Adventure of the Seas Review
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Pre Cruise:
We left home on the morning of the 7th of October (Our 35th Anniversary) and drove to Atlanta Georgia (3 ½ Hours) to spend the day before flying out to San Juan on the next day. Charlotte NC has some of the highest air fares in the country and it was actually cheaper for us to drive to Atlanta and leave our car at the airport for the week than to fly out Charlotte. We went and made a day of it for our anniversary even though we really planned to do our celebrating on the cruise. For dinner in the evening we ate at Gladys Knights Chicken and Waffles in which there are three locations in the Atlanta area. If you are ever in Atlanta and looking for some good down home southern cooking with good service then stop by one of these locations and you won’t be disappointed.
The next morning we were up early for the 7:00 am Southwestern flight to San Juan with a stopover to change planes in Orlando and we arrived in San Juan at 12:30 PM. We had flown to San Juan for a previous cruise so we knew exactly where to go after grabbing our luggage to get a taxi. Our ride to the hotel was about 15 minutes and cost $16.00 and $1.00 per bag. The last time we were in San Juan we stayed at the Courtyard Marriott Miramar which was not a bad place but this time we chose to stay at Condado Plaza Hilton. We arrived at the hotel and the check in was quick and easy and the desk staff were very friendly and helpful. I was glad we got there when we did because they had a room ready even though check-in was not until 4:00. Later on as the day went on I saw in the lobby lots of folks arriving and the check-in line was a little long. There was some folks that arrived before four that had to actually sit around and wait for a room. I had booked a City/Lagoon view but I upgraded to a Ocean view upon arrival and check-in. The hotel was very clean and the property and pool areas are kept up very well. The room was nice and the ocean view was spectacular!
Cabin Review
Superior Oceanview Stateroom with Balcony
We went to check out our home for the week and upon arrival we found our luggage was there also. We have never had our luggage this early. The earliest prior to this was about 5:00. We were in 9320 (D-1) Center Hump Cabin. Room was plenty big, with the typical bathroom with small shower (Sliding glass doors) and the various things I had pre ordered in the online gift shop was there waiting in the room. Although I said the room was plenty big enough, were able to see a junior suite of one of the couples from our roll call and my wife should never had seen that room with even bigger space, bigger balcony, walk in closet and bathtub! She has made it known that is what she wants for our next cruise! The room was clean and neat and we had no problems with that all week. We met the room steward for the first time after we left and came back later. He was not the most personable of all the room stewards we have had in the past and we rarely saw him throughout the week, but whenever we came back after the excursions the room was clean, after dinner the bed was always turned down but we never saw him unless we saw him in another room down the hall. In the beginning we didn’t like a couple of answers he gave us when asking about something and it made his stock go down. It picked up as the week when on and turned out not be so bad. There were towel animals 3 times during the week.
Room – A / Steward – C (this was compared with previous room stewards)