After a long long day of shuttling from Vancouver Canada to Seattle, our flight landed us in San Juan at approximately 1 PM - just in time to board the ship. I was travelling as a single parent with my nine year old son. I would always try to make a point of flying in the day before. This was our second cruise, so live and learn.

Emabarkation was smooth, both my son and I were extremely tired and wanted to ditch our bags as soon as possible. Our last cruise out of Seattle saw us waiting in line for embarkation for over 2 hours. Our short 10 minute wait was a godsend. My son and I went straght to our cabin and decided to stay onboard and enjoy a light lunch, check out the ship and relax after travelling for over 24 hrs.

The regular drill went smoothly, with all the staff being highly professional. It was great, as our ship was doing the drill in port, one of the larger Carnival ships was leaving. All the excitement from their ship rubbed off on ours and made our journey that much more memorable. Read more