Fog is always a curse on the Gulf Coast in winter, and this one was no exception. The cold front was supposed to have gone through on Friday but it stalled out. Sunday morning dawned with thick fog so we knew it was going to be a bad day. I checked out the CC site and sure enough the ship was at anchor so we knew not to go on down to Galveston early. The Marine Traffic website for Galveston was down so no help there. How about the Carnival website? Sure enough, not a word about a fog delay. Shame on Carnival, they really need to do a better job of keeping everyone updated.

Never did find anything on their web site. I asked on the CC board about noon if anyone had an update and was given the number to text to. Carnival answered right back and said boarding would start at 4 p.m.

We arrived at Lighthouse parking at 4.45, bags on the bus and we were at the terminal at 5. The line went all the way down the terminal to the end of the building. looked like it was going to be a long wait. About 5.30 one of the carnival staff came down the line asking for platinum cruisers, so we went with her. Straight up to the door, into the terminal and by 6 we were on the ship. Thanks to those who had all the nasty comments to make. Read more