Adventure OTS Southern Caribbean

My wife and I love this itinerary, specifically Aruba and Curacao, we hadn't been down south since 2002 and felt like we had visited the Eastern and Western itineraries to much so we wanted a change. We wanted to see the Adventure OTS again, she was built in 2001, refurbished in 2014 and we hadn't seen her since 2002. You can tell in certain areas that she is getting old, but all in all I think after the refurbishment she looked rather well, she is well maintained and her crew cares about her.

We had not cruised from 2003 -2011, raising a family and all, high school, college, graduation and marry the little rug rats off had taken it's toll. The first two cruises we took when we started back were on the Allure (2012) and then the Oasis (2013), I would have been worried about having enough to do on the Adventure except we had been on the Navigator OTS out of Galveston in 2014, so we knew between the casino, the shows and people watching we would be fine with this not being a mega ship, plus we are old, we go to bed at around 11:30 no staying up all night for us.  

In 2002 we made the mistake of flying in the same day the cruise left, flight was late, taxi strike in San Juan, etc., we almost missed the boat, so this time I was going to allow plenty of time, so we went down 1 full day early, flew in on a Thursday, had all day Friday to explore San Juan and then get on the ship Saturday morning.

I would highly recommend this to anyone cruising out of San Juan, Old San Juan is very historical and you can spend all day just exploring the old forts and Old Town, but the whole island is worth seeing. Night life is very lively.

St Thomas is St Thomas, most people know what to expect here, but we had never been to St Kitts and really enjoyed this Island, but we were waiting on and anticipating Aruba and Curacao, it had been a long time since we had seen them and they did not disappoint, we love these islands and would probably live there if things were different. Aruba and Curacao are different than a lot of the Eastern Caribbean Island, Aruba is more of a desert island, not a lot of lush green vegetation here, and Curacao with her Dutch heritage is just fun to explore with all of her very colorful architecture and culture.

I would highly recommend this ship and this Itinerary to anyone, young or old, you will not be disappointed. If you read the reviews for the ship and the ports I don’t feel like your expectations will be missed.