What time can we board the Jewel in San Juan?

[DiamondDiva23]

We've booked a 7 day on Jewel leaving from San Juan for next July. I know I'm really early but I'm bored at work! lol My question is what time can we get on the ship? I've only cruised with 5:00 departures and this one is 8:00. The reason I'm asking now is because I'm looking at flights and deciding if we should do a day before flight or not. There's one arriving at 2:30 p.m. day of.

[NorbertsNiece]

Hi,

 

I can only stress how important it is to try and fly in the day before for the cruise if you can. San Juan is a wonderful town and there is much to see and do. You can still board early and enjoy time on board.

[Ocean Boy]

May experience in San Juan is that boarding has started around 11:30 or so. However, that was not specifically with Jewel which is new to San Juan.

[DiamondDiva23]

I believe we are flying in the day before but I still wanted to know boarding time since the ship leaves so late.

[vickiw0318]

I've done 3 Serenade cruises and 1 on the Adventure and the doors to the terminal have always opened at 11:30.

[AmandaKaye79]

We are also flying in the day of the cruise. Southwest just opened up a direct from Orlando to San Juan. It leaves at 8am and arrives at 10:45 in San Juan. Even if the flight is delayed a few hours, we should be fine making the departure since it is listed as 8:30 PM for our cruise.

[sr4mjc]

We are also flying in the day of the cruise. Southwest just opened up a direct from Orlando to San Juan. It leaves at 8am and arrives at 10:45 in San Juan. Even if the flight is delayed a few hours, we should be fine making the departure since it is listed as 8:30 PM for our cruise.

 

Ooh, that's interesting. We usually fly Tampa-San Juan direct on Jet Blue, but Orlando isn't that far away from us either. Looks like both MCO and TPA start Southwest service in April to San Juan, that's a nice alternative.

[DiamondDiva23]

We'll be flying in from Chicago. There's an 8:30 am direct flight that gets in at 2:10 and we would be going directly to the ship. What do you guys think of this?

[Clarea]

We'll be flying in from Chicago. There's an 8:30 am direct flight that gets in at 2:10 and we would be going directly to the ship. What do you guys think of this?

If everything goes well with your flight, a 2:10 arrival should get you to the ship by 3pm. However, if you cannot arrive the day before, I'd still try for an earlier arrival just to have more time in case of delays.

[mn_isla_girl]

We'll be flying in from Chicago. There's an 8:30 am direct flight that gets in at 2:10 and we would be going directly to the ship. What do you guys think of this?

 

You will make it as long as there are no delays. Are you flying in winter? I come from Minneapolis and there's no way I'd fly in same day.

 

The first time I flew to San Juan our flight was over an hour late due to de-icing. Second time we left late due to heavy snow and only 1 runway open, the airport closed 2 hours after we left. If I wouldn't have flown a day early I wouldn't have been on that cruise! Third time was a charm! All 3 trips were in Dec and Jan.

[QuickGold]

We are also flying in the day of the cruise. Southwest just opened up a direct from Orlando to San Juan. It leaves at 8am and arrives at 10:45 in San Juan. Even if the flight is delayed a few hours, we should be fine making the departure since it is listed as 8:30 PM for our cruise.

 

JetBlue and AirTran offer direct flights to San Juan from Orlando.

 

I'll echo what others said, fly in a day early. Better safe than sorry

[DiamondDiva23]

Thanx everyone. We're flying in July mn_isla_girl. There better not be any snow! lol