My DH and I were looking for a weekend trip to celebrate my birthday which was on Sunday, Feb 10. We considered Vegas and New Orleans but after realizing that the weekend we were looking at was right between Super Bowl and Mardi Gras, NOLA was ruled out. Then the package price to Vegas was more expensive than the 4 day Triumph cruise to Cozumel, so we booked it.

We've only lived in Texas for about a year, so this would be our first experience with the Port of Galveston.

We drove to Galveston the day of sailing (another first for us, we always fly to Florida a day early). It was an easy 5 hour drive from north Dallas. We found the port to be very industrial looking - it's no Miami. However, we did not do any exploring, just went straight to the ship. We had made reservations and prepaid at Galveston Park & Cruise. We dropped our luggage with the porters and then dropped off the car. It is right across the street but I was glad we didn't try to haul our luggage across the street. Even for 4 days I managed to overpack, as usual. (Later that would prove to be a blessing!) Read more