BACKGROUND: We have a group which travels together every other year to the Southern Caribbean. For this particular cruise, we added new people and ended up with 27 people. Ages range from mid-40's to mid-70's.

SAN JUAN: Best Western at the airport. We arrived at 8:00 PM and it was very convenient with just rolling luggage from the terminal to the lobby of the hotel. Room was clean and nice enough for a quick stay. We have been to San Juan several times and did not want to do any sightseeing especially since we arrived after 8:00 PM.

EMBARKTATION: Some of the people in our group met a great taxi driver when they went for dinner Friday night. So, they arranged from him to pick us up at the hotel for transportation to the pier. On the way to the airport, he stopped at a local grocery store so that we could buy water, wine and soft drinks. We arrived at the ship at approximately 11:30 and were checked in and on the ship within 45 minutes. Read more