video is 9471, located on the starboard side of the ship. In addition to having longer balconies than the other six Havana Premium Vista Balcony cabins, another advantage of the two on deck nine is that these cabins are fully shaded throughout most of the day... due to the way deck 10 extends out to provide shade to these balconies. The ones on decks 6, 7, and 8 can get extremely hot in the full sun on a day in the Caribbean. Because this is a Havana cabin, you get full access on of the best features of the Carnival Horizon: the exclusive Havana pool area. It's the only un-crowded pool on the ship, since only passengers staying in a Havana cabin have access to it. In addition to the Havana pool, there are also two very large whirlpool tubs that are kept heated to a much warmer temperature than the pool. We paid $3633 to book this 6-day cruise, or approximately $600 per night. Onboard charges including gratuities came to an additional $361, making the total cost of this cruise $3994. If you're interested in booking a cruise, or any kind of vacation, feel free to use the services of my travel agent, Caitlin Gallagher, of Ambren Travel. Her web site can be found at http://www.ambrentravel.com/