Cruising to San Juan

[RSWBADGER]

This thread was posted today!

 

About 29 power restoration brigades from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have arrived today in Old San Juan, and along with 6 others from the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, are getting right to work this week. 80% power restoration in the old city and surrounding neighborhoods is expected within the week. This should power up most hotels, restaurants, stores and attractions, to include the forts of the San Juan National Historic Site.

 

Thank you NY, NJ and CT!

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2564606

[GottaKnowWhen]

. ... Until San Juan recovers, sailing into San Juan or other devastated islands seems wrong. Contribute money and desperately needed items would be welcomed. A ship full of people on vacation isn't helping closed stores... Sail to San Juan this winter?

 

 

Yes. 26 day’s from now! Really looking forward to our cruise from there and our days before and after in Old San Juan. Can shiploads of people on vacation help closed stores? Absolutely! I expect those vacationers provide hope and incentive to the small business owners trying to repair, rebuild stock, find the resources to put people on the payroll, and sell their goods to people like me and you. I was super excited to make a late booking on Summit out of San Juan and expect to have a good cruise and wonderful Christmas Eve in OSJ.

Stan

 

 

 

 

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[WonderMan3]

Did you not read the OP's post?

 

 

 

What it says actually ties in to what "The View" showed last week with one of their hosts walking through Old San Juan. The streets were virtually empty of people, few shops and restaurants were open and virtually everything was running on generator power. Some businesses interviewed said that if power was not restored soon they would have to close as it was too expensive for them to operate with so little business.

 

 

 

So it's all well and good to say " get out there and spend money to support Puerto Rico" but if it's mainly hotels and casinos that are open as the OP seemed to indicate then there isn't really a lot for people to put their money towards. Now for me personally, I like to gamble, so going to the local casino would be fun. I've done the forts before so I was hoping to wander around Old San Juan and check out the shops, etc. but if most things are still closed when I'm there in January then I probably will just head to the casino.

 

 

 

 

 

I'd have to know exactly the date and time the person from The View was filming. Just because the piece aired last week doesn't mean it was shot last week. Also, having "LIVE" on the screen definitely does not equate to real time. A couple of weeks ago GMA aired an update but used footage from just after the hurricane - a bit misleading.

 

 

 

It aired last week and she had been down there the week prior to that. Not misleading at all but reality of what's happening right now.

 

 

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[Jade13]

I've posted several times on the San Juan sub-forum (located under "Caribbean"). We were on the Summit repositioning from Bayonne to San Juan, and disembarked in San Juan on October 28th. There is absolutely no problem with taxis. There was a line of taxis at least half a mile long when we left the ship, and our hotel had no problems calling taxis for us.

 

 

 

When we flew out on October 31st the air conditioning was working at the airport. The airport shops and food concessions were operational.

 

 

 

Thank you. We are going next week. Flying into SJU and staying overnight.

 

 

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