We drove to Galveston and stayed at the Hilton Galveston Island, arranged through RCCL. Hotel was rather expensive, but it was a last minute trip and spring break. They let us park for the week at a sister property.
Embarkation: we took a shuttle to the port rather late, at 1330. The nice part was we had virtually no lines and had priority check in. When we got on the ship our cabin was ready. This makes me re-think wanting to be first at the port on embarkation day.
Ship: The ship was clean, comfortable, and we never felt crowded except on debarkation day and during some of the sales in the Royal Promenade.
7202, bow of the ship. Quiet location. RCCL picked our cabin for us and we were happy with it. No balcony this time, but that is ok. We got our walking in to get to it! Bathroom of course is small, we are not tiny people but had no problem in the shower. There was plenty of space to put our belongings. Our cabin steward was wonderful, Theodore, from Honduras.