Condensed Review of 04/07, Adventure cruise

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A condensed review:

 

Arrived in San Juan, on Saturday, stayed at the Sheraton Convention Center Hotel,

we did a self tour of Old San Juan. (have been to San Juan 4 times prior)

 

On Sunday arrived at port @11:30AM was on ship by 12:15.

 

The Duty Free shop at the port had a small but decent choice of wines, also

purchased some water and soda to carry on. (no issues with carry on)

 

Ship looks good, service was excellent, crew very friendly.

 

This cruise we had smooth seas, a few minor rain showers.

 

We did not go to the diamond events, so can't comment on it.

 

Shows were good, we did not go the the ice skating, been there done that.

 

Overall was a good cruise.

 

Would sail on The Adventure again without hesitation.

 

Now for the issues, NONE impacted the overall experience:

 

1. The toilets stopped working for approximately 9 hours during a port

day. it appeared to be limited to the cabins on 9th deck center hump

area only.

 

2. When checking in for our return flight, the internet was the slowest I

have ever experienced on a ship. And printer issue slowed it even more.

 

3. The printer had to be coaxed to print out the boarding passes, it would

only print out page one of three, I had to change settings from print all

pages, to print each page individually, this took what should have been

a 10 minute use of the internet into a 30 minute experience, as all

others trying to print boarding passes were experiencing the same

issues. Each person then would pass on the "how to print info"

along to the next person. Notified Customer Service, they passed on

the complaints to the IT people.

 

Seperate from the Ship experience was the San Juan Airport. A

disorganized mess, The airlines will not let you check in your luggage

until it is four hours or less before your flight, so waiting around the

airport with little to no seating, along with hundreds of other cruise

passengers was interesting to say the least. Unfortunely the luggage

valet program is not offered in San Juan.

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Excursions that we did were:

 

Stingray Swim & Snorkel in St John's Antigua, had a great time.

 

Dolphin & Whale Watch in St Lucia, and did see plenty of dolphins and 4 whales.

 

Harrison's Cave & Island Tour, was a really nice tour, the facilitys at Harrison's cave are excellent, after the island tour the driver gave the option of going to town for shopping or back to the ship.

 

In St. Marteen, we rented a van from Hertz (party of 6) at the pier, (pre cruise reservation online) and drove around the island with a long stop at Maho Beach for the plane landings and takeoffs.

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Excursions that we did were:

 

Stingray Swim & Snorkel in St John's Antigua, had a great time.

 

Dolphin & Whale Watch in St Lucia, and did see plenty of dolphins and 4 whales.

 

Harrison's Cave & Island Tour, was a really nice tour, the facilitys at Harrison's cave are excellent, after the island tour the driver gave the option of going to town for shopping or back to the ship.

 

In St. Marteen, we rented a van from Hertz (party of 6) at the pier, (pre cruise reservation online) and drove around the island with a long stop at Maho Beach for the plane landings and takeoffs.

 

Overall it sounded like a good cruise. We've been on Adventure as well. A great ship.