My boyfriend and I were on the Carnival Victory from San Juan on the May 20th, 2012 sailing. It was another awesome cruise-our 5th on Carnival. This was our first time doing Southern Caribbean and it was amazing. So different than the other Caribbean cruises we've taken.

We booked 1 night in a hotel in Old San Juan so we had some extra time there to explore and enjoy the Old town. It was great and would highly recommend that you stay extra time here. There is so much to do/see in PR. We arrived into San Juan on Saturday early afternoon from NY and checked right into our hotel (Milano). Then were back on the streets of Old San Juan within an hour to start exploring. We decided to go see the closer of the 2 forts (Cristobal) and just walk around the streets. Then went to dinner (tried Mofongos which PR is known for) and then walked some more. Next morning we went out for a light breakfast (Mallorcas-another PR favorite) and then checked out of the hotel and walked to the ship (about a 10 min walk). It had started raining on our walk-not fun while walking with luggage. We arrived at the ship about 11:30am and the check-in was fast and we were on the ship eating lunch on the Lido in less than an hour. We then went to our room and since it was still raining, just decided to walk around the ship and save more San Juan exploring for when the rain stopped. It did and out we went. We were back on the ship by 5:30 and then got ready for dinner. We didn't see the show that night since it started late and we were tired. We went to the mandatory safety drill and watched from the lido deck as we departed San Juan. First time we've departed any port at night. Very pretty.

Next morning we were in St Thomas. Beautiful weather but since we'd been to St Thomas before, we just decided to walk around the shops by the port and take advantage of the emptiness of the ship. It was our first time on a ship with a Serenity Deck and we enjoyed it that day and loved it. Read more