We had a fantastic time on our Grand Princess cruise out of Galveston March 11-18. This was our fourth cruise, our third on Princess, and the second year in a row we sailed on the Grand out of Galveston during Spring Break. Our cruise last year ended badly when my dad unexpectedly passed away while we were gone, and we had to leave the ship mid-cruise. We decided we liked the ship enough to try it again, and were glad we did  this was an excellent trip for us, and most importantly it was uneventful!

Embarkation -- We arrived at the port (Terminal 2) at 10:50. There was very little traffic and we had no problems at all entering the driveway and dropping off our luggage. It was immediately obvious how much the city has done to improve the traffic flow at the Port of Galveston since we first cruised from there in 2002, and even since last March.

Jim drove over to EZ Cruise Parking (pre-reserved on their web site) while I stayed at the terminal with the carry-ons. He walked back to the terminal after parking the car, as he was told there would be approximately a 30 minute wait for the shuttle. We checked in at 11:20, and waited in the seating area for boarding to begin. We were in the second group to board, at about 11:45. Our cabin wasnt completely ready, but we were able to drop off our carry-on luggage. Read more