Laurie411

Thanks Harry, for taking us along on your trip report and letting us feel like part of the family! Appreciate all of your travel hints and tips. Will miss reading your report. Can't wait for your next installment! Hope you find a great fare sale for your next family cruise SOON! :)

We had a great cruise on Freedom (again!) last month. Can't wait for the next one!

Happy Travels, Laurie

Hi,

 

Thanks for the compliment. I see that this is your first posting here at CC. Very honored you chose my trip report to post your first comment.

 

I can't speak for other parts of San Juan, but the part we were in, I didn't see any visible hurricane damages. Now when I start to show the pictures from day 5 at St. Maarten, you will see a lot more damages over there.

 

Do you remember how much you guys paid for the tour at San Juan and what spots they took you guys to? They were offering $20/pp tour for various parts of SJ but I wasn't interested as we wanted to do the forts only. Next time around we might venture off to see other parts.

 

Thanks,

 

Harry

 

 

Tour buses all lined up by the pier

 

 

 

We walked off the ship and decided on a whim to take the $20 tour. We were not disappointed. Our local driver LOVED his home of Puerto Rico, which made it such a great ride. The first stop was touring the Capital of Puerto Rico. Wow - gorgeous! You def need to put that stop on your next SJ list! Your pictures will be amazing! Our driver showed us many points of local interest, including the photo op stop at the fort. Wrapping it up, he offered a drop downtown in the shopping district, or you could stay on and he'd drop you back at the pier. We enjoyed it!

Looking forward to hearing about your SXM stop as well. We have nothing planned for there yet, as we weren't sure what's operating or not.

Thanks Harry!

Hi Harry!

Thanks so much for sharing your trips with us! I got hooked on your review last year, before we sailed on Freedom. We are sailing her again in 2 weeks. We were wondering about hurricane damage, specifically at SJ. Last year we did the island tour, and our tour bus stopped briefly at the fort for picture taking. You posted a picture of tour buses in the lot! We plan to go tour the fortresses this trip, as you did. Glad to see all is well there.

Love all your pictures and your sense of humor! Keep it coming! Thanks again!