My wife and I took our first cruise ever on April 23rd. We booked the cruise with a local travel agent who is a friend of the family. There were approximately 100 of us who went on the cruise. We knew maybe 1/3 of the individuals. We felt comfortable going on the cruise especially since there were many in the group who had cruised before. Since we had a large number of individuals going we flew out of two different airports. Our group flew out of Baltimore the other out of Dulles in DC.

We arrived in San Juan at about 11 am. We had no trouble what so ever with the embarkation. It went very smoothly. We were on the ship by about 12:30 and in the Windjammer eating by about 1 pm. Our cabin was ready by 1:45 or so. We had a balcony cabin that we loved! We were on deck 7 cabin #7644. We spent the rest of the afternoon exploring the ship and by the pool.

We were in the first seating (6 pm) for dinner. Our waitress, Camilia, and our asst waiter, Pedro, were wonderful. Pedro was a character and members of our group picked him on constantly but he was just fine with it. Everything we had for dinner was really good. We had no complaints at all. We were seated in the Strauss dining room by the window table #472. All the people at our table got the shot of the day from the bartender Ivan. That was interesting and Ivan was a fun individual. Read more