We flew into San Juan and went directly to the ship the same day of our sailing. We were in a family group of 6 adults. We arrived around 4:30 pm and were very glad we pre-reserved a service to pick us all up...shuttlevanpr.com. Francisco was right there at the airport to pick us up for $10 pp including luggage (we also added tip). We passed the long line waiting for cabs and went right to our nice spacious van. He was also right on time to pick us up at the pier--we HIGHLY recommend them!

The whole boarding process took no longer than 20 minutes for our entire group and we were on the ship! They told us our luggage would arrive about 2 hours later so we went to cabins and got ready for dinner. Our champagne was chilled and waiting (we missed the welcome aboard drinks)with fruit and canapes.

After freshening up, we went to the MDR-our reservations were for the 6 pm setting. We opted for the MDR experience because of our group-we had a wonderful table all to ourselves. Our waiter was Suttama and his assistant, Udden, treated us wonderfully and we loved each night-and MISS them now! Carina was a wonderful sommelier and patiently answered questions and made great recommendations. We were disappointed there were no NY State wines available--we are from NY and proud of our products! Read more