All in all, I had a great time. There were a few things that I felt were lacking though. The last cruise I had before this was in 1997, and that was on the Carnival Inspiration and before that the Celebration. I was really looking forward to cruising again because the trips I had previously were just so much fun. This trip we took along our 9 and 4 year old children. It was nice that they had Camp Carnival for the the children to play while the "Grown Children" did their thing as well. Definite bonus!!!

EMBARKATION DAY... Not so bad. We arrived in Galveston around 2:00, parked at the EZ Cruise Parking and they took us to the Pier. I do wish that they would have at least dropped us off where we could have just walked in with our luggage, but instead they dropped us off near the Porters so we had to walk Allllll the way down (not easy with all the baggage and children in tow). Since we didn't try to be the first to arrive, the lines weren't too bad, but I wouldn't have wanted to get there much sooner and have to wait in those lines... egads. Our luggage was slow arriving to our rooms, one bag not arriving until after the after dinner show.

BOARDING DAY ON THE CONQUEST... Well, I must say I was impressed, very impressed with the beauty of the "Lobby". They didn't have what I would call a "Grand Staircase", but all in all the lobby was really quite lovely! After quickly viewing the lobby and obtaining my first of many "foo foo drinks", we anxiously headed up to see our cabin. The only complaint I had of this cabin was the "air conditioning" did not seem adequate. Read more