LIVE 💎 Jewel 💎 of the Seas - Southern Caribbean 1/20/24

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Got through the SW cattle call and scored the coveted exit row with only 2 seats.  Full flight.  Wheels up to MCO.

Edited January 18 by SteelCityCruiser10

[SteelCityCruiser10]

31 minutes ago, doghog said:

No need. You had me at the IPA. 

FatHeads makes a bunch of fantastic IPAs.  They are a staple in my beer fridge.  Cheers 🍻 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

 

 

Ah Buh Bye 👋 

 

[cruiseguy1016]

4 hours ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said:

Got through the SW cattle call and scored the coveted exit row with only 2 seats.  Full flight.  Wheels up to MCO.

 

SCORE!!

[h20skibum]

3 minutes ago, cruiseguy1016 said:

 

SCORE!!

Unless it happens to be a Boeing 737 Max.

[SteelCityCruiser10]

 

Checked into the hotel and grabbed a quick bite.  Been a long travel day.

All bags are accounted for.  

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Uber was about $20+ tip.  It was super fast and easy.  It was only about 10 minutes to Condado Ocean Club.

[SteelCityCruiser10]

 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Premium oceanfront room

 

The view out of this huge window should be way better tomorrow in the daytime 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Totally exhausted… catch yinz later   😜 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 19 by SteelCityCruiser10

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Daytime view from the room

 

 

 

 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Found a starbucks a short walk away.  Added San Juan to our “Been There” series coffee mug collection.

 

Current situation:  drinking coffee in a shady spot watching waves crash.  Temps are ideal right now.  Mid 70s in the shade with a light ocean breeze.  Pretty hard to beat this.

 

Ill try to upload a short video.

 

 

 

 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Did some exploring/shopping.  Lots of stuff in walking distance.  Walgreens and CVS are a 6 minute walk( in the opposite direction of the Starbucks)  so we could grab some last minute items pre  cruise.  

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Some interesting street art

 

 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Little taste of the steel city.  Roberto Clemente on their version of the hollywood walk of fame 

 

 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Here’s some more sights from exploration time.

 

 Beach/lounge time coming up after lunch.  

 

 

 

 

Resisted the urge to feed the feral cats.  DW wanted to get them cat food at the Walgreens. 

 

 

[Ocean Boy]

Looking forward to this. Never been to Trinidad or Tobago.

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Health questions completed ✅✅

 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Lunch beachside at SOCIAL

 

[Tree_skier]

Fabulous pics @SteelCityCruiser10!

 

 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Avocado BLT and Watermelon Salad

All was delicious 

 

 

 

[lenquixote66]

Following along .We did a 3 day stay in OSJ for my wife’s 50th.BD followed by a cruise .

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Definitely not used to the heat.  The sun from exploration time wore me out more than I knew.  Had a nice little afternoon nap after late lunch.  After that, DW and I took a walk on the beach, sat and watched the waves crash for a bit and headed up to the hotel bar - S OC IAL.   We used our 2 free welcome drinks on Pina Coladas.  Very tasty.

 

I am trying a local craft brew Blonde Ale from Ocean Lab Brewing.  It’s very good.  Light but not too light and fizzy.  Great warm weather beer.

 

One thing I noticed is the alcohol volume is a range.  I am used to the ABV on the being a single number.  This can has 4.8-6.8% alc. vol.  Thats a pretty decent swing there.  Maybe the ol’ google machine can solve this 🤔🧐🤔

 

 

Edited January 19 by SteelCityCruiser10

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Plan for dinner is to order DoorDash or room service later.  We had a late lunch and don’t feel like walking anymore.  

 

We are hanging out in the room re- situating the luggage for boarding day & enjoying our bevies.  

 

I plan to setup an Uber pickup tonight for 10:30am.  I expect heavy traffic in the port area and don’t mind being early for our noon boarding time.  Maybe we can get on earlier? 

 

Side note:

It seems that I developed a bit of a blister on my forefoot from my sandals.  Luckily I noticed before we made it to walgreens so should it break open and feel worse I can cover it with the cushioned blister bandages we bought there. Being chronic overpackers we actually already had a few of those type bandages but likely not enough.  

[Ocean Boy]

Going from winter into the heat of San Juan can definitely wear you out. Mornings are nice but afternoons when those blue cobblestones in old San Juan heat up they radiate the heat back up at you. But, I'd rather be there than here.

[Sunshine3601]

Hi Mark, wish I did stowaway in your luggage.   We finished shoveling 3 driveways (1 was ours) after work.  Had something like 6 to 7 inches of snow here in PA.

Really looking forward to your photos to warm up.

Enjoy😊