Embarkation

Getting to the cruise terminal from north Houston was fairly easy and the traffic flows a lot better due to the flashing stop lights in Galveston. After turning off I45 at the end of the causeway bridge, all the lights you encounter are flashing red and you stop and go. You keep moving. Upon arriving at the terminal we stopped and gave our baggage to the porters. I was traveling with my wife , my 90 yr old father-in-law and my brother and his wife. My brother had knee surgery a little over 2 weeks ago. I dropped them off and then took the care to E Z Cruise parking located across from the cruise terminal. Normally you can park there and walk to the ship. (They take everyone to a remote lot for the Triumph.) I would not park there for this cruise. Use the city lot. My brother could not get a wheel chair so he ended up walking the length of the cruise terminal. (Check your bags more towards the other end.) We started the process and there was a back up at security. We went thru in about 15 minutes and proceeded up stairs to Ck in. They had a line for special needs guests that only had one agent checking guests on the ship. This line took us 30-35 minutes to get thru. I did manage to get a wheelchair for my brother after complaining to the agent. Guests that went into the regular line did make it thru in about 20 minutes which for them was good. Continued up to the gangway and my sister-in-laws sign and sail card did not work so she had to wait while they made a new one. There was 8-10 other guests waiting for a new card. We continued onto the ship and went up to the Lido Deck to the South Beach Club buffet for lunch and wait for the stateroom to become available. The food was very good but it was hard to find a place to sit. I accidently went to the rear of the buffet area and the area back there was wide open.

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