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No one walks from where Celebrity ships tie up to Old San Juan correct?  They use the Pan-American pier?

My wife and I will be on the Reflection which will stop in San Juan on her "milestone" birthday the afternoon/evening of Monday April 15th.  The trip is to celebrate our 35th anniversary - it was the closest itinerary to our honeymoon cruise (on the original Carnival Celebration) 35 years ago April.   She's put up with a lot of nonsense over the last 35 years and I'd like to make the trip as special as I can.

I'm looking for a restaurant recommendation for that evening in San Juan.  Online all the fine dining places are closed on Monday's.  Does not have to be extremely high end (but can be), but something nice/memorable.  35 years ago (things were different) we hopped in a cab in San Juan and asked the driver to take us to a place he would take his family for a special occasion.  We had a terrific meal, (did not note the name of course) in a very local establishment - they would not let us wait outside for the cab to pick us up.

Appreciate any suggestions.

:o I wish I had thought a little harder before I started this thread. Sorry I was impatient for a reply. I should know better than most that people read these that are not registered. I have stalked this site for years and got so many good tips and learned how to get obc's that I would not have known about otherwise. I actually had $900. obc on my 2012 cruise. We only cruise every other year and I book ES about 11 months ahead so am booked for 09/16.

 

I finally registered here 2013 but have only started posting this month. I always seemed to find that someone else had already said what I would have answered but this month I saw a few things I could help with as some people were asking questions about Galveston and since that is where I live I shared some info I thought might help.

 

Thanks to those that have assured me about my concerns. I, also, just want to relax. Just sitting on my balcony reading a book is a thrill for me as I don't get to read as much as I'd like to at home. Feel guilty when I have other things I should be doing. No guilt or worries on a cruise!;)

 

To Skylock: that assured me that people had better things to do than answer stupid questions. I have always heard that there are no stupid questions, just stupid answers.:rolleyes: And you obviously did not have any thing better to do since you posted to my post:D

Sun deck and sky deck - better chairs and even some cabana like seating plus two hot tubs at the very forward part of the ship that have clear sight lines out front. Did not make it up there until latter in the week but if we go again will definitely spend more down time up there.

:confused:Seriously? 58 people viewed this and not one could answer this ? Also, I don't care for tea but always liked the teatime or whatever it is called, as good desserts. Is that available? Anyone?:)

We were on the Nov 2 5 day. There was the afternoon tea. We did not go but it was on the schedule. We never wanted for anything to do, weather was very good so we did far more outside than inside during the day.

Not sure where the lack of activities claim comes from (different people value different activities so this may be one of those subjective things). The crew on the freedom was not dogging it and we thought Malcom was a good CD. Seems like a genuinely nice guy who enjoys what he does and was without doubt the most personable, approach, available CD I've experienced. Yes he could layoff the woo-hoo but again some people got into that.

Most underated/underplayed thing on the boat was the magician Suresh, they gave him about 20 minutes on the last sea day for a street magic show in the internation lounge but he works the dining rooms at dinner. Don't let him pass up your table.

Thanks for pretty much confirming. Number 3 is probably the most likely reason for the trucks.

Could they be pumping off waste water? I don't know why the OP called them fuel trucks (maybe they have "fuel" in big red letters on the side of the tanks or maybe he just saw tanker trucks). I thought they could not dump waste water and other wastes until they were a few miles offshore? That stuffs got to accumulate somewhere. Also may explain why they are transferring laundry, trying to conserve space in the onboard collection tanks.