I was on the Rhapsody Oct. 24th sailing with 5 other people. My husband and I are early 30's, my parents are in their 50's, and my mom's youngest sister and her husband are in their 40's.

Boarding:

Galveston still does not have the direction of cruise line traffic organized very well. We arrived about 11:30 a.m. and the line was long to get in. Traffic for both Royal Caribbean and Carnival enter in the same place, but split into 2 lines. The officer kept directing us into the Carnival line even though we told him we needed Royal Caribbean. Once we got to the unloading area, porters were waiting to take care of the bags. We pre-paid for the EZ cruise lot online. It was a little difficult to find and the shuttle wasn't running when we arrived. We decided to walk back to the pier rather than waiting 20-30 minutes for a bus ride. Read more