pamletx

Thanks for the tips! We're on a delay this morning, quite foggy and apparently my ship didn't come in... ;)

 

We'll see what we can get into once we get down there. Rain appears to be moving out, so that helps. My partner has MS, so we can't cover a lot of territory (we know we'll be doing plenty of that on the boat! ) but these sound like some reasonable ideas without too much fatigue. Thanks!

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Cafe Manolin.. very good..lots of locals when we were there..not many tourists.

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Loved your review! Very interesting..you pointed out so much. Great pictures too!

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I am SO in on this!!!! Am thinking about a Norwegian cruise in 2020 for our 40th Anniversary! Looking forward to this.. Great start!

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We did this cruise awhile back.. originally scheduled the post cruise but decided to do our own thing instead... mostly due to not wanting to be on a schedule the second week. ..Plus there were 12 of us... We really want to go back.. loved that trip. The cruise is wonderful and Radiance is a lovely ship!

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Loving your thread! We tend to travel with our adult children.. great to hear it form the "kids" side!!!

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Really enjoyed this! We are thinking about this itinerary. We pretty much cruise out of Galveston .. and want to try RC.. usually it's Carnival.. only RC has been Alaska and we want to compare similar itineraries.

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Sounds like a fun report!!

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Take a taxi...cheap (regulated by zone)...easy from SJU to your hotel.

I wouldn't say they are cheap.. we transferred from Hilton Condado to Hilton Caribe and it was 20.00. If my hip wasn't acting up it would have been an easy walk.

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We have done Blue Lagoon and enjoyed it! Very pretty.. don't remember seeing dolphins though.

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Hi fellow cruiser: We have been to San Juan well over twenty time but have never eaten lunch in old San Juan. Any recommendation would be appreciated. Have considered Barrichina,s but just want to try local dishes. Will be there in Sept and looking at early around 1130 to 12 as Oasis departs early afternoon. Thanks for any advice. Bob & Nancy The Villages, Florida

We wandered into a place called Cafe Manolin this past week. All local food and mostly locals eating there.. It was great.. lunch with tip was around 30.00 for the two of us. You can Google it for the address. We would definitely go there again!

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FYI:

 

San Juan is most probably going on strike tomorrow. The goverment stripped all goverment workers of all benefits.

 

Not alarmist just heard from sister IN-Law (Cayey) goverment worker. All benefits including insurance gone.

 

Just giving anyone flying in a heads up

 

Reader

We flew in Monday afternoon with no problem, but apparently earlier on Monday they closed the airport due to riots. (This was per many people we talked to) We have been here all week with no problems whatsoever.

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Your baby is adorable! Maybe she'll fall asleep one the engines start .. that's what my youngest would do!!

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Looking forward to following along! Have a great flight!

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Once again thank you so much! Loved following along... You made me feel like I was there right with you!!!!

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I'm afraid I'm part of the problem: My Kindle goes with me everywhere. And is loaded with mysteries set aboard cruise ships.

[emoji5] .. That's me too!! Either set on a cruise ship or in the locale of the trip!!

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We are hoping to sail on LOS in the spring.. thank you for this report. It's inspiring us to book.

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Thanks for this review! We MAY be going in April .. still trying to figure out some stuff ... if we're able to do it won't be booking until the last minute .. ugh... We really want to try RC out of Galveston. We've only done Carnival, and did a RC cruise in Alaska.

SO looking forward to this! Once again thanks!:D

Looking forward to reading the wrap up!

Have a GREAT time at Busch Gardens... we loved going there when we lived in NC. It's such a beautiful amusement park!

So looking forward to this ..

My sister and family will be getting off the Epic tomorrow - so I've been scouting reports - looking for pictures .. laugh.. BOY did I come to the right place!

Love that you did both the cruise and "on your own" .. DH and I have been discussing how difficult "on your own" would be in Europe .. You're giving me hope!! ( He has no trepidation .. his theory is grab a translator app and you're good to go.. laugh)..

We were in 11277 a few weeks ago .. Noise was a bit of an issue on "Party nights" ..

You could hear noise during the day when on the balcony .. not that much of an issue really ..

But we're not "party people" .. so two nights when they had Lido Deck parties the bass from the music was quite loud .. you know kinda like driving next to a car that has the bass cranked .. thumping.. laugh.. This was in the cabin .. not just out on the balcony.

Location is GREAT .. as far as getting to buffet, etc ..

Nicole -

I am LOVING your blog!! Grew up in Chicago - and have NEVER had a desire to go to New York as an adult until I read your report there!

Sounds like fun ... (and not as spooky as I imagined .. hahahaha)

Looking forward to your next trip!! I want to get back to Disney soon!

We're taking our first cruise in less than 3 weeks ...

It will be my son and I ... and my sis and her family...

DS and I are more your Mom's age than yours - but I have fun reading your and Stephanie's different takes on things! Sort of like my sis and I when we were young!

Thank you for an enjoyable evening of reading!!!!

Pam