My wife and I (Low 50s) sailed with our adult children (Mid 20s), all of us are experienced cruisers and only sail with Royal Caribbean. We’re all Platinum status as of this cruise.

San Juan: We flew to San Juan a few days before sailing and stayed at a Courtyard, the place was very nice and only 3 minutes from the port. This Courtyard has a pool, restaurant, lounge, exercise room and taxi service out front. The rooms were as you’d expect from the Courtyard chain and the staff were very friendly. We used points for the hotel so I can’t comment on the price. There are numerous restaurants on the street and the neighborhood appeared to be safe and well traveled

Embarkation: We checked out of our room about 11:10 am after a great breakfast in the hotel lounge and took a taxi to the cruise port. The traffic was heavy and it was pouring rain when we arrived but the taxi driver felt it was unacceptable for us to walk through the rain in order to get to the terminal so he did a little unauthorized off roading (Driving across the grass) to get us under the covered baggage area. He couldn’t have been any friendlier and accommodating Read more