We flew into San Juan two days earlier to get into vacation mode. This was our third cruise out of San Juan. We stayed at the Howard Johnson in Old San Juan. Great location, not such a great hotel as it is old and not what we were expecting. However the staff and the experience was wonderful. Sat at the little bar in the front of the hotel and had a blast with other patrons. They cleaned up Old San Juan and the people are helpful and friendly.

We embarked at the port at 1:30pm and it was jammed! So much confusion and long,long lines....in the heat! You had to hand in your baggage in one line and then go back to the end of another long line! This process took almost 1 hour! Inside the port, things went smoothly and we were on the ship within 20 minutes.

The ship was very clean and the staff was exceptional!!! Read more