The past two years we've cruised over Christmas, we had rather cold weather departing from Florida, extending to our first few sea and port days. It's funny because we once lived in Florida, and my parents posed Rachel and I for our Christmas card pictures wearing Christmas sweaters and shorts because it was so HOT. I remember going swimming on Christmas day! Perhaps I should blame it on Global Warming, but this year we decided that we were sick of risking cold weather and chose the Adventure of the Seas departing from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
We left our house early on Saturday, December 17 and drove to the Atlanta airport. After hearing so many connection horror stories on our cruise, I am thankful that we live so close to a transportation hub. I also have a greater appreciation for Hartsfield-International in Atlanta after departing from San Juan's airport, but that's a story for another day!
We boarded our plane on time, but we waited FOREVER to leave the gate. Our flight was delayed an hour because we were waiting on.... catering!!!! Apparently it was a necessity because the food had to last them to and from San Juan.
Once in San Juan, we hired a porter to help us with our bags, which was great because he escorted us straight to the front of the long taxi line - totally worth it.
