My wife and I just returned from our 3rd trip on the Conquest, and thought I'd give you all a quick run down of how our week went.....ok, maybe it won't be so quick after all...I tend to get long winded

We were looking forward to this getaway since we'd finally convinced my best friend to book his first cruise and come with us. It would be exciting seeing a 42yr old act like a little kid when he saw that ship for the first time.

We live just south of Baton Rouge, LA and drove to Galveston since "our" Conquest left New Orleans after hurricane Katrina. We drove west to Winnie, TX, just past Beaumont, and took the highway down to the coast, hung a right and crossed Galveston Bay via the Bolivar Peninsula Free Ferry. This was so much easier than having to drive all the way to Houston and then back down to Galveston. We left BR at 5am and were in the terminal at 9:30am after the 20 minute ferry ride. My first thought at arriving at the terminal, was how easy it was going to be; we used Lighthouse Parking, and they were right there at the pier to take our luggage, since I decided to drop off my wife and friend with the luggage, go park the car and shuttle back. The whole process took maybe all of 15 minutes...this was at 9:30 am however. Read more