We flew into Houston Hobby on the day before the cruise. We had reservations with Galveston Limo to take us to Galveston. They were very dependable and efficient. We had reservations at the Harbor House on Pier 21. I made the reservation on-line at www.galveston.com. It was cheaper than calling for a reservation. The Harbor House is an old hotel, but we loved our room. It was a corner room with two giant windows and you could see the cruise ships parked at the pier. I must warn you though, there was no bellman. The hotel did provide a limo to take us and all our luggage to the ship the next day.

Embarkation

We arrived at the pier about 11:45 a.m. We checked our luggage and jumped into the repeat cruiser line and were processed and in our room by 12:30 p.m. Everyone from RCI was friendly and helpful. Read more