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I just boarded Norwegian Epic in San Juan. It was very similar to embarking in Alaska or just at a port of call. We boarded on deck 0 and we’re heading upstairs.
Epic is the first cruise ship I’ve been on with a guest elevator.
The Cavern club is less like…
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I am about to head to the Pan American port in San Juan to board Norwegian Epic. Uber and Lyft are both the same price from my Airbnb. Uber gets me there faster so I’m going with them.
You can get in any line. I just went with the shortest….
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Good morning from San Juan! Today I am boarding Norwegian Epic for a Southern Caribbean cruise.
First I took a walk on the beach.
Then I went looking for coffee. That is the restaurant I ate at last night.
I found coffee at El Cafecito.
These are the sizes.Â
I got a water, an…
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I just took a Lyft from the San Juan airport to my Airbnb. While I’m waiting on the Airbnb to be cleaned, I decided to get one of these pineapple pina colada drinks from the stand outside.
I finished my drink and still had time until my Airbnb was ready…
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I booked this Airbnb in the Isle Verde area. It’s not far from the airport and a short walk to the beach. I was trying to keep the price under $200. This place cost me $180. The nearby resorts were starting at $500 per night. The Airbnb is right…
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Good morning. It’s 3:15am in the Dallas-Fort Worth remote parking lot. I have a 5am flight to San Juan where I will board Norwegian Epic tomorrow.Â
Here comes my shuttle.
My suitcase is well below the 50lb limit.
This is about the longest I’ve seen my TSA line here. It turns out…
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Good morning from San Juan! Straight ahead you can see Castillo San Christobal which I covered last time in The Forts of San Juan. I don’t have big plans for today. It’s an early port day. I am hoping the umbrellas will be on the umbrella street. I want…
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Booking
I wanted to book this itinerary back in 2019 for December of that year. I was only booking about six months out and the room selection was limited. Prices were through the roof. I booked a six-day Magic cruise instead.
I then booked this itinerary on Breeze for late August…
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Good morning! I didn’t get enough sleep the first two nights so this morning I made sure I stayed in bed and got a full 7 hours of sleep instead of getting up to watch our arrival in San Juan.
Someone put their room service stuff by my front door….
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The Spanish controlled Puerto Rico (Spanish for Rich Port) for over 400 years. They spent 250 of those years constructing forts to protect the city of San Juan. The Spanish maintained control of the city until the United States took it over in the Spanish-American war in 1898. These…
