We spent the day before and after the cruise in San Juan. I would recommend spending at least the day before. We did alot of exploring in Old San Juan and did a Flavors of San Juan Tour (wonderful!).

Embarkation was a little bit chaotic. We boarded around 12 noon and one of the porters was going to charge me $10.00 for express delivery to cabin?? We opted for another and didn't have a problem. Once we got through that, the embarkation was pretty easy. We took on a 6 pack of water (wish we had taken a 12 pk) but we kept filling the bottles with water on Lido Deck and our cabin steward (John) kept us supplied with an extra bucket of ice for our water and the wine that we brought on. We got the water/ice from the CVS, across the street from Pier 4. It was down the street a little way, but easy to get to and after all the walking we had done, was not that much of a hike.

Our room was fine, everything in working order. The balcony was a little crowded with both chairs and the small table. The one chair just always seemed to be in the way, but all and all would not cruise without the balcony. The room was close to the elevators/stairs, but was directly across from the crew supply area, so was a bit noisy in the mornings. Read more