First, a little about us. We are a 48 yr old married couple and this was our 8th cruise. First cruise was with the kids on the Big Red Boat and all the rest have been on RCI. We have considered other lines but we enjoy RCI so much that we are afraid we will be disappointed so we stay with what we like.

Pre-Cruise

We flew in to San Juan on Friday from MSP and spent 2 nights at the Marriott/San Juan. We usually stay at the Tres Palmas guesthouse on our San Juan cruises but we had Marriott Rewards pts. and ended up with 2 nights free. The Marriott was very nice. We had a great room overlooking the pool and the ocean. The lobby area gets kinda wild on weekend evenings with loud salsa type music but it was a fun place to hang out. The staff at the Marriott were very accommodating. My wife is a runner and when she returned from her morning run, the doorman greeted her with a towel and a cold bottled water. Lots of Brownie points there! The pool area was great and would recommend the hotel highly. Read more