Four of us, 2 couples in the vicinity of 50, took a cruise on the Carnival Valor, departing from San Juan, in March 2013. Two of us, my wife and I, have cruised before with Princess. My wife's sister and her husband were first time cruisers.
Flight
We flew from Dayton to San Juan via Air Tran. We connected through Baltimore BWI and had about a 3 hour layover.