On the Serenade of the Seas
Pre-Cruise Travel
Saturday, June 12, 2010
(We're in Dallas - today we fly to San Juan, Puerto Rico.) Alarm set for 5 am, but I’m up at 3 and can’t get back to sleep. Decided to get out of bed @ 4, made coffee in the room and got in shower. Good thing I was up early as it ended up that I only had a few minutes to spare before the 6 am shuttle to the airport (2 miles away).
Flights went fine. Larry, Brad and Cynthia were at our gate waiting for us when we arrived in San Juan. Brad needed to get his scuba gear, so we went to the baggage claim area with them. Found out they would take our checked bags to the ship, but the bags were sitting outside, not being watched so we decided to take them with us. Waited for what seemed like forever for our bags, got them loaded on the bus and were on the way to the Radisson Hotel & Casino.
Went to check in at the lobby and they said we were VIP’s so we needed to go to the Ambassador’s Club on the top level of the hotel. It was a nice area with chair and tables, TV, etc. They told us they have complimentary breakfast in the morning, and appetizers in the afternoons . Bar is available on the honor system (write down what you had and your room number). It was also next to the roof-top pool. Got checked in - L, B&C’s rooms were ready, ours wasn’t yet but they said all they were waiting on were wash clothes, but if we wanted we could go and they would just bring them when they are done, so we said that was fine. We again had a suite (although L, B&C’s were not) with sink, microwave and refrigerator, love seat, chair and ottoman, desk w/ chair, big flat screen tv in the “living room” part, bedroom had a king size sleep number bed (35 for me, 40 for T, btw) another large flat screen tv and bathroom and there was also a balcony with a view of the ocean and beach!Here's the view from the balcony:
And the room (I was too tired to take pictures as soon as we got there, so this is before we left and it's a little messy):
We decided to go back up to the Ambassadors Club for drinks and appetizers before supper with everyone. We sat and visited while enjoying a glass of wine and beer, then went to the hotel restaurant for supper. Supper was good - we all had one free drink w/ our meals. I ordered a Cuban sandwich - pork, ham and cheese with FF. It was good! Todd had fajitas, which I’m not sure why because we can get that at home in Texas . L had ribs that were served w/ cole slaw - he said they were good. B&C decided to have fish - and when it came to the table it was a WHOLE FISH deep fried! Fins, eyes, teeth and everything! I wish I would have had my camera to take a picture!
After supper L went to the casino (which will probably be a theme our whole trip) while T , B & C and I went to Walgreens just a couple blocks away. Then we went back to the casino for a while. T & I sat on the balcony in our room for a little, but it was raining so we decided to crawl into bed.
Long day of traveling, but we are all VERY EXCITED to get on the ship tomorrow!!!!!
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