This was our second cruise, our first cruise was on Carnival for our honeymoon. Now we have a son, he is 3 years old, and we brought him along. We had a wonderful time-in part because I read many of these reviews and found helpful tips from other travelers that enhanced our vacation quite a bit. We would recommend Royal Caribbean-although there were a few things that needed improvement.
Embarkation: We made our own flight arrangements and arrived early Sunday morning. By noon we already had our luggage and got a taxi right outside the terminal. At San Juan, the taxi service is very organized -you walk out of the terminal and there is a roped-off area with nice representatives (of the airport?) walking around with clip-boards. They ask you your destination (all you have to say is the Adventure of the Seas-all the cabbies know where to go) and let you know the rate -then they get the cab for you. Its $20 for a cab plus .50/per bag. Boarding the ship-Easy! Definitely check in online beforehand. We were on the ship within a half and hour. Everyone was super friendly. I highly recommend getting passports for everyone-you do have to show it frequently and having one for our 3 year old was so much easier.
First Night tip-go to Johnny Rockets Sunday night-its not crowded and food was very good. The Ship: They will let you into your room promptly at 2:00 pm and there was a very nice lunch buffet at the Windjammer while you wait. The service at the Windjammer was great the first day-as the week wore on it did become difficult to get the waiter's attention and order a drink from the bar.