This was our return to Royal Caribbean after two fabulous Southern Caribbean cruises with Princess. We decided to go back to RCI so that we could compare the two lines since our first two cruises were with RCI and we really loved those also. We are a couple in our early 50's and have been on 6 previous cruises, two with RCI, two with Princess, one NCL and one Carnival. This was our third out of San Juan.
We booked our air about two months in advance with Delta and paid under $400 ea round trip from Pittsburgh. Air was slightly higher than we paid in February, but not by a lot. Average seems to be around $350 if you keep a lookout. Flights were very full, but on time and we encountered no problems. We arrived around 8pm December 3.
Pre-cruise: Because of an "oops" on my part, my bid on Priceline ended us up in Farjardo at El Conquistador Resort. Since we were stuck with it, we decided to just make the best of it and rented a car for the one hour drive out. Figuring in taxis, etc, we weren't any worse off except for the time.
Corner aft balcony cabin next to housekeeping space. There was always a housekeeping cart in front of our door. Long way from stairs/elevator. Balcony is odd shaped, slightly larger than average. Balcony has a swinging door and porthole instead of a sliding door.