Adventure of the Seas Review

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sandm
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Mar 2009
Cabin: Royal Suite
Traveled with children

We are an extended family of myself,husband daughter(14) son(16), my parents and in-laws(ages 75-80). We(my family and parents) flew from Chicago direct on AA to San Juan arriving Fri 3-26-2009. We met my in-laws from Seattle. We all stayed at the Embassy Suites in San Juan. This was a great hotel for us since it included breakfast and a complimentary cocktail hour. The beach is an easy 5-10 min walk where we rented chairs for a few dollars for the day. Many restaurants were within walking distance even for my father who uses a cane. We ate at a Bistro restaurant in the Holiday Inn, at BLTs in the Ritz Carlton and Jimmy's BBQ place on the rooftop of El San Juan hotel. All were very good and we would return to all three when we go back. Friday was beach for the girls and Golf for the men. They golfed at the course at the Dorado Embassy Suites and had a great time. Our Embassy Suites helped set up tee times and travel arrangements. Saturday we took a cab to downtown San Juan and took a Segway tour with Jose's Segways tours. We had a young woman as our guide I think her name was Natalya. She was terrific. She spent many minutes training all of us until we were all comfortable. We did the 45 minute tour and could have easily done the 2 hour tour. (looks like another reason to return).Sunday we took a cab to Adventure of the Seas. It took awhile once we got close since there were MANY taxis coming to the ship. It was a bit confusing at first since there were two lines. First we waited in line to drop off the luggage then we waited in a second line to get into the building. I knew of the two lines before it just was not clear which line was which and most people were not aware there were two lines. Once we were in the building it took all of about 5 minutes to check in and get our picture taken for our SeaPass cards. We were in the Royal Suite so were able to use the Suite line. Our parents were in standard balconies on the 9th floor so they waited about 10 minutes longer than us.

The rooms were nice. The balconies had plenty of room and storage for the couples.The fabrics and carpet were showing their age but not too bad. The Royal Suite was very nice. It had a large foyer with a baby grand piano in the center. The floor was marble with a carpet inset under the piano. The bedroom was to the left and had a walk in closet behind the bed with LOTS of storage. We probably used about only 50% of the storage available throughout the cabin. The bathroom was huge with a separate room with a commode, bidet, and a sink. The other half of the bathroom had a huge shower with 3 showerheads and a steam sauna. There was also a large Jacuzzi tub and a vanity with 2 sinks and again lots of storage space. To the right of the piano/foyer was a large living /dining room. The couch turned into a large double bed with extra sofa on either side of the bed. Off the dining room was a stainless steel butlers pantry that had a fridge and a sink. We used this space to store our suitcases but it is used by the staff if the occupants wanted to host a party. The carpet and couch were in great shape. No noticeable stains.We had them disconnect the doorbell with 30 minutes of arriving. We had at least 5 ding-dong-ditch in a 30 minute time. This may be because it was spring break but it was easily taken care of.

Since food is so subjective I will only say that no one went hungry. We ate breakfast and lunch in the Windjammer and dinners in the dining room. Service was some of the best we've had. Service in the Windjammer was always with a smile and always offering help or beverages.There was plenty of fresh fruit and salads along with many other choices.We usually eat breakfast before 7:30am and had no difficulty finding a table but I did notice after 8am empty tables were scarce. Our dining room staff was great. Robert and Aniceto were a terrific team. The dining room menu offered a filet from Portofino's every night for $14.95. That a few from our table ordered and loved.

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