San Juan Question ???

[busted knuckles]

3/9/08 AOS. Staying at hotel the night before. Most hotels checkout at 11-12. Ship departs late, 8-8:30. How early can you board the ship in this situation.

[Bison]

We Boarded Around Noontime

[hawkfish]

3/9/08 AOS. Staying at hotel the night before. Most hotels checkout at 11-12. Ship departs late, 8-8:30. How early can you board the ship in this situation.

 

Last July, we left the Sheraton at around 10:45am, and were onboard by noon.

[Deno1]

We went to the port at 11:15 am and we on the ship at 11:40 AM. It was great!

 

I would go early - it seems that the check in gets much more congested early afternoon.

 

Our experience is that it was easier than checking in at Miami.

 

Hope you have a great vacation1

[hawkfish]

We went to the port at 11:15 am and we on the ship at 11:40 AM. It was great!

 

I would go early - it seems that the check in gets much more congested early afternoon.

 

Our experience is that it was easier than checking in at Miami.

 

Hope you have a great vacation1

 

DH just reminded me that we made a 15 minute detour into the liquor store once we had checked in, so all in all, our loading/cab ride/unloading/waiting in line to drop off bags/waiting in line to check in/check in/photo all took just about an hour.

[busted knuckles]

Thanks all.

I'll be there with bells on.

[ILoveScotland]

I'm glad to read all of this, too, as we will be on the Serenade out of San Juan in late January. We're staying 4 nights pre-cruise.

[gnparend]

We are staying the night before in Feb and plan on heading to the port at 11 AM to get sea pass and check luggage then walk up to Old San Juan. You can probably board by 11:30 but rooms are not available until 1 or 2 PM so put tags on the Carry On. Once you have the sea pass you can justy walk on board and get a second "photo op". Our last trips to SJ for cruises it seemed most flights from the states start arriving around 11 ish so mid afternoon the port will get heavy. Reason for late departure is flights into SJ are mostly mid day to early evening.