Just off the Triumph - June 15-20 5-day Cozumel/Progreso for a fun Mother/Daughter cruise. I hope the review will be helpful to those going on the Triumph! I’ve tried to include all of the things I learned during the short voyage.

Pre-Cruise – My 19 year old daughter and I wanted to steal away for a short trip together – we live in Oklahoma so Galveston was an easy port to access. We drove down on Sunday, June 14th and stayed at the Tremont Hotel – it was amazing and I highly recommend it to anyone cruising!!! The room was huge with a 20 foot ceiling and beautifully decorated! It’s location was perfect to explore the strand and then when we were ready to head to the seawall to ride the ferris wheel at Pleasure Pier (something on our “not to be missed list”) you can park at the hotel’s sister property – Hotel Galvez if you took advantage of the Valet Parking for $17.00 – this was $17.00 for your stay – not per night – a fantastic deal!!! Hotel Galvez is located right on the sea wall about 2 blocks away from Pleasure Pier. We pulled up, showed them our ticket for valet and explained we were staying at the Tremont and they pulled our car into valet for free and we were on our way. After exploring Pleasure Pier – riding the ferris wheel and eating at Bubba Gumps we headed back to Hotel Galvez to claim our car so we could get back to the Tremont and begin preparing for our cruise the next morning! When we arrived back at the Tremont we were pleasantly surprised to find that Jennifer, the hotel assistant manager, sent us a fruit/cheese platter for us to enjoy with a card that said, “Enjoy your mother/daughter cruise”! How much fun is that!!?! The beds were comfy and we slept really well!

The next morning we woke up, packed our stuff and headed down to valet to get our car. This is the best part about the Tremont….if you are cruising you get to park at the Hotel Galvez for free for the entire week you are on the cruise if you valet parked ($17.00!!) at the Tremont. So, for $17.00 we parked at Hotel Galvez in their covered, multi-tiered parking (Tropical Storm Bill hit while we were cruising so this perk was awesome!!!). The Hotel Galvez shuttle took us right to the cruise terminal entrance and we were off. Read more