San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino

[karylrocks]

Does this hotel charge for parking or have additional fees charged by the hotel if we booked through Priceline?

[Kramer995]

Thanks for all of the info! The Yerba Buena sounds like the perfect choice! I hope some of the restaurants are opened on New Years Day. That is the only drawback! :-)

[Podie]

Most of the hotels in the area seem to charge $16 per day for parking.

[RUDIMAY1]

Is the hotel lounge a fun place? Music? Salsa dancing? Stay open late? Stayed in Marriots before and sometimes a little too mellow.

[Mikensusanl]

the lobby at the Stellaris is very lively at night on the weekends!!!

Tijuana's down the street on Ashford to the left of the front of the hotel is a nice little place to eat.

[RUDIMAY1]

How about the hotel's beach? If we are staying at the hotel do we have to pay for chairs and towels? Do they have them? I love the pool but GF loves the beach more.

[Oaktree]

Ocean can be a little rough, but nice beach for sitting. Towels and chairs are provided for

hotel guests. If you are there on week-ends, there may be steel band or other music

by the pool. Fun place!

[drakes2]

No charge for towels and chairs at the beach/pool area but I believe there is a charge for the beach umbrella. If you are paying the resort fee, then part of that fee includes the umbrella.

Ocean can be a little rough, but nice beach for sitting. Towels and chairs are provided for

hotel guests. If you are there on week-ends, there may be steel band or other music

by the pool. Fun place!

[RUDIMAY1]

Ocean can be a little rough, but nice beach for sitting. Towels and chairs are provided for

hotel guests. If you are there on week-ends, there may be steel band or other music

by the pool. Fun place!

 

We are from new england, we are used to rough oceans. Love fun places.

[laedw]

Thanks FRANKM $25 per night sounds good to me. After I got my confirmation # from Priceline I did call and told them I would like a ocean view room if available. I will also be sure to ask again at check in.

 

I got an insolent representative when I called to request an upgrade. She told me to call Priceline.

[RUDIMAY1]

i was just looking at yelp.com for restaurant reviews for our stay at the Marriot. One of the cafes was called Bebos and it sounded like cheap eats for breakfast. It sounds fairly close. Anybody eaten there? Are the streets easy to walk? Bad neighborhoods? Thanks to all.

[Podie]

It's a very nice neighborhood and easy to walk.

[smurfm69]

Just booked the Marriott Stellaris for a 2 night pre cruise stay in May and got it for $105 per night! Looks like a great hotel and great area to stay.

[Venusleo1]

Also just booked this hotel through Priceline for $110.

My fiance is all about the pool, on trip advisor everyone keeps saying the pool is very shallow? Can anyone comment on this who has stayed here? Also, I heard some reviewers say the swim up bar wasnt open, does anyone have any experience with this?

We are staying one night post cruise to have a un-wind relaxing pool day before out Bio-Bay tour that night so the pool is VERY important.

Thanks!

[RUDIMAY1]

I was looking forward to the swim up bar so I hope it's open.

Anybody just back from there?

[ctr1258]

We are staying here on our precruise, and just found out they don't offer a shuttle to the airport.

 

Should this be a concern?

[orquidia]

none of the hotels located in san juan offer shuttle service to the airport. only those resorts outside san juan's metropolitan area (1 hour or more from SJ) offer shuttle service.

[ctr1258]

Okay, so my next question would be, does anyone know how much I can expect to pay a taxi to take us to the airport from the hotel?

[WaggesAZ]

We were there earlier this year,in March. We took a taxi from the airport to the cruise terminal and it was $19 (for the group of 4-not per person) and $1 per bag. SJ is broken up into Zones, so it may be a little less, as the hotel is closer than the pier. It was very easy to catch a taxi. When you go outside the terminal, there is a taxi stand, you tell them how many and where you are going, and they get you on your way. IMHO it is organized and efficient.

 

In March 2011, we will be staying at the Marriott Stellaris. If you go sooner, would you please post on this thread your feedback on the property? Thank you in advance!

 

Safe travels to you...

[dvan68]

We love this property! We have stayed there before our PR cruises, and have spent a week for a land vacation. The pool is not set up for doing laps or anything - the deepest it goes is 6 ft. So you can go underwater - but no diving.

 

The beach is lovely, but the waves are rough - this is the Atlantic - not the Caribbean. The sand is a little rough, but no problem for bare feet.

 

The lobby is rocking on the weekend - live salsa music,and dancing - the casino is next door. late night - check out the Chinese food in the casino! Tapas in the lobby are wonderful as well.

 

Yerba Buena is very good - excellent Mojitos! Starbuck's across the street is conveinant.

 

Hope that helps!

[Jaxsonbrownie]

Just stayed here on 9/24.... Beautiful property, close to everything. We commented on how nice it would be to stay here for a land vacaction! Staff is so friendly, the lobby was awesome to sit, relax, and watch all the salsa dancing, as there was a great live band there on that Saturday night. We asked when we checked in, if we could upgrade to ocean view or pool view, and got a great room for a $25 a night upgrade. ( Bought the room on Priceline for $110 a night) We seemed to be handing out $20 for taxi's. ($14-19) most of the time. In front of the hotel, there always were a few taxis parked out there. In fact, when we landed at SJU, we had our luggage, and had a taxi within 10 minutes, and were on our way to the hotel, about 10 minutes away.

 

Here are couple of shots from our balcony...

[cookie225]

Hi jacksonbrownie, I have been reading up on the serenade and saw your posts and now i find you here:p so i have some questions for you...

Did you buy the room from priceline's website or did u have to bid? that price is good and i have been dying to stay there or at the Intercontinetal

 

what does "starfish" mean:rolleyes:

[RUDIMAY1]

we have a partial ocean view pre-cruise and a ocean view post. Hopefully on a high floor,

[librarylady19]

Staying here after our Summit cruise in December. How early can we check in?

[sgjanice]

i was just looking at yelp.com for restaurant reviews for our stay at the Marriot. One of the cafes was called Bebos and it sounded like cheap eats for breakfast. It sounds fairly close. Anybody eaten there? Are the streets easy to walk? Bad neighborhoods? Thanks to all.

Bebos is down the street from the Doubletree Hotel. Its a local place with PR food. We had lunch and breakfast there, inexpensive and good food.