We were on the Feb 26th sailing on the beautiful Splendour of the Seas.

We chose to drive down the night before and stayed at the Galveston Hilton since they offered secured parking, as well as a shuttle to and from the cruise terminal. I highly recommend this hotel for a pre and post cruise stay. We spoke with the bellman upon check in to set up our shuttle time and we were able to book the first one at 11:30.

Embarkation: We made it to the cruise terminal around 11:50 and we were able to zip through the check in process and were on the ship by noon. We first went to check on our table location for the main dining room. We had table number 12 which was right by the windows. Great location! Then we proceeded up to the windjammer for a bite to eat. They have hand sanitizer stations set up at both entrances and I saw everyone using them. The food here was pretty good. I would say above average for a buffet. We were able to get into our room by 1pm and we met our cabin steward. He took such good care of us all week that we gave him an extra tip above what we had prepaid for. The bedding was wonderful and we both slept wonderfully. Our luggage was waiting for us when we went to our room to get the life jackets for the muster drill. So since I had some time to kill we unpacked and got everything put away. After the muster drill we headed up to the pool deck for the sail away party. For the welcome show they had comedian David Orion performing and he was quite funny. Read more