Getting off the ship was a breeze but we were in the first group. There were no lines on the ship and we found our luggage easily. The longest line was at customs and it was only a few minutes. A $24 cab ride got us to the airport by 8:30. Our plane was late arriving in San Juan and we had to get new reservations in Charlotte to make our connection. We got home around 10 PM. Long day.
OK. Here are the answers to all of your questions:
Q: I am curious how leaving the hotel @11 worked out for you. Would you suggest that time to others?
A: We left the San Juan hotel at 10:30 AM the day we first got on the ship. We arrived at 10:45 and waited in line until 11:05 when they began to let people on the ship. We are Diamond members and got through quickly. We were literally the first people in the Windjammer. We roamed the halls without a single soul in sight other than crew. I HIGHLY recommend getting on at 11:00 AM.
Q: What port was it (Pan Am? Old San Juan?)? If Pan Am, did you find a store in the pier after going through security? Were you able to purchase bottled water/soda/wine there?
A: Pan Am port. Royal Caribbean uses Pan Am when San Juan is the start/end of a cruise. They use Old San Juan when San Juan is just a stop during a cruise. People were selling bottled water on the pier.
Miscellaneous iPhone pics from the week:
America's Cup Yacht Racing excursion on St. Maarten
Centrum area of Jewel of the Seas
Captain James signing shirts for the Make A Wish walk.
I want to thank all of you from Qatar (yes, we had a reader in Qatar) to Australia to the US for joining in on our trip. It was fun to give you as much info and pictures as time and money allowed. Royal Caribbean is the best! We will never sail with anyone else.
Thank You so much for your live blog. I am part of a large CC Roll Call for Jewel's March 8th sailing. We all followed you, and enjoyed it!
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