Our Honeymoon Cruise  Carnival Valor – July 7, 2013  San Juan – St. Thomas – Barbados – St. Lucia – St. Kitts – St. Maarten – Puerto Rico

When my husband Ryan and I were discussing where to go for our honeymoon we tossed around plenty of good (and bad) ideas. Should we go to an all-inclusive and sit on the beach for a week? Would it be better to travel Europe or go someplace exotic? All along, my husband (or husband-to-be at the time) really wanted to do a cruise, but I was hesitant. I was uneasy about cruising because although my two previous cruises were fantastic, I experienced motion sickness both times. I did not want to spend my honeymoon sick in our cabin. I was also worried about going on a port-intensive vacation after the stress and craziness of wedding planning! However, I am EXTREMELY glad that in the end, we decided on the Valor.

After a busy wedding weekend (we got married on Friday and went on a wine tour on Saturday with our family) we had a 6am flight out of JFK airport on Sunday morning. We arrived in San Juan at 10am, on time and without any issues. While Ryan waited for our luggage, I went and scoped out the taxi situation. It ended up being quite easy – the taxis were waiting for patrons – there was no line and since the price was fixed, there was no need for negotiations! We got in the taxi and were at the Port by 10:30am. We checked in and were told that we could embark within an hour. To kill some time we shopped in the duty-free shop. We purchased two bottles of champagne for our trip. (Our room steward put these on ice for us as soon as we got to our cabin!) Read more