This was the first time we flew into San Juan to take a ship out. We really wanted to go to the ports they offered on The Jewel of the Seas. We had been to San Juan in the past as ports on other cruises. We arrived at the airport after a long flight from Baltimore it took 4 hours for some reason. When we arrived at the baggage claim they already had our bags on the belt I was shocked!

The cabs to the ship are kind of annoying they have all these vans pulled up and it is a standard fee of $21 for the trip plus $1 for each piece of luggage. There was only 3 of us and they wanted to charge the same amount no matter how many people you had. If there was more of course we could have split the cost. The taxi driver did not speak English so communicating with him was interesting.

We arrived at the port and check in was not terrible. There is a duty free shop inside that you can go buy last minute wine but the bottles are pricey like $35 a bottle. So I skipped that. We got on board at like 12:30pm and our rooms were already finished so that was a nice surprise. We went up to the Windjammer to get some lunch. My husband is gluten free so he had some issues locating items he could eat. Which is odd because I was on the Enchantment of the Seas in February and they had items clearly marked and seperated from other items. Read more