After 3 Celebrity Cruises, I decided to try HAL in Sept 2004, which for me, was a big step but I thought, the price was great and who knows, maybe it will be wonderful. I was wrong......and so, I came back to X and I am very glad I did.

I had originally booked an 8:50 a.m. flight and was supposed to arrive in San Juan at 4:00 p.m. The evening before leaving I was so ready to go I called Delta to find out how much it would be to take the earlier flight offered. It was $25.00. It left here at 6:00 a.m. but arrived in San Juan at 1:00. So, after not being able to sleep anyway, I got up and went on that early flight! It was great too. I took a cab with a couple I met at the baggage claim and we boarded about 2:30. Champagne in hand, one of the attendants took my carry-on from me and escorted me to my cabin, #8153.

The Constellation was my first M-Class Ship. I have always loved the smaller ships....Century and Mercury are the 2 I have sailed so this was definitely stepping out of the box. I want to begin by saying she is a large ship, but she doesn't "FEEL BIG".....she is very easy to maneuver around. Even though there were many people on board, I never felt lost and learned my way around quite quickly. Read more