This is a long review /day trip.

Day 1. We flew down to San Juan on Friday June 3, 2011. We had been to San Juan on a previous cruise but did not have time to see all that we wanted to do so we decide to add a couple of days to our itinerary. We arrived on the Friday afternoon and checked in to our room at the Sheraton Old San Juan which was our home for 2 nights prior to the cruise. We had arranged with Debbie from the Legends of Puerto Rico for the walking tour "Night Tales". It began to drizzle as the tour began but cleared as we progressed. Our tour guide Debbie was very knowledgeable and showed us many places and explained the history. We really enjoyed this tour. The architectures in San Juan are so beautiful. http://www.legendsofpr.com/nighttales.htm We saw many places and ended up close by the marketplace. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the marketplace does double duty: After the vendors have shut down their stalls, people gather for one large block party. There's music, food, laughter, and of course, dancing in the streets. We stopped at Senor Frogs after the tour for some nachos & beer and the required butt chair photos. Then back to the hotel. We hardly slept (did we sleep at all?) as it was prom night/weekend for Puerto Rican teens. There were so many parties going on and it was very, very noisy. Teenagers ran up and down the halls, screeching like banshees, banging doors, yelling, throwing stuff. etc. It was a night from hell. We and several other people called down to the main desk and they sent up security. They would remain quiet momentarily until security left and then resumed their partying until 3:30 in the morning. The next day we went to the front desk and we were moved to a quieter room however, we had upgraded to an ocean view room so they gave us a complimentary breakfast buffet voucher. Well done Sheraton. Breakfast was a lovely buffet style and the food was very tasty. Everyone we came in contact at the Sheraton was very pleasant and helpful. However they forgot to give us our Starwood Points.

Day 2. After breakfast at the Sheraton we did the walking tour of Old San Juan on our own and visited the 2 forts and other historic spots. The forts were really interesting and some wonderful views. We stopped for lunch and then we then headed to the shops along Calle Forteleza for some shopping. It was a fun day. That evening we were picked up at the Sheraton by Yokahu Kayak Tours for our Bioluminescent Bay kayak tour. We here told it was a perfect night for viewing as there was no moon. It was just okay. There is very little to see. Not sure what the rave reviews were about. There were a lot of wanna be kayakers that should stick to land. We were rammed several times and received an oar to the side of the head. When you are paddling against the current, it can be strenuous on your wrists. For groups with children I would recommend you look into one of the companies that has kayaks for 3 people or one of the boat tours. Several people on our tour had to be towed. The company was to take pictures of the individual kayaks and post them on their website. Well they took pictures of 3 kayaks together. Half of my head was cut off and I have no idea who those 4 other people are. Pretty tacky I thought. Later we were driven back to the Sheraton. Thankfully, that night was a quiet night and we slept. There was a lot of construction happening at this time as Obama was visiting the next week so traffic was brutal. Read more