Background Information: This was our first cruise and the entire family agree, it's a wonderful vacation. We took our two girls with us and they continue to rave about the greatness of this trip.

Travel To Port of Embarkation: We drove from North Texas to Galveston. We elected to stay in the Woodlands, just north of Houston. From there it's about a 1 1/2 hour drive to Galveston. Got there about 3PM. Plenty of time to take my wife and daughters to the Woodlands Mall. Very nice. Stayed at the Drury Inn. Extremely nice place. Had a suite for only $84 per night. Easy drive the next Morning to Galveston.

Stateroom: We had a balcony, forward, on the Port side, Deck 10. Short walk to the open area of Deck 9 and the swimming pool, hot tubs, water slide, sunbathing, hamb. grill, pizza counter etc. My wife and I both commented how well we slept. Everything was so clean and so comfortable. Read more