We went to San Juan (free trolly takes you from the port to both forts, I highly recommend it).   The Forts were very neat, I wasn't sure if I'd be interested in the forts, but the views were amazing and they were very interesting.  
 We ended at Trolly stop 1, a restaurant called Punto De Vista.  It was very tasty, we had mofongo (try the pork with the garlic sauce, so good)!  They also had two for one flavored mojito that were good.  Service was great, and the location was right next to the dock.  The place doesn't look like much from the outside, but don't be scared away.   We also liked that we could use our cell phones to check with home.

San Juan

From St. Thomas we took the Red Hook ferry to St. John.  I highly recommend it - it was the highlight of our trip! Get there early - it's a 20-30 minute cab ride ($7/person) to the 9 a.m. ferry.  Buy both tickets at once (for two people two ways it was $24).  Get on the ferry and enjoy the ride to St. Thomas.  Once at St. Thomas, grab a cab (really guys with pick-up trucks with beds that have benches and coverings) to Trunk Bay.  I liked Trunk Bay - good snorkeling, just a swim away.  Great scenery.  But go early, because it gets crowded later.  After our snorkel we caught another cab (they wait by the bay) for a tour.  We were lucky, we had a tour by a guy named "Tiny" (he was actually rather large), who took us around for 3 hours and only charged $50 (total for two).  The Sugar Plantation was our favorite stop.  He also took us up the mountain to Coral bay. We went by Cinnamon Bay, which looked very nice, but since we just got out of the water we didn't stop.  We had lunch over at Coral Bay, at Skinny Legs (good hamburgers, but not much else, not even fries).   Tiny waited for us to lunch and took us back to Mongoose for shopping (awesome shopping center with unique items, just pricey).  
We walked back to the ferry (it leaves on the hour every hour, it takes about 30 minutes to cross), and caught another cab back to the ship.  Bring plenty of cash for the taxis, and plenty of singles because they don't make a lot of change.  We loved doing St. John on our own, we got to see so much, here's the breakdown: 
$44 taxi to and from Red Hook Fairy
$24 for two round trip fairy ride
$14 taxi to Trunk Bay
$50 tour with Tiny, plus
 $10 tip since he was so good
 $25 for lunch, which included two tropical rum drinks, and two hamburgers. 
Total:  $167 for two to see St. Johns.

St. Thomas

St. Martin - Disappointment.  Our shore excursion was at 11:30, so we hung around the port (not much to do, it's kind of closed in and there's no good shopping, just the same places we saw at the last two ports).  Then we found out at 11:30 that our shore excursion was canceled, so we wasted the morning for nothing.  Celebrity said it was the company who did the excursion, and they didn't tell them till the last minute otherwise Celebrity would have told us earlier.  We took a taxi to Friar's Bay.  The water was nice, and the beach wasn't too crowded (like Orient), but overall the island was kind of dirty (raw sewage and food waste and trash everywhere).  It was also arid, not as lush as St. John.  Not the best.  Everybody who did the America's Cup shore excursion raved about it, if I ever went back I'd do it.  Another thing to note - in April, the water is still quite chilly.

St. Martin

Solstice 1532 - inside stateroom with a lot of great benefits for an inside stateroom!  Just walk up a flight of stairs and you're in the spa/adult pool area.  It's on the suite deck, so it's quite.  And you're down a hall that branches off, last one on the line, so it's extra quite.  I think the floor plan was nice because it was longways, plenty of walking room.   I think our steward was extra good since he was also the one who serviced the suites.  Another bonus about being on the penthouse deck:  we waited in zero lines while embarking!  We were routed to the suites area, even though we're just paying for a lowly inside stateroom.   Bed was very nice. 
Because we're under the spa, it's very quite above us at night since it's closed. 
I think there's an ice maker near by because we could occasionally hear it dump.  It's forward, so we could feel the motion of the ocean a few times, but it was actually kind of nice, it lulled us to sleep.  We did need to have the AC checked up on, but the problem seemed to be fixed quickly.  I'd for sure book this room again.

Be prepared to spend extra, we spent $600 for these items on a seven day cruise:   Two shaves at the barber, one up-do at the salon, high-tea for two, $100 in casino credit, six pina coladas, lunch for two at the Tuscan grill, a small batch bourbon tasting for one, three games of bingo for two, pressing of one pair of pants in laundry, lunch for two at Bistro On Five, two gelatos,  two glasses of wine, one champagne tasting at Cellar Masters, one ten dollar pair of earrings from the shops.Overall the staff on the ship were pretty good, pool butlers were attentive, people always greeted us and were nice.

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