Booked this cruise for my family of 5, mother and mother in law (7 of us in total). We shared 3 veranda cabins next to each other. Two of the cabins adjoined inside the room and all of them adjoined when the balcony doors were opened by our cabin steward.

Embarkation was a bit crazy. Eurodam was parked next to one of the RCCL mega ships. We parked our car with Park and Go and took the shuttle to the port. The port was very congested. Once we got off the shuttle and tagged our bags we made our way into the terminal. HAL did a very nice job with a large crowd. Overall it took about 30-40 minutes from the time we got off the shuttle to the time we got on the ship. Seems HAL has this process down to a science. Next time I will not try to arrive so early. My mother in law flew in at 1:30 and completely missed all of the crowds. She walked directly on to the ship in 10 minutes.

Due to illness, we skipped our stop in Grand Turk. Sort of expected this but it would have been VERY nice to get off of the ship rather than spend 2 days at sea. We had a first time cruiser with us and the seas were not so friendly to her on the first day. We were all very happy to see San Juan. San Juan was a super cool place. Lots of history, friendly people, good food, easy transportation, and GREAT beaches. We spent the morning touring the fort. We took the free open air trolley all the way to the fort and then strolled back down the hill through Old San Juan back to the port. Once back at the port we took a taxi ($5-7 per person) to the beach near the Intercontinental Hotel. The resorts in the area have tight security so don't plan to use their facilities. You can make arrangements with the Marriot Stelaris for about $30 per person for the day. We will probably do this next time. Read more