I apologize for the length of this review, but I found lots to share! We are a couple in our early 50's. We booked this cruise on New Years Day, and got a great sale price. I did not see the price go down before the cruise for our room category. We had just returned from a 7-day cruise on RC Serenity of the Seas in Dec., and had such a great time on that cruise, we wanted to go again! We chose the Millennium for the port intensive itinerary, and the longer length cruise, as the 7 day cruise in Dec. was not long enough. We had originally booked an ocean view room on deck 2, but about a month before the cruise, I found we were given an upgrade to Concierge Class balcony room 8167. No one ever notified us of the upgrade, I found out myself while checking for lower prices. A pre-cruise Concierge called us the week before sailing, and asked for our requests, but none of them appeared to be passed on to our stateroom attendant.

My husband and I flew down a day before the cruise on Easter Sunday. After our flight was delayed, we were happy we had chosen to travel to San Juan a day early, and not have to worry about flight problems. We took a taxi ($22) to the Caribe Hilton, which we had won on a Priceline bid for $89, plus 14% resort fee. We were given a King room in the main tower building, and the room was fine. The only problem with the Caribe Hilton is that there is nothing else around, which I knew in advance. It was okay for a one day pre-cruise stay. We walked to the nearby Subway and got a sandwich for dinner, and also got breakfast there the next morning. There is a convenience store across the side street where we picked up 2 bottles of wine for our cruise. There is also a liquor store a block away, but it was not open on Easter.

We checked out of our hotel shortly before noon on the 5th, and headed to Pan American pier. Check-in was easy, but when we got to the final security checkpoint, the security guard noticed that our Sea Pass card belonged to someone else! I left my husband there to avoid going back through security with our carry on bags, and went back to get a new Sea Pass card. Evidently, our stateroom number was incorrectly entered, so the fix was quick. Lesson learned: check your card when it is given to you. Our sea pass cards were given to us in a nice little pocket folder with a fold out map of the decks of the ship, and we used it throughout the cruise to remind us where our favorite spots were located. Read more