We arrived in Galveston VERY early, thanks to the men with us. They were too excited to sleep, so we drove down in the middle of the night. On this trip, it was me, my s.o., dd, and her bf. (hope I have those abbreviations correct!) We met my sis and her family for breakfast-they were vacationing there-rode the ferry, went to Wal-Mart ( of course, can't go on vacation without going to wally-world!), and finally it was TIME! Found the E-Z cruise parking lot without problems. The only problem we had then, was they were busy or didn't have enough shuttles, or something, because we had to wait about 45min in the heat and humidity. We finally made it to the ship. Going through security was quick, check-in was another matter. We were not asked about fun pass(they were done!), just pointed to a line to wait in. Of course, this was the slow one.

Anyway, we finally checked in and made our way to our room-R230. In the dungeon at the back! We were very impressed with the size, all 4 of us in an inside room, and it wasn't too bad! The decor could sure use some upgrading though, kinda Motel-6 shabby. The bathroom size was more than adequate, the storage was great. I am glad we brought the over door shoe rack thingy and the power strip. One hint-bring your own pillows! The ones we had were flat and hard.

The ship-very pretty. This was our second cruise, the first being on the Rhapsody 2yrs ago. I liked the decor of the Rhapsody better, and getting around was much easier. On the Elation, there didn't seem to be any thoroughfares, you always had to go up, down, or around to get anywhere. Read more