As a new member of cruise critic, I haven't posted much, in fact, the only posting I've done is on the roll call I participated in before the cruise! From what other people tell me, I'm probably one of the youngest Cruise Critic members out there! I'm only 17! Anyways, here's the story of one of my most amazing vacations ever!Our vacation planning started 6 months before our cruise. A big group of our huge family wanted to plan a trip together, so we started brain storming. We've been all over the country...Tennessee, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, including many many cruises. But, we didn't really want to go on a cruise because we have been on so many, and have been to almost all the ports in the Caribbean, and we didn't have the budget to go on an Alaskan, European, or Hawaiian cruise. After looking and looking for weeks I came upon this cruise. I presented it to my family, and everyone fell in love with it instantly! We all booked 5 months before as to get the early saver rate, which allowed us to get onboard credit if the price changed. My Parents and I ended up with $550 just between us! So the countdown began, 100 days, 50 days, 20 days, 1 week! We all arrived in San Juan different days. I came on Friday with my Grandparents and my Uncle. Our flight left at 6am from Orlando, so there was no sleep involved the night before. :) We headed to the airport at about 3am, as jetBlue informed us that there was some construction. Boy was that a mistake! We arrived to the airport at 3:30, and were at the gat by 4:45 with over an hour waiting at the gate! It was worth the wait though, because San Juan was only a few hours away! :)We arrived into San Juan at about 9am. It was an hour later before we had gotten our bags and were waiting for our rental car. And an hour after that, we were finally in our rental car ready to explore San Juan!I've been to San Juan many times, and my grandparents being Puerto Rican, and growing up, had no trouble being there! We went to lunch at a little bakery and had the most amazing sandwiches I've ever had! They were grilled with and had powered sugar! I also had an alcapurria(ground beef and fritter mix, fried) and a Relleno de Papa(Fried potato ball). Yum! After our amazing lunch we went and checked in at our hotel. We stayed at the Embassy Suites in Catalina. They were backed up so we ended up leaving our bags and going on a walk. We met up with some our family who had arrived a few days before. After a few hours we returned to our hotel for cocktail hour! They had a nightly cocktail hour(really 2 hours) with complimentary drinks. Between the Cocktail Hours, and the amazing breakfast they had every morning, we really really loved the hotel and would definitely stay there again! I have a friend who works for a Hilton so we got a really great deal!Saturday in Puerto Rico was pretty uneventful! Everyone was arriving at different times during the day, so I just hung out with my cousins, which I ended up doing the whole cruise! We went to the beach for a few hours, and went to a few bars/restaurants. Our pre-vacation involved a lot of relaxing and just visiting with our family that we haven't seen in a while. Sunday started early! We were all awake by 9, and had breakfast. We finished packing up, making sure we had all our papers and luggage tags, and headed to the hotel were the rest of the family was. Right across the street was a little restaurant and we had some more spanish food. This time bacalaito. :)After 2 hours of deciding how we were going to get 24 people to the port in 3 rental cars, we finally left to the port! We were very close to the port, only about a 10 minute drive. We went to a few shops while they returned the rental cars, and finally went into the line to board the ship.Unfortunately I have to stop here, I have some stuff to do! But I'll be back! I have a feeling this is going to lengthy review with a lot of details! :)