We arrived in San Juan a few days before the cruise and traveled to Fajardo, PR to go out to the island of Culebra to snorkel. It was wonderful with beautiful beaches and the best snorkeling in the Caribbean. Then back to San Juan to embark on the cruise.
We arrived at the pier at 12:00 noon and this process was easy. We were a group of three couples and were quickly on board the ship and eating lunch in the Windjammer Cafe where the food was very tasty and well presented.
We were in our cabins by 2:00pm. Our ocean view cabin on deck four was surprisingly spacious, but friends in an oceanview on deck two with a porthole were unhappy with their cabin. It was definitely smaller and they reported a lot of noise at night when the ship was moving.