Our sailing dates were March 25-April 1 on Adventure of the Seas. This cruise was just my wife and I. My fifth cruise, her seventh. Last spring break we enjoyed the Navigator of the Seas with our 2 daughters. We were so impressed we joined the Crown and Anchor and booked the AOS for this spring break to the southern Caribbean.

After reading all of the wonderful insights on these boards we decided to fly to San Juan on Saturday the 24th. The horror stories of O'Hare at spring break really solidified the decision to go a day early. Our flight was scheduled for 3:30...we were air born by 5. All in all not too bad! Arrival in San Juan was routine. We got a cab from the airport to the Radisson Ambassador. The method for getting a cab is a bit hectic, but heck, just being in San Juan made everything good! The cab driver took us to the wrong hotel at first, but we were just minutes from ours, so that was no problem either. We grabbed a late night bite at the Ambassador, caught up on the NCAA scores, wandered through the casino and were in bed by 1 a.m...

Sunday morning, with relaxing time on our hands, we walked up the street and bought a few essentials we had forgotten at Walgreens. We walked back to the hotel up the beach. The sand and surf were just fantastic after a winter in Chicago. We returned to the Ambassador and found a wonderful, peaceful rooftop pool! At 11:45, we checked out, and grabbed a cab to the pier. Even though all of our documents told us 4:00 check-in, again thanks to these message boards, we hoped we would be able to board the ship. By 12:10 we had our first plate at Windjammers. As we made our way from the embarkation gangway to Windjammers we realized that the AOS was not only as beautiful as the NOS, but a carbon copy as well. The only difference being that Vintages is replaced by the Sports Bar. We had packed pool attire in our carry-ons. We were in lounge chairs by the pool enjoying fantastic weather and some frozen something or other drink by 1:00 p.m... We had a great time watching the ship and pool area fill up. In summary, embarkation was so quick, it is almost a blur! Read more