San Juan on Thanksgiving

[ugagal07]

We will be in port on Thanksgiving.  Is Thanksgiving celebrated like in the continental US where everything is closed?  What should we be expecting?  In port 7-2.

[princeton123211]

6 hours ago, ugagal07 said:

We will be in port on Thanksgiving.  Is Thanksgiving celebrated like in the continental US where everything is closed?  What should we be expecting?  In port 7-2.

Given Puerto Rico is a US territory its a national holiday just as it is in the continental US. There will be significant amount of places closed. That being said, the one Thanksgiving I was there for I noticed there were more things open than I would have thought-- mostly restaurants though.

 

Banks and major historic sights like the Castillo del Morro will be closed as they are run by the National Park Service and observe the holiday. 

[Stinger-pr]

The forts will be closed as Thanksgiving is observed as a Federal holiday in PR. That said, you can always have a walk around the outside, especially on the grounds of El Morro. You will find a couple of stores open that day (since PR is also adopting the "pre- Black Friday sales" as well). Also, most of the restaurants will be open. You could make it a beach day and visit La Playuela, right besides the Hilton Condado Plaza in Condado or Isla Verde beach (both a quick Uber or taxi ride away).

[ugagal07]

Thanks for the replies.  That explains why we are only in port 7-2 that day.  I didn't even consider that when booking last year.  We booked for 2 ports we haven't visited yet, San Juan being one of them. We've missed it a few times due to hurricanes in the past.   We'll just have to plan another cruise to visit the forts. 🙂