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Thank you Clarea. Calling home from San Juan to brag...err catch up with our family will be on the itinerary now!

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My girlfriend and I are booked for the April 20th (Easter Sunday) sailing on Freedom. Not only did this particular sailing work out with our schedules, but we also found what Old San Juan had to offer to be more appealing than St. Thomas. We thought it would add a bit more diversity to our 3 ports. We have never been to any of these ports (first eastern trip for both of us), but we felt that we were getting a better value out of Old San Juan and its cultural and historical offerings, because it's not simply another island paradise (I'll admit it's impossible to complain about having too many of those). We will be back some day, and an opportunity to try St Thomas will be in the cards.

I've heard that cell reception for those with Verizon or AT&T (his and hers) is at normal rates in San Juan due to it being a US territory. Can anyone confirm either carrier?

Hope everyone enjoys. T-minus one week for us!

Billy

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As previous posters have said, the size of the ship can matter. More importantly, though, are the environmental conditions and your location on the ship. Your location with respect to the ship (treated as a solid object with no moving parts, which isn't actually the case...) and its center of gravity will determine how much acceleration/motion you will experience. If you are mid-ship and on a low deck, since these ships are very bottom-heavy to compensate for their height, you should experience less rocking. The size of this motionless area is going to be bigger on bigger ships. The location of the center of gravity on a ship will be dynamic, but it will average out towards a certain point as the ship bounces around on the waves.

Regardless, mother nature always wins. If there is a storm outside with huge swells, the boat is going to rock....because it's still a boat and the ocean is the ocean = )

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