We were three couples from London, Ontario Canada that decided to cruise together, and we surely enjoyed this wonderful cruise out of Galveston, Texas. We flew into the Bush International Airport in Houston arriving at 8:00 pm, claimed our bags, and got on the hotel shuttle van. We did a pre-cruise night at the Crown Plaza Hotel near the airport. This was a good choice for our Houston stay. We stayed in Houston because of our arrival time into Houston, and because of the higher cost of the rooms in Galveston. After checking into our hotel, we enjoyed a lite dinner in the restaurant at the hotel. This hotel give us a great rates on our rooms, they give us the "cruiser's special".
The morning of our cruise we boarded the shuttle van which we had pre-arranged for two month prior to our Houston arrival, We learned about this service by reading good things about this service in different cruise reviews. This shuttle was another great choice we made in preparation for our cruise. Our driver was awesome , he gave us a wealth of information about Houston and Galveston all the while driving us to our ship in Galveston.
The cruise terminal in Galveston is 80 miles from the Houston airport. For first time visitors to Texas like us, we truly appreciated our driver's insight. This service also returned us the airport on the return from our cruise. This was great, while everyone else from the cruise was fighting to board the cruise line's buses or shared the ride shuttles and taxis. Our driver picked us up curbside at the terminal within minutes of our disembarkation. This driver is a pro.