We are 55 years old, and cruised with 3 other couples. This was our 5th cruise, and 2nd on the Conquest. We spent the night before sailing in Houston, which worked out well. It was fairly cold in Galveston at the start of the cruise, but it beat 12 degrees F that we left at home near St. Louis.

Boarding was fairly easy, we arrived at the terminal around 11:30 and were on board eating lunch about 12:15. We went straight to Sur Mer to enjoy the tasty fried oysters we remembered from our previous cruise.

Our stateroom was not accessible until 2:00PM, so we wandered around and became reaquainted with the ship. We sailed on the Miracle a year ago, which is long and narrow. I liked the open layout of the Conquest better, although it was confusing to get to the Monet dining room from our floor. It's best to go to the aft elevators and then down. Read more